Mitnag'him Numidim (Numidian Skirmishers)

• EB1
• EB2

Mitnagsim Numidim (Numidian Skirmishers)
Mitnagsim Numidim (Numidian Skirmishers)
Primary Weapon	Type: spear Attack: 6 Charge: 2 Lethality: 1 Range: 60.5 Ammo: 6 Attributes: Thrown missile
Secondary Weapon	Type: spear Attack: 12 Charge: 2 Lethality: 0.13 Attributes: light spear
Defence	Armour: 1 Shield: 2 Skill: 6
Recruitment	Soldiers: 50 Cost: 987 Upkeep: 247 Turns: 1
Mental	Morale: 10 Discipline: normal Training: untrained
Other	Hit Points: 1 Mass: 0.9 Attributes: Can board ships, Improved hiding in forest, Can dig tunnels, Very Hardy, Can hide in long grass Formation: square Side/Back spacing: 1.6/2 Mount effects: elephant +2, chariot +4, horse -2 Ownership: Aedui, Arche Seleukeia, Arverni, As'Sab'yn wal'Jau, Baktria, Casse, Epeiros, Getai, Hayasdan, Iberia, Koinon Hellenon, Makedonia, Pahlav, Pontos, Ptolemaioi, Safot Softim biKarthadast, Saka, Sauromatae, Senatvs Popvlvsqve Romanvs, Swebozez, Eleutheroi

Mizaraqim Mashliyim (Numidian Skirmishers)
Mizaraqim Mashliyim (Numidian Skirmishers)
Primary Weapon	Type: Thrown Missile Attack: 13 Charge: 0 Lethality: 1 Range: 70 Ammo: 6 Attributes: Thrown missile
Secondary Weapon	Type: knife Attack: 2 Charge: 1 Lethality: 0.13 Attributes: knife
Defence	Armour: 1 Shield: 3 Skill: 4
Recruitment	Soldiers: 96 Cost: 540 Upkeep: 135 Turns: 1
Mental	Morale: 2 Discipline: low Training: untrained
Other	Hit Points: 1 Mass: 0.8 Attributes: Can board ships, Improved hiding in forest, Hardy, Formation: square Side/Back spacing: 3.3/3.3 Mount effects: elephant +2, chariot +4, horse -2 Ownership: Rome, Carthage, Makedonia, Epeiros, Koinion Hellenon, Arche Seleukeia, Ptolemaioi, Baktria, Hayasdan, Pontos, Parthia, Aedui, Arverni, Pritanoi, Lusotannan, Sweboz, Getai, Saba, Saka, Sauromatae, Numidia, Pergamon, Gandhara, Lugia, Bosporan, Arevaci, Boii, Nabatu

Numidian javelinmen are fast moving skirmishers trained from infancy in the use of the javelin.

Description

Numidian javelinmen are fast moving skirmishers trained from infancy in the use of the javelin for hunting. They are recruited from amongst nomadic peoples who need their weapon skills to survive in harsh conditions.

They are best employed to harry enemies and thin their ranks with volleys of missiles. They should avoid being sucked into hand-to-hand combat, as their knives are more useful in skinning animals than killing men; also, other than a small shield they have no armour.

Historically, Numidia was a territory to the west and south of Carthage. Their people were Berber tribes that had a semi-nomadic existence. Numidian justice was extremely harsh on deserters and cowards: crucifixion was a common punishment.

Even though Numidians preferred to use horsemen against their enemies, Polybius mentions a infantry regiment of Numidians accompanying Massinissa before the Battle of Zama in 202 BC.

Usage

Cheap and numerous skirmishers. These men are best used to pepper the enemy using their javelins and they can be effective when attacking from the shieldless flank or rear. They can also be used to draw enemy missile fire away from your infantry and also to bait and separate an enemy unit from the enemy battle line to make it easy to surround them.

In EB1, they can be effective against cavalry due to being equipped with spears and can overwhelm them with numbers. In EB2 however, they are equipped with knives and are utterly weak in melee combat as a result. Either way, they not to be exposed in melee combat except as a last-ditch effort to either defeat the enemy when all else is lost or to buy some time.

Mitnag'him Numidim AOR