Pfeilgeschützabteilung

No. and abbreviation: 76 · PFA
Class: Light infantry (LEI) Infantry
Moral class: IB Irregular, class B
Mount: No mount
Realms: 9

Irregular troops flee sooner in battle than regulars and are raised in larger cohorts.

Historical background

Bolt-shooting engines arose around 400 BC in Syracuse as the belly bow, the gastraphetes, and were soon developed into torsion engines that spread through the Hellenistic east. Ancient China used heavy crossbows mounted on frames. Such weapons required specialists and served chiefly in sieges.

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
Egypt	IB	350	24	3	60	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	26	200	32
Empire of China	IB	350	24	3	60	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	26	200	32
Germania	IB	425	24	3	60	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	26	200	32
Great Scythian Empire	IB	400	24	3	60	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	26	200	32
Kushan Empire	IB	350	24	3	60	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	26	200	32
Ostrogothic Kingdom	IB	500	24	3	60	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	26	200	32
Persia	IB	350	24	3	60	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	26	200	32
Sogdian Principality	IB	400	24	3	60	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	26	200	32
Visigothic Kingdom	IB	500	24	3	60	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	26	200	32

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.