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Wider Wargaming => Genre/Period Discussion => Firelocks to Maxims (1680 - 1900) => Topic started by: Chad on 05 July 2015, 10:13:16 AM

Title: Piedmont 16pdr cannon 1859
Post by: Chad on 05 July 2015, 10:13:16 AM
Thinking of using a Napoleonic 12pdr for the above. Anyone got any other suggestions?

Chad
Title: Re: Piedmont 16pdr cannon 1859
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 05 July 2015, 10:24:48 AM
Franco Prussian French 12 pounder?
Title: Re: Piedmont 16pdr cannon 1859
Post by: Leman on 05 July 2015, 11:09:16 AM
What does the Italian 16pdr actually  look like?
Title: Re: Piedmont 16pdr cannon 1859
Post by: Chad on 05 July 2015, 11:33:39 AM
No idea!
Title: Re: Piedmont 16pdr cannon 1859
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 05 July 2015, 11:44:35 AM
Freikorps list both an Italian 10 and 6 pounder, on Napoleonic type carriages.
Will keep looking.
Title: Re: Piedmont 16pdr cannon 1859
Post by: Leman on 05 July 2015, 11:49:48 AM
Had a look at the Baccus 6mm Piedmont reserve artillery model. It looks very similar to a French 12pdr of the period so I would go with that in 10mm
Title: Re: Piedmont 16pdr cannon 1859
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 05 July 2015, 11:53:42 AM
Have a look at this, about four pictures down; 12 Pounder looks good as a match!
http://heitalianwarsofindependence.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/pisacane.html?m=1
Title: Re: Piedmont 16pdr cannon 1859
Post by: Leman on 05 July 2015, 12:02:43 PM
I agree. Googled some images of 1859 and found one of Italians removing a gun from the line. It was big with a brass tube and light blue-grey paintwork. Very similar looking to the French 12 pdr. I reckon we have found the proxy.
Title: Re: Piedmont 16pdr cannon 1859
Post by: Chad on 05 July 2015, 06:40:26 PM
Thanks gents. Much appreciated. 👍
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