"ACW vers Colonial" Topic
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| Grelber | 12 Dec 2015 5:11 p.m. PST |
Why is it that ACW officers are depicted waving swords, while colonial officers, just 15 years later usually are firing pistols? ACW officers certainly had an effective weapon in Mr. Colt's revolvers, but the little metal and plastic figures never seem to get to use them--they remain holstered. Grelber |
| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 12 Dec 2015 5:50 p.m. PST |
Swords have a huge "cool" factor for ACW, but with Colonials, the opposition is frequently armed en masse with swords or spears, so having an officer wave one about makes him look either Luddite or "gone native." |
| M C MonkeyDew | 12 Dec 2015 5:53 p.m. PST |
ACW officers have their hands full just getting the troops to do what they should. Who has time for fighting? Colonial officers on the other hand… :) Bob |
| jowady | 12 Dec 2015 11:13 p.m. PST |
An Officer's true weapon is his unit, not his sidearm. |
Garryowen  | 13 Dec 2015 8:03 a.m. PST |
Yes, as jowady said, an officer is to lead, not shoot. He should be directing the fire. In the Sioux Wars, it was common for the officers to walk up and down behind the skirmish line directing the fire. Having said that, it is fun in a wargame to have the officer get 2 or 3 shots at once due to his revolver firing faster then the Martini Henry. In some very simple colonial rules I played years ago, at close range the British rifles would hit with anything but a 2 or a 5 on 1d6. But the officer would get 3 dice and hit on 1s. I had a Gurkha officer once shoot three Pathans off some steps. Fun! Tom |
| Dan Diamond | 15 Dec 2015 8:09 a.m. PST |
I suspect that is because of metallic cartridges. Your ACW officer can fire his pistol as fast as the colonial officer, but will be much longer loading it. Thus one could imagine your Colonial figure would actually be using the pistol more. |
| Akersminis | 17 Dec 2015 9:07 a.m. PST |
So I do ACW reenacting and asked a similar question. Due to the tactics that were often employed a sword was used as a guide. Initially regiments were 1000 men strong (though that changed fast) and the swords could be used to relay commands. If your curious check out Hardee's Manuel as that was primarily used by both sides during the war as the gospel. |
| Dobber | 05 Feb 2016 10:43 a.m. PST |
Something to do with the "close and personal" nature of colonial conflicts perhaps? |
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