"Mexican Light Infantry - U.S-Mexican War" Topic
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| Thunderchicken | 11 Jun 2023 3:26 p.m. PST |
Hi all, I have purchased various uniform guides for this conflict. Some of them depict Mexican light infantry wearing a grey uniform with a similar pattern to the U.S uniform. Was this uniform worn as I can find little reference to it other than the uniform guides? Figure manufacturers don't seem to offer it as an option. |
| doc mcb | 11 Jun 2023 5:43 p.m. PST |
Yup. We just use US infantry figures. Indeed, since some US troops wore grey, you have a unit that can go either way! |
79thPA  | 11 Jun 2023 7:41 p.m. PST |
"The War in Mexico" by Anton Adams and " Mexican American War 1846-48" by Ron Field (Brassey's) both state that the fatigue cap was used by light infantry regiments 1thru 3. |
| Prince Alberts Revenge | 12 Jun 2023 5:14 a.m. PST |
The first three regiments of Mexican light infantry wore the grey fatigue uniform. IIRC, their forage cap had a red tassel on the top. Very similar to the US fatigue uniform in cut. The 4th used a uniform more similar to the Mexican line infantry. Here is a link to my Mexican light infantry in fatigues uniform (2nd light infantry to be precise): link |
| Thunderchicken | 15 Jun 2023 2:04 p.m. PST |
Thank you all very much. Very informative. I'll work on some conversions and paint them up. doc mbc, would that be U.S volunteer regiments? |
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