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Ottomans are like a souped-up version of futuwwas so they have a bow AND an axe - so they're basically great for sending against any of the Catholic or Orthodox armies which happen to be armour heavy (axes has an armour piercing bonus). So you can put them in your van and set them on skirmish, they will retreat behind your Saracen Infantry when the enemy charges, then you can shower them at will while they're pinned by your Saracens. Then when they run out of ammo you charge them from the flanks and they'll rip the enemy apart - I had a unit of 60 Ottoman Infantry that destroyed 180 feudal men at arms while they were pinned by 100 Saracens, the feudals were slit open like tin cans. They're quick enough to run down routing foes as well.
Against armoured foes they're great - but don't use them against lightly armoured Muslim or Slav units as their bonuses are negated...
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