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Tosa Riflemen (FOTS Unit)

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Tosa Riflemen (FOTS Unit)
File:Tosa Riflemen FOTS.png
Class Light Infantry
Recruitment Cost 1030
Upkeep Cost 130
Requires Buildings:
  • Barracks
  • Clan:
  • Tosa
  • Melee Attack 6
    Charge Bonus 15
    Bonus vs Cavalry 0
    Range 150
    Accuracy 45
    Reloading Skill 65
    Ammunition 40
    Melee Defence 4
    Armour 2
    Morale 8
    Speed 4


    Description

    These light infantrymen can move across the battlefield rapidly, and deliver devastating rifle fire.

    Tosa riflemen are trained to act as light infantrymen, skirmishers who protect and screen the main line of battle. As such, they are excellent shots with their modern, rapid-fire, repeating rifles, and will do a substantial amount of damage to enemy units if they are not driven off. As might be expected of well-trained troops, they are also confident and have good morale. However, they should not be expected to fight well in close combat, or to last if they are ridden down by enemy cavalry. Used correctly, though, against high value and dangerous enemies, they are a formidable weapon in any general's arsenal.

    Tosa was the birthplace of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-67), a visionary leader of the anti-Tokugawa faction in Japanese society. Although he was a samurai and a traditionalist in some things, such as samurai dress, he was also very open to new ideas: he certainly owned and used a Smith and Wesson rimfire revolver, for example. He had read, and favoured, the American constitution, and felt that a modern Japan would have to throw off its feudal origins and adopt policies of equality among men. His modernism would also lead him to be the leading light in the establishment of a navy to fight the Tokugawa Shogunate: he is regarded as the "father of the Imperial Japanese Navy" for his efforts to give Satsuma and Choshu a navy. He also brokered a peace between these traditional enemies. Such an able man was bound to make enemies, and he was assassinated in Kyoto; the Shinsengumi were blamed at the time.

    Strengths & Weaknesses

    • Very good accuracy and reload rate.
    • Long range.
    • Weak in melee.
    • Weak against cavalry.
    • Good morale.
    • Tosa-Exclusive Unit.

    Special Abilities

    • Suppression Fire - This ability increases reload rate but lowers accuracy. Enemy units hit by suppression fire are slowed and suffer a morale penalty.

    Other Information

    Sharpshooters Tosa Riflemen Yugekitai
    Recruitment Cost 840 1030 1070
    Upkeep Cost 110 130 140
    Melee Attack 4 6 6
    Charge Bonus 10 15 15
    Bonus vs Cavalry 0 0 0
    Range 150 150 150
    Accuracy 45 45 55
    Reloading Skill 25 65 30
    Ammunition 20 40 20
    Melee Defence 2 4 4
    Armour 2 2 2
    Morale 6 8 8

    Summary

    • Yugekitai have the slight advantage of Accuracy, allowing them to inflict more damage per volley.
    • Tosa Riflemen have the advantage of Firepower thanks to their fast Reloading Skill and extra Ammunition. If they're recruited in a Province that has both a Gunsmith and a Firing Range, they become the best Light Infantry in the entire game.
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