"British Light Dragoon Carbine question" Topic
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| Lord Hill | 07 Jul 2015 5:04 a.m. PST |
Did Serjeants have a carbine or only the Privates? |
| Edwulf | 08 Jul 2015 2:18 a.m. PST |
In most pictures I've seen both modern and old seem to show that they did. Sgt Ewart is usually depicted with his. |
| Lord Hill | 08 Jul 2015 3:34 a.m. PST |
Thanks Edwulf, I will go ahead and glue them on then! |
| Edwulf | 08 Jul 2015 7:15 a.m. PST |
to muddle the issue though the reenactors of the 16th Light Dragoons don't seem to have them…. I am going through my books looking for something more concrete than artists. |
 deadhead  | 08 Jul 2015 11:54 a.m. PST |
Ewart was a heavy dragoon (RNBD) and the suggestion is that, even then, he did not carry a carbine. Corporals probably did (which is important if you are trying to model the Royals grabbing an eagle) probably. If he carried one had it would have been a much longer thing than the well known Light Cavalry Paget rifle.Personally, for a serg(j)eant, I would not. |
| seneffe | 08 Jul 2015 3:53 p.m. PST |
Dragoon sergeants didn't carry muskets (as the Dragoons were then equipped with) in the SYW. |
| Edwulf | 10 Jul 2015 2:30 a.m. PST |
I've found some more pictures of corporals with carbines and sgt majors with out. So far I've not found anything that says they did it didn't. But after reading through my books it's clear i have a lot less info on cavalry units than I do on infantry. |
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paints the Dogman from the Flintloque starter set.
