Persische berittene Speerwerfer
- No. and abbreviation
- 152 · PES
- Class
- Medium cavalry (MIR) Cavalry
- Moral class
- IB Irregular, class B
- Mount
- Needs one horse per man to raise
- Realms
- 3
Irregular troops flee sooner in battle than regulars and are raised in larger cohorts.
Historical background
The cavalry of the Achaemenids fought mainly with bow and javelin; Xenophon describes Persian horsemen with two spears of cornel wood, one for throwing and one for thrusting. This mobile way of fighting harried the Greek hoplites but lost to Alexander's heavy cavalry. Many horsemen came from the Persian and Median nobility.
Read more on Wikipedia ↗Values per realm
Every realm that can raise this type has its own row for it.
| Realm | MK | HG | Rüpu | EW | SW | Pla | Hil | Stp | Sav | For | Des | Swa | Mtn | FK | RW | Wt. | MP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | IB | 60 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 420 | 40 |
| Parthia | IB | 40 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 420 | 40 |
| Persia | IB | 30 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 420 | 40 |
MK Moral class · HG Bounty per man · Rüpu Armour points per 25 men · EW Highest experience through training · SW Protection value · FK Ranged combat points · RW Range of ranged combat · Wt. Transport weight per man · MP Movement points · The eight columns in between are the melee points per terrain.