"25/28mm ACW artillery accessories, Who makes them?" Topic
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| Brooklyn Wargamer | 08 Mar 2013 10:22 p.m. PST |
Hello all:
Does anyone know where I can find 25/28mm ACW artillery accessories (canister, shells, case shots, projectiles)either individually or in stacks, crates, etc.? Thanks!!! Jorge |
| Rudi the german | 09 Mar 2013 12:24 a.m. PST |
link Redoupt has all these pieces. Ask him of you can order it apart? I could get from him specific bits. Greetings |
| Cusalaw | 11 Mar 2013 3:30 p.m. PST |
Sash & Saber also sells their artillery with accessories (buckets, swabs, handspikes) which might be sold seperately. I know Itar's Workshop sells generic crates that might work. I remember seeing a Light Brigade game that used fishing weights as cannonball markers. Perhaps you could try small white/gray beads for the shells. |
| avidgamer | 12 Mar 2013 4:08 a.m. PST |
First of all just in case you didn't know, in the field they would never (or VERY rarely) stack live shells on the ground. Remember the ammo bags were fixed to the shells themselves so this is extremely dangerous to the crews serving the guns. The crate would only be seen at a depot or inside ammo wagons. |
| Brooklyn Wargamer | 12 Mar 2013 6:28 p.m. PST |
So how would a cannon's artillery supply look like in the field? |
| CHuDWah | 14 Mar 2013 12:08 a.m. PST |
It would be in the ammunition chests on the limber and caisson and issued directly from those chests to the gun. A crew member would remove a round from the chest, fuse it as necessary, and pass it to another crew member. That soldier would run the round to the front of the gun and pass it to another crew member who would load it in the muzzle. |
| Brooklyn Wargamer | 14 Mar 2013 3:51 a.m. PST |
@ CHuDWah: Thanks for the info, That's exactly what I needed. Thanks all Jorge |
| CHuDWah | 14 Mar 2013 12:58 p.m. PST |
You're welcome. Here's a good description of the role of each crew member in servicing the gun: link An impressively complicated procedure that depends on every cannoneer knowing his job and doing it at exactly the right time. |
| bgbboogie | 15 Mar 2013 5:31 a.m. PST |
I make my own out of 0-25mm card, they look really good, easy to make….look for kids beads to make roundshot. |
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