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German Fusiliers (NTW unit)

German Fusiliers
German Fusiliers
Category: Infantry
Class: Line Infantry
Men: 40 / 80 / 120 / 160
Range: 80
Accuracy: 40
Reloading skill: 40
Ammunition: 10
Melee attack: 6
Charge bonus: 10
Defence: 9
Morale: 6
Turns to train: 2
Recruitment cost: 580
Upkeep cost: 140

These musket-armed troops use volleys to break an enemy line, and rely on their discipline to survive any return fire.

German Fusiliers are line infantry who take their title from the fusils, light flintlock muskets, that they carry. Forming the line of battle, they must be able to calmly take aim at their targets as shells explode around them, skirmisher’s shots smack home, and enemy cavalry bear down upon them. Fusiliers are effective against cavalry when in square, and excel in close combat, but care needs to be taken against skirmishers at extreme range.

Historically, the Austrian army’s infantry was divided into German and Hungarian regiments. The Hungarians were renowned for their ferocity, and the Germans for rigid discipline. This was particularly true of the fusiliers who fought in the rigid formations that made up the bulk of the army. During the Napoleonic Wars, units such as skirmishers, grenadiers and artillery took on more of the fighting as tactics evolved, but the line regiments remained almost unchanged as organisations. Their company and battalion structure still forms the basis of modern armies.

Abilities

Can guard
Can hide in woodland
Grappling hooks
Resistant to morale shocks

Technological abilities

Chevaux de frise
Earthworks
Fire and advance
Socket bayonet
Square formation

Available for:

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Austria

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