Qala'im Numidim (Numidian Slingers)

Qala'im Numidim (Numidian Slingers)
Qala'im Numidim (Numidian Slingers)
Primary Weapon	Type: none(sling) Attack: 1 Charge: 0 Lethality: 1 Range: 162.8 Ammo: 25 Attributes: Armour Piercing
Secondary Weapon	Type: knife Attack: 7 Charge: 0 Lethality: 0.04
Defence	Armour: 1 Shield: 1 Skill: 7
Recruitment	Soldiers: 30 Cost: 520 Upkeep: 130 Turns: 1
Mental	Morale: 8 Discipline: low Training: untrained
Other	Hit Points: 1 Mass: 0.85 Attributes: Can board ships, Improved hiding in forest, Can dig tunnels, Very Hardy, Can hide in long grass, Mercenary Formation: square Side/Back spacing: 2.8/3.5 Mount effects: horse -2, chariot +2, elephant +1 Ownership: Epeiros, Iberia, Koinon Hellenon, Makedonia, Ptolemaioi, Safot Softim biKarthadast, Senatvs Popvlvsqve Romanvs, Eleutheroi

Numidian slingers came from the shepherd nomads who used their slings to protect their herds from predators. They're quite skilled with their slings, which truly is a deceptively simple weapon.

Description

Numidian slingers came from the shepherd nomads who used their slings to protect their herds from predators. They're quite skilled with their slings, which truly is a deceptively simple weapon. One end of the sling is looped around his wrist while the other is released when the stone is launched. A sling bullet would not be seen in flight and was capable of shattering a shield or penetrating unarmored flesh to a range of about 100 metres when slung by a skilled man.

Numidian slingers are best used as light skirmishers. With no armor and very simple melee weapons, they rush forward toward the enemy to pepper them with stones, only to flee when threatened.

Historically, slingers seem to have been used in almost all corners of the world in some form and North Africa was no exception.Hand slings are very easy and cheap to make, and yet they are a respectable weapon. They generally consisted of a single long strip of leather or woven wool, with a central "pocket" for the stone. The longer the sling, the greater its range.

Usage

Cheap but effective slingers, they are used to inflict heavy damage towards heavy infantry and cavalry, especially general's bodyguards. They aren't very effective at melee however and their main concern is being attacked by enemy cavalry.

These men are always recruitable in the regions of North Africa and they are also available as mercenaries, useful for any invading army.

Qala'im Numidim AOR