"The Guns of Prestonpans?" Topic
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22 Aug 2019 8:54 a.m. PST
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- Changed title from "The Guns of Prestonpans" to "The Guns of Prestonpans?"
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| Mike Target | 22 Aug 2019 8:33 a.m. PST |
Im just reading up on the battle and want to know more about the artillery present, if anyone can help? Apparently Cope deployed 6 1.5 pdr Galloper guns and 6 mortars. Am I right in thinking these moratrs would be the Coehorn mortars? And what do the 1.5pdrs look like? Does anyone do models of these in 28mm? All the guns I've found seem rather larger! Thanks in Advance! edit- ah front rank seem to have the mortars I think… link |
| Rod MacArthur | 22 Aug 2019 4:03 p.m. PST |
Mike,
I think the mortars were 4 x Coehorn mortars and 2 x Royal mortars (similar but slightly larger). I have images of scratch built 1:72 models of all these on my website:
link The 1 1/2 pounder galloper guns did not have limbers but had two long trail poles which attached directly to the draught horses. Again there are images of these on my website. Rod |
| Mike Target | 23 Aug 2019 1:55 a.m. PST |
Thanks Rod, thats really helpfull! |
| advocate | 23 Aug 2019 12:12 p.m. PST |
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| spontoon | 23 Aug 2019 2:29 p.m. PST |
RAFM do a nice galloper gun model. |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.