"Artillerie à Pied" Topic
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Gunfreak  | 01 Nov 2017 6:04 a.m. PST |
A small 4pdr battery for Friant's Division.
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| Mike Petro | 01 Nov 2017 6:15 a.m. PST |
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| JimDuncanUK | 01 Nov 2017 6:34 a.m. PST |
Nice model. Napoleon didn't like them, too lightweight. |
| Chalfant | 01 Nov 2017 6:36 a.m. PST |
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| wrgmr1 | 01 Nov 2017 9:04 a.m. PST |
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| bracken | 01 Nov 2017 11:13 a.m. PST |
Very nicely done, love the blue of the uniforms |
| Markconz | 01 Nov 2017 4:51 p.m. PST |
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| Major Bloodnok | 02 Nov 2017 3:09 a.m. PST |
That didn't stop him from reintroducing them as regimental pieces to stiffen his infantry. |
| JimDuncanUK | 02 Nov 2017 4:28 a.m. PST |
@Major He was starting to get desperate by then. |
| Three Armies | 02 Nov 2017 10:05 a.m. PST |
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| Gunfreak | 02 Nov 2017 10:39 a.m. PST |
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| summerfield | 03 Nov 2017 6:30 a.m. PST |
He reintroduced regimental pieces as a way of boltstering morale. The infantry quality was poor by 1811.
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| Brechtel198 | 03 Nov 2017 10:48 a.m. PST |
He reintroduced regimental pieces as a way of boltstering morale. No. The regimental artillery companies were authorized beginning after Essling in June 1809. The gun companies had a strength of 2 officers and 68 enlisted men to man two 3- or 4-pounders and two caissons. They were abolished in April 1810 but were ordered reorganized in March 1811. The original idea was to form 4-gun artillery companies, but this proved to be unrealistic and two guns per company became the norm. One reason for the reforming of the infantry gun companies was to provide 'stiffening' for the infantry which had to ingest large numbers of conscripts. The other reason was to give the new 1808 regiments some organic artillery so that they could be capable of semi-independent missions if necessary. Such officers as Oudinot and Merle did not think highly of the new gun companies and most of them were lost in Russia and were not reformed for 1813. The infantry quality was poor by 1811. That depended on the unit and commander. Davout's corps was still excellent, as was the Guard and other units, such as the Swiss, the Vistula Legion, and other regiments which still had a veteran cadre. In the rebuilt Grande Armee of 1813 the army was flooded with new conscripts and there weren't enough veterans on their feet to go around, but although the infantry quality was lower than the year before, they still could win battles and until Leipzig, the issue was still in doubt. |
 Il Granatiere | 03 Nov 2017 11:02 a.m. PST |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
