"What colour were Napoleonic Spanish Artillery carriages?" Topic
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| Glengarry5 | 15 Sep 2019 10:17 p.m. PST |
What colour were Napoleonic Spanish Artillery carriages? |
| rmaker | 15 Sep 2019 10:39 p.m. PST |
It depends. Either olive drab (like the French) for the old Gribeauval guns, or gray for the newer , British supplied guns. |
robert piepenbrink  | 16 Sep 2019 3:45 a.m. PST |
I've seen books list "royal blue" for Spanish Gribeauval--same as pre-Revolutionary French. |
| Gonsalvo | 16 Sep 2019 6:07 p.m. PST |
There was earlier discussion of this; the paint for the earlier army was listed as Cobalt Blue, but it seems in practice this pigment when used on carriages was more of a blue grey than a vivid blue. Later carriages may also have been unpainted. |
| Glengarry5 | 16 Sep 2019 7:23 p.m. PST |
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| Timbo W | 17 Sep 2019 4:28 a.m. PST |
Is there no chance some were red? I vaguely remember something about garrison artillery in red… |
| Prince of Essling | 18 Sep 2019 1:51 p.m. PST |
@Timbo W – your memory doesn't fail you. See Stephen Summerfield's second post at TMP link Also see his post of 31 October 2011 at TMP link |
| Timbo W | 18 Sep 2019 4:24 p.m. PST |
It's good to be right occasionally thank you Prince of Essling. Also means I don't have to repaint my Spanish guns. |
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