"Piedmontese and Italian Armies 1859, 1866" Topic
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| Mollinary | 09 Apr 2016 4:54 a.m. PST |
Hi guys, I am looking to get an Italian army to use alongside my French, and against both the 1859 and 1866 Austrians. Is there a core of units that would look similar, and others which would serve for only one or other of the conflicts. I have a feeling that much of the infantry would look similar, particularly in my chosen scale of 10mm, but I was wondering about the cavalry and artillery? I think the guns were smooth bores in 1859 and rifled in 1866, but I am not sure if they would look significantly different? All help gratefully received! Mollinary |
| KTravlos | 09 Apr 2016 6:58 a.m. PST |
At 10mm I would not worry about the guns looking diffrent. Per Weigle Sardinian guns in 1859 were smoothbores. 8pdr and 16pdr This has some basic info on the army of 1866
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| Chad47 | 09 Apr 2016 9:27 a.m. PST |
Try 'A Bitter Victory' by John Pocock which covers the campaign in Italy and the battle of Custozza |
| Mollinary | 09 Apr 2016 10:56 a.m. PST |
Thanks Chad, I have the Pocock book, funnily enough it is the earlier war I have particular problems with, and neither is very well covered with picture of artillery pieces. Mollinary |
| Mark Strachan | 10 Apr 2016 1:06 p.m. PST |
Mollinary, Hozier in The Seven Weeks War, Vol 1 p146 states confirms that the guns were indeed all rifled and either 8 or 16 pounders. My guess is that the guns were rebored smoothbores. |
| Prince Alberts Revenge | 10 Apr 2016 7:58 p.m. PST |
From what I have read, it's my belief that there were still a lot of Austrian infra try wearing the white kittel in 1866. One of the books on Konnigratz references Austrian infantry in white. If this is the case, then most infantry would be fine for both wars. You'll want some uhlans or hussars and some jäger; these should be fine for both campaign. Even if there were uniform changes for these branches as well, there is a good chance that many units didn't get it. |
| mashrewba | 11 Apr 2016 11:06 a.m. PST |
According to the excellent Pocock book the Austrians were insistent on staggering about in great coats in Italy leading to a lot of heat stroke however what sort of an imbecile wouldn't want at least some wargame units in white!!! I think I'm right in saying that some Grenzer units were deployed in Italy too which will be in brown uniforms and one unit in light blue.
Still the op is about Italian uniforms so I'll shut up. |
| RatMaul | 10 May 2016 9:14 a.m. PST |
this is a great reference for 2nd italian indipendence war for the Piedmontese/Italian army: link of course in italian! |
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