Mercenary Frankish Spearmen

From the most inexperienced fighter to the most battle-hardened elite, the spear remained the cheapest, most accessible and therefore common weapon of the Carolingian era. Historically, the weapon of the lower classes, the spear eventually became more prominent amongst all classes of military society; an entire force of armoured spearmen assaulted the palace of Lateran in AD769, for example. Changes in the types of opponent led to development of weapons in order to defeat them. 'Lugs' - or wings - started to appear under the blade in order to hook and grab at armour and 'languets' - protrusions from the shaft itself - were added to protect the user, further evidence that the spear was used for prolonged, matched combat against heavily-armoured cavalry.

Unit Name Mercenary Frankish Spearmen

Main Unit Key cha_merc_fra_spear

Land Unit Key cha_merc_fra_spear

Naval Unit Key cha_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Spear Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 150

Recruitment Cost 150

Upkeep Cost 90

Melee Attack 27

Melee Damage 32

├ Melee Weapon att_spear

├ Melee Base Damage 24

├ Armour-piercing Damage 8

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Attack Against Cavalry 20

├ Attack Against Elephants 20

└ Attack Against Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 26

Melee Defence 52

├ Base Defence 27

├ Shield cha_round

└ Shield Defence 25

Armour 10

├ Armour cha_cloth_helmet

├ Armour Defence 10

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 100

├ Man Entity cha_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 100

└ Bonus Hit Points 0

Morale 34

Abilities

• Spear Wall
  The unit moves into close wall formation.

Attributes

• Expert Charge Defence
  This unit’s melee attack and damage are increased against charging enemies.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses

Age of Charlemagne Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	cha_merc_fra_land	Austrasia	Aachen Metz Trier	1	0.025	1	1
2	cha_merc_fra_land	East Aquitaine	Arvernis Autun Rodez	1	0.025	1	1
3	cha_merc_fra_land	East Neustria	Amiens Reims Troyes	1	0.025	1	1
4	cha_merc_fra_land	France	Chartres Paris Tours	1	0.025	1	1
5	cha_merc_fra_land	Franconia	Frankfurt Hallstadt Wurzburg	1	0.025	1	1
6	cha_merc_fra_land	Septimania	Narbonne Toulouse Urgell	1	0.025	1	1
7	cha_merc_fra_land	Swabia	Bescanon Speyer Strasbourg	1	0.025	1	1
8	cha_merc_fra_land	West Neustria	Bayeux Nantes Rennes	1	0.025	1	1