Hi,
Is there any chance that some additions could be made to the Seven Years Warrange to cover the war in India. What I'm proposing is not a new range as such but rather some new packs:
British Sepoys
French/Native Sepoys
Maharatta horse
Indian matchlock men
Indian warriors on foot
Of these proposals the Indain horse and foot could probably also be part of the proposed Indian muitiny range and other units like British and French regulars are already in the range.
All the best,
George
I've got two Moghal-era armies. Many of the figures are already available (barring sepoys, admittedly).
Votes added!
Add my votes, if they are not already there
Add mine to, though I think the vote for sepoys has already been done :-\
You can add my vote please.
Please add my vote
Thanks
Best regards
Think you will also need Rocketeers and suitable Indian artillery as well
I'll add my vote to this too.
Bob
Quote from: Bernie on 11 March 2012, 08:36:23 PM
Think you will also need Rocketeers and suitable Indian artillery as well
And these! And these!
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/N7441944526T.jpg)
:D
Quote from: lentulus on 12 March 2012, 02:18:47 AM
And these! And these!
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/N7441944526T.jpg)
:D
What the...!
:o
Very early tanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We wants them, we does, my precious.
Foly Huck! Those are bonkers... 8-} I want some. :d
Totally bonkers
There is an admiral dude at the far left directing operations. Is the elephant there to push or is just in the background. There must be at least 10 oxen per wagon. The wagons look sideways on to normal wagons, do you think they have extra wheels in the middle or would this make them unsteerable?
Could see these make an appearance in Dogs of War army?
Is that set up one of those Victorian imaginings or does it have a basis in fact?
I can't imagine its possible to fire a cannon over the heads of oxen without them freaking out.
See the bottom of this page http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=naweb%20artillery%20platform&source=web&cd=8&ved=0CGQQFjAH&url=http%3A%2F%2Fchalklands.wordpress.com%2F&ei=r0NeT7r9HIuq8QPOt4iGDw&usg=AFQjCNE9AC7nmHZ6hbCTF_0V-zXx5jtV7A&sig2=8C5nMYm6v-S2RdxKzXPtEg
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eV262iNGUb4C&pg=PA146&lpg=PA146&dq=nawab's+artillery+platform&source=bl&ots=CS0rs22HPa&sig=QhDeT3uNOCvslD2uo1StpShNA8s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FEVeT7CbF8Gg0QXK_byqCw&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=nawab's%20artillery%20platform&f=false
Try this...
*DAMMIT NINJA'D!*
I'm sorry but with that set up they would've been lucky to hit the farmyard let alone the barn door.
Would've caused more damage stampeding the oxen at the enemy.
Mind you would be a nice little earner Leon probably would use the same amount of lead as an armoured division (each pulled by 40 to 50 yoke of oxen and an elephant).
That first link was a bit vague
(http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww71/chalklands/100_0060.jpg)
Well that has to be one of the most insane things I've ever seen. Or had requested! I wouldn't imagine it would be too hard to scratch build though, we could supply the oxen and guns (although we'd need the crew), all someone would need to add is the 'stage' and a few sandbags, etc.
:-\
In reply to Leon's last post - no more insane than rocketeers on camels!
Quote from: Leon on 12 March 2012, 08:00:51 PM
Well that has to be one of the most insane things I've ever seen. Or had requested! I wouldn't imagine it would be too hard to scratch build though, we could supply the oxen and guns (although we'd need the crew), all someone would need to add is the 'stage' and a few sandbags, etc.
:-\
Actually, I would probably scratch-build it (once you have those turbaned Indian gunners) and appropriate SYW Sepoy and the like.
I'm probably missing something really obvious here, but what on earth was the point of mounting a 'gun' on a huge and presumably very heavy 'flatbed' and then having to use SO many beasts to pull the whole thing ?
Cheers - Phil
I was chatting with Dave about this last night, and as far as he knows, it was essentially a mobile fort. The oxen would pull the platform into position long before the battle started, and then the oxen would be detached and withdrawn.
One thing which did strike me from reading the info posted in the links above, was that it seems to imply that 18, 24, or 32 pdrs (I think) were used on it? But that kind of artillery piece would weigh literally tons, and I don't think you'd be able to build a platform strong enough to carry them and still be mobile. The illustration from the newspaper article shows a much smaller gun, like a 3pdr.
:-\
Part of the problem is that the drawing is from 150 years after the event.
Semi mobile forts make more sense, as a horde of oxen would make a nice traget and wouldn't be too happy having canon fired over their heads