Levies conscripted from the countryside on an emergency basis, these regiments are incapable of sustained military effort.
Normally employed in skirmishes rather than in pitched battles, Calivermen are trained to take advantage of rough terrain.
These men move rapidly across all terrain. They are taught to take cover and fight when not in formation.
Unformed troops armed with long rifles, adept at using terrain for concealment.
Armed with pikes and swords, these infantry fight in close order and are necessary to protect regiments with firearms until the invention of the bayonet.
Halberdiers are more heavily armed and better trained pikemen. Use them to protect vulnerable troops.
Regular infantry regiments carry muskets and bayonets. They fight best when fortified.
New breechloading rifles allow these infantry to fire faster, and at longer ranges.
Armed with an early version of the musket, these troops are deadly only at close range, and are vulnerable to cavalry if unprotected.
Musketeers carry firearms of greater accuracy than those of earlier regiments, but require protection in a melee.
Grenadier’s weapons are similar to those of the regulars, but their training allows then to inflict more damage.
Guard regiments recruit only the largest and strongest soldiers.
Although the longbow and crossbow can inflict serious casualties, they will both be superseded by firearms.
Generals are usually not physically fit, but tend to dress more nicely than other units.
Lightly armed knights, squires perform scouting functions for the army but are nearly useless in battle.
Cossacks, or steppe horsemen, may be recruited by rulers to scout, forage, and pillage for the main army.
Hussars are the fastest scouts in the army but should not be used to attack formed troops.
Scouts are lightly armed and fast horsemen adept at reporting on the enemy positions and escaping when sighted.
Although protected by heavy body armor, knights can eventually be slain by bows or muskets. Best used against peasants or weakened forces as shock troops.
Used as shock troops, Lancer regiments, recruited rrom the upper classes, inflict panic on their demoralized foes.
Although the harquebus can be fired from horseback, it inflicts little damage due to its poor accuracy and the length of time it takes to reload.
Cuirassiers spearhead attacks, but are most effective when attacking unentrenched and unsupported infantry.
Armed with new rapid fire carbines, these cavalry regiments devastate their foes.
The first mobile artillery, these units are able to move to a new area of the battlefield, unlimber, and fire their guns rapidly.
Light Artillery can be risked closer to enemy lines in immediate support of an attack.
With a rifled gun barrel these units are capable of firing at much longer range than earlier cannons.
The poor mobility of these early cannons makes them useful mainly for defense and siege warfare.
Powerful artillery that easily eliminates fortifications that have not been modernized.
These artillery are heavier than previous artillery, the ideal piece for all types of defense.
These guns, while extremely slow in the field, batter entrenchments, knock down walls, and disrupt the foe.
