MTW Turcoman Foot Soldiers
| Turcoman Foot Soldiers | |
|---|---|
| Unit Type: | Missile |
| Combat Stats | |
| Charge: | 1 |
| Attack: | -1 |
| Defence: | 2 |
| Armour: | 3 |
| Shield: | Small |
| Speed: | 6, 12, 13 |
| Morale: | -1 |
| Notes: | +1 valour in Anatolia |
| Unit Costs | |
| Recruitment: | 300 |
| Upkeep: | 30 |
| Unit Restrictions | |
| Factions: | Turks |
| Buildings Needed: | Bowyer's Guild |
| Unit Card: | 
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Unit Description
Turcoman Foot Soldiers are available to the Turks. They are equipped with more armour than other archer units and have a small shield, making them suited to engaging in archer duels. They are also fast, which increases their capabilities as skirmishing missile troops. While they will not do too much damage to armoured units, Turcoman Foot can keep a steady rate of fire at decent range and whittle down lightly armoured enemy troops. They should be kept out of melee combat, unless as a last resort.
Turcoman Foot Soldiers should be deployed in two rows for maximum effectiveness. They start battles in Skirmish mode, but this cannot always be trusted to keep them out of trouble. For defensive battles, they work well positioned on a hill behind spear or other melee units, allowing them to fire over the heads of their protectors into the oncoming enemy troops.
Turcoman Foot Soldiers recruited in Anatolia get a +1 bonus to valour.
Missile Statistics
| Missile Statistics - Weapon Type: Shortbow | ||||||||||||||
| Ammo | Range(meters) | Accuracy | Lethality | Power | Armour Modifier | Reload Time | ||||||||
| 28 | 100 | 0.6 | 0.68 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
The bow Turcoman Foot Soldiers use does not have any armour piercing bonus, so firing on heavily armoured units will have minimal effect. They also fire on an arc, which means the shot takes a while to reach the target and can miss fast moving units altogether. Archer effectiveness will suffer in rainy weather.
