Need some help with Russian dragoons of the Crimean war. Google-fu failure!
What colour uniform, coat and pants, what colour were lance pennants, and what colour/make were their canteen water bottles?
Cheers,
Mark
These are from the Junior General site:
(http://www.juniorgeneral.org/donated/oldtyke/crimruss1.gif)
(http://www.juniorgeneral.org/donated/oldtyke/crimruss2.gif)
(http://www.juniorgeneral.org/donated/oldtyke/crimruss3.gif)
This artwork has the green uniform as well, with the lances:
(http://www.anticsonline.co.uk/l.aspx?k=2780935)
But Foundry have theirs looking like this...
(http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/files/cache/f8a47c23f56d20abba9c5cc349a8af6b_f3255.png)
Hope that's of some help!
:-\
CHeers Leon,
hence my confusion
junior general has green coat and green pants with leg stripe
Strelets has green coat with blue-grey pants
Foundry and all others show the buff greatcoat and can't see uniform....
:(
If memory serves didn't the Heavy Cavalry Brigade have a bit of trouble with the Russian cavalry because their sabres were no good against the greatcoats worn by them? (Semantic nightmare but I hope you got my drift.) If so go with the all-covering greatcoats.
Quote from: Subedai on 11 June 2015, 09:20:43 AM
If memory serves didn't the Heavy Cavalry Brigade have a bit of trouble with the Russian cavalry because their sabres were no good against the greatcoats worn by them? (Semantic nightmare but I hope you got my drift.) If so go with the all-covering greatcoats.
Can't find a reference, of course, but I remember reading this too. The lighter, sharper Light Cavalry swords cut through the cloth but the heavier, blunter Heavy Cavalry swords didn't penetrate the cloth. Presumably a good blow with the Heavy Cavalry sword would still inflict blunt force trauma wounds.
Its in Flashman at the Charge !
Since, as far as I recall, I've never read any of the Flashman books I'd assume I read it in something more reliable ... but you never know!
Yes, it is recorded in a book I've read recently on the Crimea. You can't go wrong if you put the Russian dragoons in greatcoats.