"French horse artillery movement" Topic
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| Jcfrog | 13 Jul 2015 2:31 p.m. PST |
I read somewhere French horse artillery moved on the battlefield nearly all the time " à la prolonge" as no need to limber etc, at least sort of more mobile, though slower on long distances than the limbered ones.
In game terms, no time/ distance lost for limbering / unlimbering, but slower than say RhA? A player choice maybe?
Any ideas? |
| Brechtel198 | 14 Jul 2015 3:40 a.m. PST |
I have seen no evidence of that practice being done 'nearly all the time' by French horse artillery units. When French artillery companies emplaced, both foot and horse artillery, one of the things they did was to attach the prolonge to the piece from the limber. The prolonge was stored on the rear of the limber. This allowed them to move by prolonge if they had to. It was the choice of the company commander based on the situation. It is also noteworthy that the prolonge for horse artillery was of a little different dimensions than that for foot artillery, basically the diameters of the rope was a little different. |
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