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Game Info[]

Powerful Medieval-Era mounted ranged unit, useful for harassment and hit-and-run tactics.

Strategy[]

Heavy Skirmishers are powerful Medieval-Era units capable of rapid movement and deadly ranged attacks. Use them to harass the enemy and support your war effort, but be careful about letting them get caught alone.

Historical Info[]

Mounted knights armed with lances proved ineffective against formations of pikemen combined with crossbowmen whose weapons could penetrate most knights' armor. The invention of pushlever and ratchet drawing mechanisms enabled the use of crossbows on horseback, leading to the development of new cavalry tactics. Knights and mercenaries deployed in triangular formations, with the most heavily armored knights at the front. Some of these riders would carry small, powerful all-metal crossbows of their own. Crossbows were eventually replaced in warfare by more powerful gunpowder weapons, although early guns had slower rates of fire and much worse accuracy than contemporary crossbows. Later, similar competing tactics would feature harquebusiers or musketeers in formation with pikemen (pike and shot), pitted against cavalry firing pistols or carbines.

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