"Quick question - Queen's Own Rangers" Topic
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| randolph2243 | 11 Feb 2022 3:15 p.m. PST |
During the AWI, were they armed with muskets or rifles? |
DisasterWargamer  | 11 Feb 2022 3:39 p.m. PST |
link According to this piece – They were armed with Muskets |
| randolph2243 | 11 Feb 2022 3:39 p.m. PST |
👍. It shall be wargamed accordingly. |
| 42flanker | 11 Feb 2022 5:17 p.m. PST |
They were teamed up with rifle-armed jäger, though. |
| Glengarry5 | 11 Feb 2022 7:02 p.m. PST |
On page 17 of Osprey MAA's 450 American loyalist Troops there is a contemporary watercolour of a rifleman of the Queens Rangers armed with, naturally, a rifle. On the next page is a grenadier of the same unit armed with what looks like a musket. My guess is there was a rifle armed component of the Queen's Rangers, while the other rangers had muskets. This mixture of rifles and muskets in the same unit were seen in some European armies in that period. |
| Glengarry5 | 11 Feb 2022 7:14 p.m. PST |
I should also note that the Perry Bros sell Queens Rangers Light Infantry, Grenadiers (both musket armed) and Riflemen in their AWI range. |
| 42flanker | 12 Feb 2022 2:13 a.m. PST |
"If you say they were teamed with jaegers" Indeed, I do. Principally because Captain John Ewald of the Hessian jager contingent also says so, recording that arrangement in the journal that he kept. link |
| Normal Guy | 12 Feb 2022 7:16 a.m. PST |
A cool part of gaming Queen's Rangers is the different troop types and uniforms in the same unit. You can get a 28mm unit of QR with different troop types in the same bag from Old Glory. Way cool. |
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