About: Bargir Lancers

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These cavalrymen are armed with a long spear or lance that makes them particularly deadly when charging. The lance is probably the oldest cavalry weapon. It gives the user a chance to put all the momentum of himself and his charging horse into one very sharp point that can, in the hands of a skilled man, be driven right through any man. This is what makes lances so intimidating to face but, if the lancer does not kill his target, he is then vulnerable. A long lance is a good deal less use in a melee than a sword, and a lancer is at a disadvantage once the close fighting starts.

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rdf:type	/Units/ETW
rdfs:label	Bargir Lancers
rdfs:comment	These cavalrymen are armed with a long spear or lance that makes them particularly deadly when charging. The lance is probably the oldest cavalry weapon. It gives the user a chance to put all the momentum of himself and his charging horse into one very sharp point that can, in the hands of a skilled man, be driven right through any man. This is what makes lances so intimidating to face but, if the lancer does not kill his target, he is then vulnerable. A long lance is a good deal less use in a melee than a sword, and a lancer is at a disadvantage once the close fighting starts.
dcterms:subject	Units Cavalry
Soldiers	45(xsd:integer)
Morale	5(xsd:integer)
upkeep	290(xsd:integer)
Melee	7(xsd:integer)
Prod	Drill School
Games	Empire: Total War
Faction	Maratha Confederacy
Weapon	Lance
Name	Bargir Lancers
Type	Melee Cavalry
turns to train	1(xsd:integer)
cbonus	25(xsd:integer)
dskill	9(xsd:integer)
unit cap	None
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Tech	None; Can be improved with Wedge and Diamond formations
Cost	970(xsd:integer)
abstract	These cavalrymen are armed with a long spear or lance that makes them particularly deadly when charging. The lance is probably the oldest cavalry weapon. It gives the user a chance to put all the momentum of himself and his charging horse into one very sharp point that can, in the hands of a skilled man, be driven right through any man. This is what makes lances so intimidating to face but, if the lancer does not kill his target, he is then vulnerable. A long lance is a good deal less use in a melee than a sword, and a lancer is at a disadvantage once the close fighting starts. Historically, many nations used lancers, although the European fashion for them owes much to the uhlans: cavalry raised for Austrian and Prussian service. The French adopted lancers with some enthusiasm, and Napoleon even included Polish lancers in his Imperial Guard. In India the lance had long been used as a weapon, and lancer skills were often improved by “pegging” (picking tent pegs out of the ground with the lance tip) or pig-sticking (hunting wild pigs or even wild dogs with the lance). Native Indian lancers were rightly feared by European troops.

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