Mortars
What a Mortar may lack in sheer stopping power compared to cannons, it makes up with pure vicious, explosive destruction.Mortars are short, heavy weapons, designed to lob a hollow, explosive shell high into the air so that it drops onto its target. While a solid cannon ball may plough through several victims, a Mortar shell explodes with tremendous force, scattering razor-sharp shrapnel over a wide area and scything through whole ranks of enemy warriors. Firing a Mortar is always a tense moment, for the quality of fuses is highly variable and it is not unknown for one to burn through before the crew have finished loading the shell. As a result, Mortar crews tend to be superstitious and carry multiple good-luck charms about their persons.
Unit Name Mortars |
Main Unit Key wh_main_emp_art_mortar |
Land Unit Key wh_main_emp_art_mortar |
Naval Unit Key wh_main_shp_transport |
Land Unit Group Siege Artillery |
Naval Unit Group Siege Artillery |
Soldiers 44 |
Caste War Machine |
Category Siege Engine |
Class Field Artillery |
Cost 650 |
Recruitment Cost 650 |
Upkeep Cost 167 |
130 |
├ Engine wh_main_emp_art_mortar |
├ Missile Weapon wh_main_emp_mortar |
├ Projectile wh_emp_mortar_shell |
├ Missile Damage 100 |
├ Missile Ap Damage 30 |
└ Base Reload Time 19 |
Accuracy 10 |
Range 380 |
Reload 10 |
Shots Per Minute 3.5 |
Ammunition 22 |
Melee Attack 10 |
24 |
├ Melee Weapon wh_main_emp_sword_short |
├ Melee Damage Base 21 |
├ Melee Damage Ap 3 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs Cavalry 0 |
├ Bonus vs Elephants 0 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 5 |
6 |
├ Base Defence 6 |
├ Shield none |
└ Shield Defence 0 |
20 |
├ Armour wh2_main_leather_20 |
├ Armour Defence 20 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
56 |
├ Man Entity wh2_dlc16_infantry_standard_crew_blood_dismembers |
├ Man Speed 30 |
├ Man Health 8 |
└ Bonus Hit Points 48 |
Leadership (Base Morale) 50 |
Abilities
No Ability
Attributes
- Cannot Run
This unit cannot run and will only move at walking pace.
Strengths & Weaknesses
- Anti-Infantry
Anti-infantry units have an advantage against targets that are smaller than a horse. This advantage can be a damage bonus against small targets, superior weight used to smash through lighter enemies, or an explosive attack from range that affects a large area.
Faction Availability | |
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The Eye of the Vortex | |
Mortal Empires |