Musketeer

A Musketeer is a standard infantry unit used by the civilizations of the Colonial Ages. The Musketeers are featured in the game Age of Empires III.

Game Info
The Musketeer is an infantry unit which is armed with a smooth bore musket to fight Infantry and a bayonet to fight Cavalry in close quarters. The Musketeers are relatively inaccurate with a slow rate of fire. These units are fairly weak against Artillery and light Infantry, but when in large numbers they can easily kill Cavalry and some light Infantry. This type of Infantry fall prey to Cassadors,Skirmishers, and other light Infantry.

Several civilizations do not have Musketeers, such as the Ottomans, Germans, and Dutch. Instead, the Ottomans have the similar Janissary unit. The Dutch receive their version of a Musketeer, called a Stadhouder, only from the Stadhouder technology received from the Church when the Religious Freedom Card is sent. The Germans do not have a similar unit. Instead, the Germans use the slow but powerful Doppelsoldner. The Japanese and Indians have the Ashigaru Musketeer and the Sepoy instead. Both are stronger and more expensive.

The British and Portuguese Musketeers can be upgraded to Royal Guard, making them more powerful than other civilizations Musketeers.