TOTAL WAR WIKI

Landesschutzen
Category:	Infantry
Class:	Skirmishers
Men:	20 / 40 / 60 / 80
Range:	125
Accuracy:	50
Reloading skill:	15
Ammunition:	10
Melee attack:	1
Charge bonus:	1
Defence:	4
Morale:	4
Unit limit:	4
Turns to train:	2
Recruitment cost:	470
Upkeep cost:	110

These troops are a rifle-armed militia, and very effective against other militia units.

Cynics might describe the Landesschutzen as cannon fodder: they lack prestige, and suffer from low morale as a result. They are denied equipment that other, higher status regular units take for granted. Such a view is wrong. As militia, the Landesschutzen are rather skilful in combat, with good marksmanship skills; they can certainly hold their own against other militia forces, and give careless regular infantry a nasty surprise. As they lack bayonets, they use their rifles as clubs in close combat.

In 1805 Austria lost the Tyrol to Bavaria, thanks to defeat at the hands of the French and their allies. In 1809 Andreas Hofer, an Austrian nationalist, organised a rebellion against his new masters, took the Tyrol back, and succeeded in capturing Innsbruck not once, but twice. Hofer had been a militia captain in the war against the French, and was a sharpshooter of some skill. A thorn in the side of the French generals, he was tricked, captured, tried and executed by firing squad in 1810, ensuring his place as a hero.

Abilities

Can guard

Can hide in light scrub

Can hide in woodland

Can skirmish

Grappling hooks

Technological abilities

Chevaux de frise

Earthworks

Light infantry tactics

Available for:

Unit is available when controlling the region of Tyrol.