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Class: missile · Category: infantry · Men per unit: 40

Reforms: Unlocked by Military innovations have arrived!, Rise of the Warbands

Slingers joined the Batavian revolt, they appear to have been among the reinforcements Julius Civilis brought in from across the Rhine. Given symbolic importance of the framea, it seems likely that men armed with slings instead were not full members of the nation they served.

	Primary	Secondary
Attack	6	2
Charge bonus	0	0
Type	missile · archery	melee · simple
Damage	blunt	piercing
Projectile	stone	—
Range	150	—
Ammunition	40	—

	Primary	Secondary
Total	10	—
Armour	1	—
Defence skill	9	—
Shield	0	—

Hit points	1
Ground: scrub / sand / forest / snow	0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Charge distance	30
Formations	Square

Technical stats

Time between blows (primary / secondary)	2.5 s / 2.5 s
Extra fatigue in hot climates	0
Collision mass per man (1.0 is normal)	0.82
Spacing between men: close / loose	1.2 × 2.8 m / 2.16 × 5.04 m
Default ranks	5

In battle: Can hide in long grass · Very good stamina

A core roster unit for 14 factions, each able to raise it anywhere they hold the right building:

Bastarnae · Chatti · Chauci · Cherusci · Cimbri · Frisii · Gauts · Hermunduri · Langobardi · Lugii · Marcomanni · Quadi · Semnones · Sugambri

Any faction holding one of the provinces below can field it.

Exactly what a settlement must have, route by route (4)

Building	Also requires
Any settlement	Garrison Building or Tier 1 Military Industrial Complex · Military innovations have arrived! · Germanic area of recruitment · not Gallic area of recruitment · Any Government (Dependency, Indirect Rule or Direct Rule) · Tier 2 Colony not built
Indirect Rule	Garrison Building or Tier 1 Military Industrial Complex · Rise of the Warbands · Tier 1 Colony
Direct Rule	Garrison Building or Tier 1 Military Industrial Complex · Rise of the Warbands · Tier 1 Colony
Homeland	Garrison Building or Tier 1 Military Industrial Complex · Rise of the Warbands

Zone	Provinces
Germanic	63