Hi
Merry xmas to everyone.
Now we`ve opened our little bags of Pendraken goodies yesterday the problem is how to put certain bits together.
I got a French FPW army and was wondering about the mitrillieuse gun shield ?.
Is it a gun shield and if it is what way up does it go.
Cheers
Jim
The shield slots over the barrel, in front of the two ammo boxes, with the slot facing downwards. From what I have seen in contemporary illustrations, it tended to be used in the Republican phase.
No gun shields for Imperial troops I'm afraid (which means I have about 20 spare if anyone wants them)!
"mitrailleuse"
The spirit of Fierce Kitty lives on!
Quote from: fsn on 26 December 2014, 04:26:50 PM
The spirit of Fierce Kitty lives on!
Unfortunately :d :d :d
IanS
Ha knew the spelling was wrong but could not be arsed to look up the correct way.
Why were the republicans worthy of a gunshield and not the imperials.
Cheers
Jim
Simple answer:
The Prussians shelled the heck out of any that were deployed after about week three of the FPW!
Mitrailleuse, pronounced me try 'ers. So if you see any French gunners in the wife's knickers, now you know why.
=O =O =O =O
Quote from: mad lemmey on 26 December 2014, 07:35:41 PM
Simple answer:
The Prussians shelled the heck out of any that were deployed after about week three of the FPW!
Isn't that basically a description of the whole war? The Prussians shelling the heck out of everything the French had...
;D Yeah, but the Prussains gave the mitrailleuse 'special attention'! ;)
Pretty sure I've posted these before but well worth watching; the Reffye was the gun in service in 1870, one battery per division.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO3haWrRtrY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=497Htfzz1nc
Definitely well worth watching, someone has put a lot of effort into those videos.
Amazingly simple engineering solution
Until it jams.
Which it frequently did...
From those two presentations the Montigny seems to be much mor straightforward and quicker to load than the Reffye, so how come it was the latter which was mostly used? Anyway, it is clear that the Pendraken model is a Montigny and not a Reffye.
Depends who got the contract that build them I guess!
Camerionian or Mollinary I'm sure will know more.
Quote from: mad lemmey on 28 December 2014, 10:54:04 AM
Depends who got the contract that build them I guess!
Camerionian or Mollinary I'm sure will know more.
Not a clue .... hack ... I know Reffye commissioned the final 25 barrel version and I know that unlike the Montigny (made in Belgium I believe) it was made in France under conditions of great secrecy, that's the extent of my knowledge I'm afraid.