"ACW Crew, Limbers, Caissons, and Artillery ratio" Topic
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| LostPict | 05 Jul 2016 7:02 a.m. PST |
I am fairly new to ACW gaming and am heavily dabbling in 28mm. I recently bought some 12 pound Napoleons, crewmen, limber, and caissons. In real life, what ratio mix of crew, horses, limber, caissons, and would support one cannon (or a battery of 2 to 6 cannons). |
| Onomarchos | 05 Jul 2016 8:50 a.m. PST |
One Canon would have a crew of eight men. The gun would be pulled by one limber with six horses. Each gun would also have another limber with six horses pulling an ammunition caisson. A battery of 4 to 6 guns would also have a limber pulling a Forge. There was also a battery wagon and possibly an ambulance |
| LostPict | 05 Jul 2016 9:25 a.m. PST |
Thanks, that is exactly what I wanted to know. My other curious question, how far back would the limber, caisson, and horses be back from the gun in a typical battlefield setting? |
| Onomarchos | 05 Jul 2016 9:45 a.m. PST |
The prescribed distance between guns was 14 yards from hub to hub. Therefore, a six-gun battery would represent a front of slightly more than 100 yards. Depth of the battery position, from the gun muzzle, passing the limber, to the rear of the caisson, was prescribed as 47 yards. In practice these measurements might be altered by terrain. |
| William Warner | 05 Jul 2016 11:41 a.m. PST |
Once unlimbered, the limber teams would be facing toward the guns, not away from them, as sometimes depicted by gamers. link |
| Ssendam | 06 Jul 2016 2:09 a.m. PST |
That's a great link William; thanks. |
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