"French Serjeants right shoulder musket?" Topic
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Lord Hill | 09 Nov 2018 11:15 a.m. PST |
I notice that many 28mm figs have French serjeants as marching with their musket shouldered on the right arm, whereas other ranks shoulder their musket on the left. Is this just an easy way to identify NCO figs? Or is it based in some regulations from the period? I notice Calpe figs don't follow this "rule" – Calpe French seem to have their muskets on either shoulder. The reason I'm asking is that I'm converting some figs to use as Serjeants. Can anyone help with an answer? |
ColCampbell | 09 Nov 2018 12:53 p.m. PST |
Several good answers to your original posting, which was bugged. TMP link Jim |
Lord Hill | 10 Nov 2018 3:29 a.m. PST |
Thank you! I couldn't find that and would have missed it without your kind link – I didn't know what was going on so wrote the post again which then produced two new posts with my own text duplicated in each one. What is going on?!!! |
Major Bloodnok | 10 Nov 2018 3:53 a.m. PST |
In British manuals the position is called "Advance Arms". I think you will find that the reason the firearm is carried by NCOs and officers in this manner is that the halberd and spontoon were carried the same way. Thus when NCO halberds were being replace by firearms, and some officers started carrying firearms instead of spontoons, they carried them in the same manner as the pole-arm. |
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