Janissary

Janissary is a ranged infantry unit in Cossacks 3.

Background
This force was the core of the Turkish army - the regular infantry created in 1330 by sultan Orhan. First they were made up of Christians taken from their families in their early childhood and converted to Islam. After the 1640s, the Janissaries could be named by local governors, and buy their status effectively making it hereditary in man cases. They constituted a kind of military caste and took an active part in palace revolutions. Janissaries were equipped with muskets, yataghans, daggers, halberd, shields, and sometimes pikes, and had varying amounts of armor depending on their role in the current battle, and their regiment. Most janissaries were used for the same battle missions as European musketeers, i.e. they were considered all-purpose infantry. They, as part of the Kapikulu Army were the elite army of the Ottoman Empire, supporting the local armies for defense, or leading offensives.