TOTAL WAR WIKI

Rocket Troop (ETW unit)

Rocket Troop
Rocket Band
European
Rocket Troop
Indian
Rocket Band
Category: Artillery
Class: Fixed Artillery
Men: 6 / 12 / 18 / 24
Guns: 4
Firepower: 6
Range: 750
Accuracy: 15
Reloading skill: 5
Melee attack: 6
Charge bonus: 6
Defence: 4
Morale: 3
Unit limit: 6
Turns to train: 1
Recruitment cost: 1130
Upkeep cost: 280
Requires
Technology
Explosive Rockets
Explosive Rockets
Building (minimum level)
European
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Engineer School
Indian
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Ordnance Council

War rockets are a terrifying device, capable of carrying different kinds of warhead and of causing utter panic in their targets.

These iron tubes filled with gunpowder propellant are fired in large volleys; the noise alone could be somewhat unnerving. Each rocket is laid in an angled launcher, and it is the job of the artilleryman to correctly judge the angle of launch to drop the rockets in the middle of the enemy. He also needs to take into account wind, as the long tails of the rockets can mean they are blown off course. The least dangerous rockets are tipped with a large spear point, but explosive heads are also fitted.

Historically, it was the Indian war rockets used by Tippu Sultan of Mysore that introduced Europeans to the concept. The experience was not a pleasant one. The British copied these weapons as the Congreve rocket system, and used them aboard ships as well as on land. A rocket troop was present at the final defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815, although accounts of their effectiveness vary. Congreve’s system even included illumination rounds to light up the battlefield!

Abilities

Can hide in woodland
Resistant to heat fatigue Maratha Confederacy

Technological abilities

Gabionade (west)

Available for:

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Austria France Great Britain Maratha Confederacy Poland-Lithuania
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Prussia Russia Spain Sweden United Provinces
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United States

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