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Field Cannon
Description
Industrial era ranged unit.
Historical Context
Field cannon – the earliest form of mobile gunpowder artillery – dates back to the wars of Gustavus Adolphus, a bastardization of the Ottoman hand cannon and the heavy siege artillery used throughout Europe. The Swedish king needed increased mobility and devastation from his guns if he was going to conquer the north, and so he developed 4- and 9-pounder demi-culverins and a 12-pounder cannon (the traditional method of distinguishing type of cannon is by weight of shot); each gun was able to be serviced by three men and hauled by two horses. He also organized them into batteries, rather than scatter them about through the ranks. And the Swedes pioneered several types of specialized ammunition, including canister for blasting massed enemy infantry. So effective was Adolphus’ field guns and his tactics for their use that soon enough every nation in Europe and beyond had adopted his innovations, and the art of war again changed dramatically.
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Traits

Upgrades To
icon_unit_machine_gun
Machine Gun
Upgrade From
icon_unit_crossbowman
Crossbowman
icon_unit_chinese_crouching_tiger
Crouching Tiger
icon_unit_mongolian_keshig
Keshig
icon_civilization_unknown
Voi Chiến
Promotion Class: Ranged
icon_moves
2
Movement Points
icon_strength
50
Melee Strength
icon_ranged_strength
60
Ranged Strength
icon_range
2
Range

Requirements

Technology
icon_tech_ballistics
Ballistics
Production Cost
Base Cost: 330 Production
Purchase Cost
Base Cost: 1320 Gold
Maintenance Cost
Base Cost: 5 Gold
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icon_unit_field_cannon
Description
Industrial era ranged unit.
Historical Context
Field cannon – the earliest form of mobile gunpowder artillery – dates back to the wars of Gustavus Adolphus, a bastardization of the Ottoman hand cannon and the heavy siege artillery used throughout Europe. The Swedish king needed increased mobility and devastation from his guns if he was going to conquer the north, and so he developed 4- and 9-pounder demi-culverins and a 12-pounder cannon (the traditional method of distinguishing type of cannon is by weight of shot); each gun was able to be serviced by three men and hauled by two horses. He also organized them into batteries, rather than scatter them about through the ranks. And the Swedes pioneered several types of specialized ammunition, including canister for blasting massed enemy infantry. So effective was Adolphus’ field guns and his tactics for their use that soon enough every nation in Europe and beyond had adopted his innovations, and the art of war again changed dramatically.

Traits

Upgrades To
icon_unit_machine_gun
Machine Gun
Upgrade From
icon_unit_crossbowman
Crossbowman
icon_unit_chinese_crouching_tiger
Crouching Tiger
icon_unit_mongolian_keshig
Keshig
icon_civilization_unknown
Voi Chiến
Promotion Class: Ranged
icon_moves
2
Movement Points
icon_strength
50
Melee Strength
icon_ranged_strength
60
Ranged Strength
icon_range
2
Range

Requirements

Technology
icon_tech_ballistics
Ballistics
Production Cost
Base Cost: 330 Production
Purchase Cost
Base Cost: 1320 Gold
Maintenance Cost
Base Cost: 5 Gold
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