Horse Artillery

Horse Artillery
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
Type	Artillery
Civilization(s)	Europeans (except the Maltese) Federal Americans
Age	Industrial Age
Internal name	xpHorseArtillery
Training
Trained at	Artillery Foundry
Cost	100 Wood 500 Coin 6 Population
Train time	45 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	200
Resistance	75% Ranged
Speed	6.0
Line of Sight	30
Train XP	60
Kill XP	60
Bombard attack
Damage	125 Siege
Area of Effect	3
Range	26
Rate of Fire	4.0
Bonus damage	3.0× vs. Infantry 3.0× vs. Ship 2.0× vs. Building 0.5× vs. Arrow Knight
Case shot attack
Damage	12.5 (7) Siege
Area of Effect	5
Range	13
Rate of Fire	4.0
Bonus damage	3.0× vs. Infantry 0.5× vs. Cavalry 0.5× vs. Shock infantry 0.5× vs. Arrow Knight
Requires	"Case Shot" card

“	Quick moving artillery. Strong against infantry.	”
—In-game description

The Horse Artillery is an artillery unit in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs that can be trained at the Artillery Foundry once the Industrial Age is reached. It is similar to the Falconet but has slightly more damage and moves faster.

Horse Artillery is available to all European and Federal American civilizations except the Maltese, John Black's Mercenaries (Act II: Ice campaign), and Knights of St. John (Act I: Blood campaign).

In-game information

“

This horse-drawn artillery unit offers good speed and mobility at a relatively low cost. The Horse Artillery unit enables you to position cannon easily and quickly during a battle.

”

Overview

The Horse Artillery is similar to the Falconet in that it has high damage, a medium-low Rate of Fire, low hit points, and a ranged resistance of 75%. It is designed to counter all infantry and naval units, and destroys buildings with relative ease. The Horse Artillery deals 25% more damage than the Falconet and is very fast for an artillery unit, moving faster than a Falconet or any normal infantry unit, but still not quite as fast as a normal cavalry unit. It costs 100 coin and 1 population more than a Falconet, and cannot be built until the Industrial Age. In general, Horse Artillery is a better choice than a Falconet, as it is more cost and population effective and is faster. Trunion can aid the Horse Artillery well, as it makes them fast enough to flee from most cavalry units such as light ranged cavalry and heavy cavalry such as Hussars.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Heavy Horse Guns	250 food 250 wood	Upgrades Horse Artillery to Heavy Horse Guns (+25% hit points and damage)
Imperial Age	Imperial Horse Artillery	1,500 wood 1,500 coin	Upgrades Heavy Horse Guns to Imperial Horse Guns (+50% hit points and damage); requires Heavy Horse Guns

Consulate unit

Horse Artillery
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
Type	Artillery Consulate unit
Civilization(s)	Asians
Age	Industrial Age
Internal name	ypConsulateHorseArtillery
Training
Banner army	French Expeditionary Army
Trained at	Consulate
Cost	100 Wood 500 Coin 6 Population
Train time	45 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	200
Resistance	75% Ranged
Speed	6.0
Line of Sight	30
Train XP	60
Kill XP	60
Bombard attack
Damage	125 Siege
Area of Effect	3
Range	26
Rate of Fire	4.0
Bonus damage	3.0× vs. Infantry 3.0× vs. Ship 2.0× vs. Building 0.5× vs. Arrow Knight

“	Quick moving artillery. Strong against infantry.	”
—In-game description

The Consulate Horse Artillery is a counterpart of the Horse Artillery, which starts with +10% hit points and damage.

Upgrades

The Consulate Horse Artillery is automatically upgraded in the Industrial Age and Imperial Age:

• +25% hit points and damage
• +50% hit points and damage

Civilization differences

• Asian civilizations can get Consulate Horse Artillery by allying with French and Portuguese at the Consulate which provides armies and technologies that includes Horse Artillery listed below:
  • French (Chinese and Indians): French Expeditionary Army (2 Horse Artillery)
  • Portuguese (Indians and Japanese): Portuguese Brigade (4 Horse Artillery)

Campaign appearance

• Consulate Horse Artillery are available to the Japanese in Act I: Japan when they choose the Dutch as an ally through the Dutch Expeditionary Company and Dutch Expeditionary Army, which includes 1 and 4 Consulate Horse Artillery respectively.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Infantry, ships, buildings
Weak vs.	Cavalry, shock infantry, Culverins, Arrow Knights
Improvements
Hit points	Professional Gunners (+10%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Smokeless Powder (+5%) Heated Shot (+50% multiplier vs. ships) Somali Ajuran Engineers (+20% multiplier vs. Frontier fortification)
Speed	Trunion (+15%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Line of Sight	Gunner's Quadrant (+6) Town Watch (+3)
Cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost)
Train time	Immigrants (-10%) New Mexico Immigration (-10%; United States only)
Other	Portuguese Brigade (delivers 4 Consulate Horse Artillery; Indians and Japanese only) Jagiellonian Legacy (delivers 1 Horse Artillery if the New Jersey Federal State was chosen for the United States) Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Horse Artillery

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Purple	Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
Red	Shipment that can be sent twice
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

• Definitive Edition
• The Asian Dynasties

Shared

Card	Description	Age
Advanced Artillery	Delivers 1 Mortar; enables Mortars and Horse Artillery to be trained from the Fortress Age
2 Horse Artillery	Delivers 2 Horse Artillery
3 Horse Artillery	Delivers 3 Horse Artillery
Marion's Diversions	Delivers 2 Quaker Guns; enables Quaker Guns to be trained at Artillery Foundries; artillery speed +5%

• "Advanced Artillery" is available to Europeans and Federal Americans.
• "2 Horse Artillery" is available to the British, Germans, Ottomans, Portuguese, and United States.
• "3 Horse Artillery" is available to the British, Germans, Portuguese, Swedes, and United States.
• "Marion's Diversions" is available to the United States upon selecting the South Carolina Federal State, and also British, Dutch, French, Italians, and Swedes upon revolting to the United States.

Asians

Card	Description	Age
Good Faith Agreements	Consulate unit train time -50%; Consulate technology cost -40% (-300 export for Brigades), research time -50% (except Brigades)

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
Siege Hitpoints	Artillery and Flamethrower hit points +15%; grenade trooper hit points +20%
Siege Attack	Artillery and Flamethrower damage +15%; grenade trooper damage +20%
Siege Combat	Artillery hit points and damage +15%; Flamethrower and grenade trooper hit points and damage +20%
Western Reforms	Unit hit points and damage +8%
Acupuncture	Unit (except monk) train time -20%; Summer Palace banner army, Flying Crow, and Heavy Cannon spawn time -5%
Banner School	Banner army train time -30%; Summer Palace banner army spawn time -7%
TEAM Engineering School	Artillery, Fixed Gun, Siege Elephant, Flamethrower, Ram, Mantlet, and Haudenosaunee Mantlet train time -15%; Heavy Cannon, Great Bombard, Rocket, Flying Crow, and Gatling Camel train time -5% instead
Recruit Wokou + 5 Horse Artillery	Delivers 1 Wokou Junk with 5 Horse Artillery in it; costs 2,000 coin

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Engineering School	Artillery, Fixed Gun, Siege Elephant, Flamethrower, Ram, Mantlet, and Haudenosaunee Mantlet train time -30%; Heavy Cannon, Great Bombard, Rocket, Flying Crow, and Gatling Camel train time -10% instead
2 Horse Artillery	Delivers 2 Horse Artillery
Flying Battery	Artillery (except Fixed Gun) speed +1.1; Falconet, Culverin, Mortar, Horse Artillery, Heavy Cannon, and Li'l Bombard bombard attack Rate of Fire -10%; Napoleon Gun bombard and caseshot attack Rate of Fire -10%
Lantakas	Artillery, building, and ship damage +15%
Wanderlust	Land military and land villager hit points +5%; land villager and construction wagon speed +5% (can be sent 3 times)
Knox's Continental Artillery	Delivers 5 Consulate Culverins; artillery train time -10%, hit points +10%; Culverin train time -25%, hit points +20% instead; costs 500 wood

• "Engineering School" is available to the French, Ottomans, Portuguese, Russians, and Swedes.
• "2 Horse Artillery" is available to the French (upon revolting to Revolutionary France), Ottomans (upon revolting to Egypt and Romania), and Russians (upon revolting to Romania).
• "Flying Battery" is available to the Germans, Italians, and Spanish upon revolting to Argentina, and French upon revolting to Revolutionary France.
• "Lantakas" is available to the Dutch and Portuguese upon revolting to Indonesia.
• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa.
• "Knox's Continental Artillery" is available to the British, Dutch, French, Italians, and Swedes upon revolting to the United States.

French

Card	Description	Age
Gribeauval System	Falconet, Culverin, and Horse Artillery damage +25%; Heavy Cannon damage +20%
Cult of the Supreme Being	Unit train bounty +10%, kill bounty -10%; Sansculotte gather work rate for crates +50%, Berry Bush and Cherry Orchard +25%, tree, Mango Grove, mine +20%, huntable animals, herded animals, Mill, Farm, and Estate +15%
Grand Battery	Delivers 3 Horse Artillery and 3 Heavy Cannons; costs 1,804 coin
Grande Armée	Enables Imperial upgrades for military units to be researched at -50% cost; Sansculotte cost +25%

• "Cult of the Supreme Being", "Grand Battery", and "Grande Armée" are available upon revolting to Revolutionary France.

Indians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	Unit hit points and damage +5%
Foreign Trading Companies	Adds 0.75 to export trickle rate; banner army export cost -15%; Indian unit cost +2.5% (Hindu Villager, Fishing Boat, and Sacred Cow cost +5% instead), +1 Hindu Villager

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Odzutsu Mortars	Artillery damage +10%; Samurai Line of Sight +2, siege attack range +1
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrade cost -20%

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post present on the map; unit hit points +2%

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Plan of Veracruz	Transforms all Outposts into Falconets; grants Field Guns; artillery Line of Sight +4; costs 250 food, 250 wood
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%
Colegio de San Nicolas	Delivers 1 Large Collection of Books (500 XP); unit Line of Sight +4; building (except Wall) Line of Sight +8; reveals enemy units' positions for 20 seconds
National Servant	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +10%; Padre heal work rate +200%	Imperial Age
Artillery	Delivers 2 Quaker Guns and random 1 Falconet, Gatling Gun, or Horse Artillery

• "Colegio de San Nicolas" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.
• "Artillery" is available upon revolting to Baja California.

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age
Topçular	Artillery, artillery trooper, and grenade trooper hit points and damage +15%

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age
Artillery Hitpoints	Grenade trooper hit points +30%; artillery hit points +15%

Russians

Card	Description	Age
Tsar Cannon	Delivers 1 Great Bombard; grants Imperial Bombards; Imperial upgrades for Falconets, Culverins, Mortars, and Horse Artillery cost -10%

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
Case Shot	Leather Cannon, Falconet, Culverin, Horse Artillery, and Heavy Cannon get the Case Shot attack

United States

Card	Description	Age
Knox Artillery Train	Horse Artillery hit points +20%, train time -20%; Heavy Cannon hit points +20%, train time -10%; Grants Heavy Horse Guns
Indiana Mobilization	Delivers 1 Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game, including this one; unit train time, technology research time, Age up time -10%; costs 250 food, 250 wood
Connecticut Shipwrights	War ship train time -50%; building build time -35%; artillery train time -15%, Heavy Cannon train time -10% instead	Imperial Age

• "Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.
• "Connecticut Shipwrights" is available upon selecting the Connecticut Federal State.

Asians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Good Faith Agreements	Consulate units' train time -50%; Consulate technologies' cost -40% (-400 export for Brigades) and research time -50% (except Brigades)		1

Chinese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Siege Hitpoints	Artillery get +15% hit points; Flamethrowers get +20% hit points		10
Siege Attack	Artillery get +15% attack; Flamethrowers get +20% attack		10
Siege Combat	Artillery get +15% hit points and damage; Flamethrowers get +20% hit points and damage		25
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and damage		40
Acupuncture	All units' train time -20%		40
Banner School	Banner army train time -30%; Summer Palace banner army spawn time -7%		10
TEAM Engineering School	Abus Gunner, Grenadier, Culverin, Falconet, Mortar, Organ Gun, Mantlet, Ram, Light Cannon, Petard, Horse Artillery, Siege Elephant, Morutaru, Flaming Arrow, Hand Mortar, and Flamethrower train time -30%; Heavy Cannon, Great Bombard, Rocket, and Flying Crow train time -5%		25
Recruit Wokou + 5 Horse Artillery	Ships 1 Wokou Junk with 5 Horse Artillery in it; costs 2,000 coin		10

Europeans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
2 Horse Artillery	Ships 2 Horse Artillery (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)		10
3 Horse Artillery	Ships 3 Horse Artillery (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)		40
TEAM Artillery Hitpoints	Artillery, Abus Gunners, and Grenadiers get +15% hit points		10
Engineering School	Artillery, Fixed Guns, Siege Elephants, Flamethrowers, Rams, Mantlets, and Huron Mantlets train time -30%; Heavy Cannons, Great Bombards, Rockets, Flying Crows, and Gatling Camels train time -10%		25

• "2 Horse Artillery" is available to the British, Germans, Ottomans, and Portuguese, and United States.
• "3 Horse Artillery" is available to the British, Germans, Portuguese, Swedes, and United States.
• "TEAM Artillery Hitpoints" is available to the Ottomans and Portuguese.
• "Engineering School" is available to the French, Ottomans, Portuguese, Russians, and Swedes.

French

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Gribeauval System	Falconets, Culverins, and Horse Artillery get +25% attack; Heavy Cannons get +20% attack		40

Indians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and damage		25

Japanese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrades cost -20%		1

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Artillery Attack	Artillery, Abus Gunners, and Grenadiers get +15% attack		25

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 Line of Sight		10

History

“

Sometime around the sixteenth century, military planners began to see the value of using horses to maneuver light artillery to the front lines of battle. European records show that some commanders integrated their horse artillery units with infantry units and even cavalry. The mobility of horse artillery units offered military leaders increased options in dealing with fluid and rapidly changing battlefield conditions.

”

Gallery

A Horse Artillery in Bombard mode

A Horse Artillery in Limber mode

A lifesize model of a Swedish 1850s horse artillery team towing a light artillery piece (Swedish Army Museum, Stockholm.)

A Heavy/Imperial Horse Gun in Limber mode

A Heavy/Imperial Horse Gun in Bombard mode

A Horse Artillery in Limber mode in the Definitive Edition

A Horse Artillery in Bombard mode in the Definitive Edition

A Heavy/Imperial Horse Gun in Limber mode in the Definitive Edition

In-game Ottoman Horse Artillery (the in-game model required the "Topçular" Home City Card before update 14.43676)

Horse Artillery image from the Compendium section