TOTAL WAR WIKI

Guerillas
Category:	Infantry
Class:	Irregulars
Men:	20 / 40 / 60 / 80
Range:	90
Accuracy:	45
Reloading skill:	10
Ammunition:	20
Melee attack:	7
Charge bonus:	8
Defence:	2
Morale:	4
Turns to train:	1
Recruitment cost:	740
Upkeep cost:	180
Requires
Building (minimum level)
Governor's Residence

These men are not soldiers, but civilians driven to take up arms against their nation’s enemies.

Guerrillas are not a recognised military organisation at all, but bands of friends and neighbours who have adapted banditry to be a way of making war. They fight hard, because if they are captured they can expect little mercy from an enemy: at best, a trial before inevitable execution. War and vendetta are often the same thing for guerrillas: wrongs done and the resulting hatred are what drive them to fight. They are best when employed in ambush, or to skirmish and harass. They cannot be expected to fight in carefully dressed lines like soldiers, because they are not soldiers.

Historically, the Spanish people had an enormous capacity for carrying on wars against foreign occupiers long after their rulers had capitulated or made their peace with an enemy. Guerrillas arose as an act of rebellion. The name itself is Spanish, and means “little war”: the constant skirmishing and sniping that wears out an occupying army. When his men were bogged down there, Napoleon described Spain as an “ulcer”, thanks in part to the constant partisan warfare carried on by the guerrillas.

Abilities

Can guard

Can hide in buildings

Can hide in light scrub

Can hide in long grass

Can hide in woodland

Can skirmish

Grappling hooks

Paths seldom trod

Remains hidden whilst walking

Resistant to heat fatigue

Technological abilities

Chevaux de frise

Earthworks

Light infantry tactics

Volley fire

Available for:

Unit is available when holding a region in the Iberian Peninsula.