"Old Glory's Tulacingo cuirassiers w/lances" Topic
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| Corporal Fagen | 11 Apr 2018 12:23 p.m. PST |
I'm getting ready to prime some 28mm Old Glory Tulacingo cuirassiers. Is there any historical evidence that any of them carried lances? |
Frederick  | 11 Apr 2018 12:46 p.m. PST |
I am pretty sure they did not – the first company of most Mexican cavalry regiments had lances, but I don't think the cuirassiers did |
 The Virtual Armchair General  | 11 Apr 2018 1:50 p.m. PST |
I believe Frederick is right. I wish more figure producers would do more research before producing figures for Hollywood rather than History. A case in point from years ago are the Old Glory 15's of the Mexican First Cavalry Regiment--ALL armed with lances, not simply the first company. A lovely sculpt mind, but historically useless. TVAG |
| Corporal Fagen | 11 Apr 2018 2:17 p.m. PST |
Well, at least Old Glory 25s also gives us the correct option. That brings me to another question. I've read that even though only the first company of the line regiments were supposed to be equipped with lances, many other troopers ended up carrying them. Is this correct? If so, what would be a good lance/saber percentage breakdown per regiment? |
 Wolfshanza | 11 Apr 2018 10:55 p.m. PST |
I had read that there were about 7 trained lancers per company in the regular cav. if they needed a lance unit, they would "brigade" them ? |
| Lion in the Stars | 12 Apr 2018 7:49 p.m. PST |
Not sure if it was true for the Mexicans, but the Guides Cavalry in India gave every 4th man a lance, since he was the one holding the horses (and therefore not dismounting). |
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gets started with WWI British in 15mm.