"Austians in 1870" Topic
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| Lentulus | 11 May 2008 8:35 a.m. PST |
In the unlikely event that Austria had intervened in 1870, how was her army uniformed and equipped? I presume they had switched to a breach loading rifle at least? |
| nickinsomerset | 11 May 2008 8:59 a.m. PST |
Not sure, but Baker Company may still have their 28mm figures for the 1866 range, Tally Ho! |
| Lentulus | 11 May 2008 9:13 a.m. PST |
Actually, there are quite a few 1866 ranges in various scales. I'm just hoping the uniform looks similar enough that I can recycle one of them -- in 10 or 15mm, at 28 I expect you could recognize differences with the breach; or not, depending on the choice of weapon. |
| Martin Rapier | 11 May 2008 12:26 p.m. PST |
It is hard to imagine that the uniforms had changed from 1866 in any significant way (although they might have worked out that charging up Italian mountains in high summer wearing greatcoats wasn't such a brilliant idea). They started work on breechloaders almost immediately after 1866, firstly looking at converting their MLRs to BLRs but then adopting the Werndl rifle. link of course as my Austrians are 6mm, non-one will be looking too closely at the breeches on their rifles… |
| Mallen | 12 May 2008 6:48 a.m. PST |
In theory,…. The Austrians had converted the Lorenz to a breechloader (Werndl?), and were in blue tunics. However, units in a greatcoat, a la 1866, would look the same. Also, I believe that the first units of Reserve troops (Landwehr & Honved) had been formed. There is a good book on the subject, by Scott lackey, called
"The Rebirth of the Habsburg Army." Yours,
M. Allen |
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