I've added to my artillery complements for the French and Prussian forces that I have for the 1870-1871 Franco-German (AKA Franco-Prussian) War. They consist of two batteries of French light artillery and one battery of Prussian heavy artillery.
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| The first French battery is composed of six 85mm rifled, breech-loaded guns (link), even thought he gunners have swabs and ramrods! In the Chassepot and Needlegun rules that we use, each battery has three guns and six gunners which represent the six guns normally used in European artillery batteries of this time period. The guns are actually American Civil War 12-lb Napoleons from Sash & Saber, but are being used as French 85mm here. The gunners are from Castaway Arts in Australia. |
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| The second French battery is similarly composed. These two batteries, plus an 8-gun Mitralleuse battery will be the artillery arm of my French "division" from the Armee de la Loire, a post-Sedan organization. |
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| The Prussian heavy battery is composed of six 6-lb rifled breechloading guns. I've had these guns for quite a while, but cannot recall who manufactured them. They will provide part of the artillery support for my German forces along with the two 4-lb batteries shown in a previous post. As with the French, the gunners are from Castaway Arts. |
This artillery will be used in a Franco-German War game I will be running at the
Colonial Barracks convention the first weekend in November down in New Orleans.
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