"Halberds in the ECW" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 15 May 2012 4:56 p.m. PST |
Writing in Miniature Wargames 268, Anthony Dawson reports that while sergeants traditionally carried the halberd, corporals may have carried halberds as well. The stores muster at Pontefract and Sandal indicates a double complement of halberds to sergeants. Either the stores had plenty of spares, there were twice as many sergeants or, more likely, sergeants and corporals were issued halberds. Do your corporals carry halberds? |
 optional field  | 15 May 2012 5:56 p.m. PST |
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| kallman | 15 May 2012 6:32 p.m. PST |
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| Pictors Studio | 15 May 2012 7:15 p.m. PST |
I don't think I model corporals in ECW games typically. |
| Etranger | 15 May 2012 7:53 p.m. PST |
My NCOs carry Halberds but I don't differentiate them further. |
| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 15 May 2012 8:58 p.m. PST |
Huh?????????????????????????????????????????????????? |
| uruk hai | 15 May 2012 9:50 p.m. PST |
None of mine wear stripes. |
| Dave Ryan | 16 May 2012 12:36 p.m. PST |
Corporals fought in the ranks so were armed in the field as either musket or pike STores do as they say! a regimnent in garrison would have more kit than needed in case any broke, or some admin error didn;t move the on or they belonged to someone and they'd be b******d if they were going to let anyone else have them!! ALso, on sentry duty a halberd is a tad handier than a pike! |
| mashrewba | 17 May 2012 1:42 p.m. PST |
Uruk Hai -there was a time when all ECW toy soldiers wore stripes!! |
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