Difference between revisions of "Rifles (NTW Unit)"
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|Class=Infantry | |Class=Infantry | ||
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− | | | + | |Weaponry=Rifles |
− | | | + | |Minimum Building Requirement=Staff College |
|Region=Anywhere | |Region=Anywhere | ||
|Recruitment Cost=1000 | |Recruitment Cost=1000 | ||
|Upkeep Cost=250 | |Upkeep Cost=250 | ||
|Technology Needed=None}} | |Technology Needed=None}} | ||
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+ | Armed with a tough, accurate rifled musket, the Rifles are an elite skirmishing force. | ||
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+ | ==Overview== | ||
+ | The rifle gives them the ability to kill at astonishing ranges for a flintlock weapon. Their skills and skirmishing tactics allow them to use whatever cover is to hand to hide, stalk the enemy, and then kill them from a distance. Even their uniforms are a subdued colour to help them in their role as hunters and snipers. | ||
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+ | They are, however, not invulnerable. Like all skirmishers, they can be cut down by a carefully timed cavalry charge. They will also suffer disproportionate casualties if exposed to a line unit’s firepower. | ||
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+ | Historically, the Greenjackets, nicknamed for their dark green uniforms that blended into the landscape, carried an infantry rifle designed by Ezekiel Baker of London. This muzzle-loading flintlock used a small ball in a rifled barrel with superb accuracy. Loading was a slow business, and could take a minute or more to do properly so that a shot would fly true. The result, in the hands of an expert, was deadly. French officers came to dread the presence of the Rifles on a battlefield. | ||
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+ | ==Factions== | ||
+ | *[[Image:uk.png|25px]] [[Great Britain (NTW Faction)|Great Britain]] | ||
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[[Category:NTW Unit]] | [[Category:NTW Unit]] |
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Armed with a tough, accurate rifled musket, the Rifles are an elite skirmishing force.
Overview
The rifle gives them the ability to kill at astonishing ranges for a flintlock weapon. Their skills and skirmishing tactics allow them to use whatever cover is to hand to hide, stalk the enemy, and then kill them from a distance. Even their uniforms are a subdued colour to help them in their role as hunters and snipers.
They are, however, not invulnerable. Like all skirmishers, they can be cut down by a carefully timed cavalry charge. They will also suffer disproportionate casualties if exposed to a line unit’s firepower.
Historically, the Greenjackets, nicknamed for their dark green uniforms that blended into the landscape, carried an infantry rifle designed by Ezekiel Baker of London. This muzzle-loading flintlock used a small ball in a rifled barrel with superb accuracy. Loading was a slow business, and could take a minute or more to do properly so that a shot would fly true. The result, in the hands of an expert, was deadly. French officers came to dread the presence of the Rifles on a battlefield.