Ashigaru Missile Troops loose-item A single high powered shot

A single high powered shot from the mag cannon can pierce through almost any armour both infantry and vehicle alike

9 soldiers with sharpened bamboo spears

This was a multi-barreled

the Foot Guards each paraded more than one

By a series of forced marches with his infantry

Ashigaru Missile Troops loose-item A single high powered shotThe biggest change in the Sengoku period (1467 1603) would affect the role of missile troops in battle. At the start of the period, these were all armed with the yumi (bow) and fought in coordinated units to pepper the enemy with their arrows. This bow, like the equivalent English Longbow, took many years training to perfect but was deadly when used correctly. Due to the training needed there were never as many yumi armed troops as a daimyo may have