"basing SYW cavalry" Topic

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raducci	07 Nov 2009 3:50 p.m. PST
I should start by saying we've decided to use the GaPa rules (GNW) and adjust them for the SYW, crazy idea or not. The question is how to base the various types of cavalry: cavalry, dragoons, hussars? This comes down to in what order they fought. Any suggestions?
timurilank	07 Nov 2009 11:16 p.m. PST
Do your rules not make a distinction between ordered (cuirassiers, dragoons) and loose order (hussars, cossacks) troops? This is a simplification. Also, the squadron numbers per regiment varied between nations. Cheers, Robert 18thcenturysojourn.blogspot.com
raducci	08 Nov 2009 2:18 a.m. PST
Yes, there is a distinction. So how should this impinge upon basing?
timurilank	08 Nov 2009 2:51 a.m. PST
Firstly, the number of horse per base; perhaps 3 for ordered troops and 2 for open order. A Dragoon regiment fighting a Hussar regiment of equal strength might have an advantage in hand to hand, but the Hussars, in open order, would overlap with no problem. As you are starting this project, Hussars were not used as battlefield cavalry as that was the role of Cuirassiers and Dragoons. If present on the battlefield, they usually formed the third or reserve line. Cheers,
Frankss	08 Nov 2009 10:10 a.m. PST
No expert on this,but what I have gleamed so far and am doing it for my cavalry, is that my 28mm figures are individually based on 25 by 50mm bases and then I put them on movement trays for their various formations.

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