Geobukseon

==In game==
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*Powerful heavy ship with increased rate of fire, built to attain maritime surface superiority. Slower and clearly more inferior in range compared to more modern heavy ship designs and is very weak to anti-naval shipping, but is highly devastating against low-tier marine units.
*Strong versus early-game artillery ships, light ships, Transport Hoy
*Weak versus fireships	
*Powerful heavy ship with increased rate of fire, built to attain maritime surface superiority. Slower and clearly more inferior in range compared to more modern heavy ship designs and is very weak to anti-naval shipping, but is highly devastating against low-tier marine units.
*Strong versus early-game artillery ships, light ships, Transport Hoy
*Weak versus fireships	
*Powerful heavy ship with increased rate of fire, built to attain maritime surface superiority. Slower and clearly more inferior in range compared to more modern heavy ship designs and is very weak to anti-naval shipping, but is highly devastating against low-tier marine units.
*Strong versus early-game artillery ships, light ships, Transport Hoy
*Weak versus fireships	
*Powerful heavy ship with increased rate of fire, built to attain maritime surface superiority. Slower and clearly more inferior in range compared to more modern heavy ship designs and is very weak to anti-naval shipping, but is highly devastating against low-tier marine units.
*Strong versus early-game artillery ships, light ships, Transport Hoy
*Weak versus fireships	
*Powerful heavy ship with increased rate of fire, built to attain maritime surface superiority. Slower and clearly more inferior in range compared to more modern heavy ship designs and is very weak to anti-naval shipping, but is highly devastating against low-tier marine units.
*Strong versus early-game artillery ships, light ships, Transport Hoy
*Weak versus fireships	
*Powerful heavy ship with increased rate of fire, built to attain maritime surface superiority. Slower and clearly more inferior in range compared to more modern heavy ship designs and is very weak to anti-naval shipping, but is highly devastating against low-tier marine units.
*Strong versus early-game artillery ships, light ships, Transport Hoy
*Weak versus fireships	
*Powerful heavy ship with increased rate of fire, built to attain maritime surface superiority. Slower and clearly more inferior in range compared to more modern heavy ship designs and is very weak to anti-naval shipping, but is highly devastating against low-tier marine units.
*Strong versus early-game artillery ships, light ships, Transport Hoy
*Weak versus fireships	
*Powerful heavy ship with increased rate of fire, built to attain maritime surface superiority. Slower and clearly more inferior in range compared to more modern heavy ship designs and is very weak to anti-naval shipping, but is highly devastating against low-tier marine units.
*Strong versus early-game artillery ships, light ships, Transport Hoy
*Weak versus fireships
Prereq: 	Build time 	HP 	LOS 	Attack 	Attack speed 	Movementspeed 	 	
* 	18s 	675 	30 	70 	Rather slow 	44 	 	
Cost 	Cost 	Cost 	Created from 	Armour 	Weapon range 	Specialty 	 	
Base 	Ramp 	Pop 	Created from 	Armour 	Weapon range 	Specialty 	 	
: 250;: 160 	: 6;: 3 	2 	 	9 	33 	
*Strong attack bonus versus Galley, Pojama, Kanonchalup, Galleass, Xebec, Bomb Ketch, Bomb Vessel, Transport Hoy, Yacht, Brigantine, Corvette
*Strong defensive bonus versus War Canoe, War Barge, Thoni, War Junk, Lunchuan
*Critical defensive penalty vis-à-vis Fire Vessel and Hellebrander.	 	
=== Overall strategy===
The Geobukseon is a unique Korean naval unit and is a slow and clumsy replacement for BOTH the Galley and the Galleon and has plenty of hitpoints. While it is comparable to a heavy ship, it has poor armament, and is highly vulnerable to cannon attack, but is nigh impervious to Fire Vessels. All told, the Geobukseon is a very weak ship because it is very slow and near-unmoveable, but if pitted against weaker navies, such as that of the Malay States or the Vietnamese, the Geobukseon can be useful as a "floating tower" meant to fend off attacks from the sea.
===Unit summary===
*Powerful heavy ship with increased rate of fire, built to attain surface marine superiority.
*Has +1 armour and a few more hitpointsand higher rate of fire compared to Man of War.
==History==
The Song dynasty of China had an interest in the building of efficient automotive vessels known as "paddle wheel craft" or "wheel ships" (Chinese: "lunchuan"). Such boats had been known in China perhaps since the 5th century CE, and certainly by the Tang Dynasty with Li Gao's successful paddle wheel warship design. In 1134 CE the Deputy Transport Commissioner of Zhejiang, Wu Ge, had paddle wheel warships constructed with a total of nine wheels and others with thirteen wheels. However, there were paddle wheel ships in the Song that were so large that 12 wheels were featured on each side of the vessel.
This design was so effective that it was still in use even in the 19th century against British forces during the Opium Wars, and they also had peacetime uses as well. The Arab or Persian Commissioner of Merchant Shipping for Quanzhou, the Muslim Pu Shougeng (who served from 1250–1275CE) noted that paddle wheel ships were also used by the Chinese as tugboats for towing.
===References===
*Cog and Galley, Chinese Paddle-wheel ships