Mr. Gingerich has put together the best Russian OOB I have seen (in any language). To do more would require archival research.
While Mr. Gingerich identifies the regimental artillery and the "reserve" or "grand battery" artillery by parent company, the regimental guns were typically :
jäger battalion : none
grenadier battalion : 2x 1/4 pud (12-lber calibre) unicorn
musketeer battalion : 2x 6-lber gun
You will see that an infantry brigade of 2 regiments (6 battalions) would thus have a light artillery company. Some brigade commanders by 1807 were starting to use these 12 guns as a unit (which they were administratively).
Sidenote : This era rather marks the high-point in importance of Russian Brigade commanders, their greatest span of control …. By 1811, brigade commands were only 4 battalions (given to the senior officer present among them, often a colonel), and there was a permanent divisional commander who could treat the 12-14 battalions under him as his "own", and the artillery was in a divisional artillery brigade under the command of the division commander and an artillery general or senior colonel. By this point the tactical command of regiments (2 battalions) and brigades (4 battalions) was really quite stereotyped or superceded, in comparison to 1807.
I looked at the strengths on the French website. That should be OK for a starting point. I really don't know anything better.
But, in the rules, does +/- some strength points really make much difference?
In real life, a unit 25% or maybe even 30% below established strength in manpower would really fight much the same. It would have lower strategic endurance and maybe some less capability in pétit guerre, but not really that much difference in a set-piece battle. So, as long as you have the right number of battalions, squadrons and pieces of artillery (and no already-heavily-damaged units), you really have the "fighting power" about right.
- Sasha
gets started with Flintloque.
