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Infantry and Cavalry Upgrades
 

 

Improve firearms: rifled barrel

Firearms were developed and improved rapidly in XVII-XVIII centuries. Thanks to inventions in this sphere, firearms became lighter and more effective, and gained better accuracy and range of fire. Rifled handguns - carbines - were added to arsenals; these firearms possessed much greater range of fire. Large-caliber buckshot handguns - blunderbusses - were effective at short range.

Location: Academy
Availability: Becomes available after building an Blacksmith
Action: Designing rifled barrels allows 10% increasing damage caused by shooters. After researching this technology your shooting units will cause 10% more damage to an enemy. This technology does not affect artillery.