"Covenanter artillery" Topic
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 ochoin  | 03 Sep 2020 1:26 a.m. PST |
English Civil War artillery isn't the most effective battlefield weapon. I began with 2 sakers (medium artillery) when I started my Covenanter army. Pretty useless. I added one more. Marginally useless. I've now added a fourth (& last: 4 is the BG maximum).
I have no great hopes for this battery. It fires slowly & inaccurately (in line with historical precedent). It moves slowly & once unlimbered, does not move again during the battle. …….but it looks good! And for me, that is what my "easy beat" Covenanter army is all about. |
| KeepYourPowderDry | 03 Sep 2020 2:39 a.m. PST |
Very nice Ochoin. Good to see Scots artillery in the presumed correct colour (carriages protected with pine resin). Didn't fancy any frame guns?
Strange that Scots artillery is a bit pants when you consider the experience gained in Sweden, and the technological advances made by Wemyss.
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| ochoin | 03 Sep 2020 4:10 a.m. PST |
Oh, I have frame guns as well. They're not much better.
Indeed, the best my poor Covenanters ever fared was in a scenario where they had no artillery. Says something. |
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is a big fan of the Age of Sail, and these ships really speak to him - he loves transitional eras, and the Anglo-Dutch Wars was one of those.
