| Category: Infantry
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| Class: Missile
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| Soldiers: 60
|
| Weapon Type: Firearm
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| *Waterproof Missile Weapon
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| Main Stats
|
| Honour / Morale
|
1
|
6.67%
|
| Melee Attack
|
0
|
00.00%
|
| Melee Defence
|
3
|
21.42%
|
| Charge Bonus
|
6
|
28.57%
|
| Armour
|
1
|
8.33%
|
| Missile Stats
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| Accuracy
|
17
|
21.25%
|
| Reload Time
|
24
|
40%
|
| Range
|
5000
|
100.00%
|
| Ammunition
|
20
|
71.42%
|
| Proyectile Speed
|
230
|
92%
|
| Proyectile Power
|
40
|
50.00%
|
| Extra Stats
|
| Marching Speed
|
5
|
17.36%
|
| Running Speed
|
8.4
|
29.16%
|
| Charging Speed
|
10
|
34.72%
|
Requires: Port and Dutch Trading Post or
Port, Portuguese Trading Post and Gun Factory
These are improved Teppo Ashigaru, with
longer range and a higher rate of fire. They
are still very poor in hand to hand combat,
and should be protected and used in
skirmish mode to keep them out of melee.
Extra info:
Qualitative improvements in gunpowder
weapons and (just as importantly) their
tactical use mean that later in the Sengoku
period — and in Shogun: Total War — an
improved form of arquebus-armed ashigaru
can be trained for inclusion in your army.
These troops have a slightly greater range
with their gunfire and a higher rate of fire.
By this point the arquebus has become a
more refined and — most importantly — a
lighter weapon that can be aimed without
the need for an extra support.
Note: Clearly, arquebus-carrying units are
not available in campaigns from the Mongol
invasion era.
The term "musketeer" isn’t strictly correct
because these ashigaru aren’t technically
armed with muskets as such but with a
lighter, improved type of arquebus.
However, "Slimmed-Down-But-Improved Arquebus Ashigaru"
is a bit of a mouthful for a unit title!
