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"1848 Piedmontese Horse Artillery - "Voloire"" Topic
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paperbattles | 30 Oct 2023 9:56 a.m. PST |
This unit is still in the Italian Army, with train pulled by horses. This tradition comes from the First Italian Indipendence War (1848-49). Following up my project of 1:1 ratio fighting battles, I wanted to reproduce with plenty of details this fantastic unit called with the nickname "voloire" from the Piedmontese dialect "fliying" (units). I started on my blog a topic, still under construciotion that depite my English (I also have few time to dedicate to this) I hope will offer a lot of info on this unit. Meanwhile I am preparing teplates for my papersoldiers as usual with a lot of reseaches on all the details (figures, composition etc.) I am happy of the result but still I have to increase the topic with other info Some example:
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79thPA ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 30 Oct 2023 11:53 a.m. PST |
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Grelber ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 31 Oct 2023 7:34 a.m. PST |
I find the detail on the sponge interesting; It is different from the ones I'm used to. I once read that most of the larger militaries still have small horse mounted units for ceremonial purposes. I had not known about Italy's mounted unit. Somebody needs to do an illustrated coffee table book on the subject. Grelber |
paperbattles | 31 Oct 2023 11:14 a.m. PST |
@Grelber if you check on youtube and write "voloire" you will find this unit still operative (mostly for parade purpose) with firing guns. You read into my mind: I am going (at least this is my project) to write a handbook (I don't know what is a coffe table book) with pictures, my template and also pictures of small dioramas, concerning the Piedmontese Army in 1848, starting from 1848-49. In Italian, due to my poor English… @79thPA big thanks |
paperbattles | 31 Oct 2023 11:17 a.m. PST |
and idea for the diorama I was speaking about
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paperbattles | 10 Nov 2023 5:36 a.m. PST |
new (and corrected) templates
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