Poll
Question:
How many guns you model to represent a napoleonic horse or foot battery ?
Option 1: 1 gun
votes: 2
Option 2: 2 guns
votes: 3
Option 3: 3 guns
votes: 2
Option 4: more than 3 guns
votes: 0
Merry Christmas all,
I know this is probably going to be relative to whichever ruleset is being used, but how many guns+crews do you use to represent a battery ?
Currently 3 for me, but considering rebasing to 2 before I get too far along
Wow! Three. :-\
I have 2 guns, plus limbers, cassions etc.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50875070261_f9bbd3be6f_z.jpg)
(I've since added some more horses to the limbers.)
I use a ratio of 1:2 for guns and tranport. It depends on the size of the battery in the OB I'm using though. A six gun battery would have three guns and limbers and three caissons and limbers. Each model gun has four crew figures.
24 figures to a battalion, 1 gun to a battery, cavalry varies by type.
I use 2 but put them on separate bases
I'm in 6mm.
My Russian battalions have 120 figures (approximate 1:4 ratio, assuming they're somewhat below paper strength).
I find that three guns to a battery looks sufficiently bulky for a Russian battery, and offers a credible frontage.
The Little Wooden Men have artillery based separately, but I put 3 to a base for Blucher batteries, where they represent about 24 guns.
Where they are attached to infantry I use 1 on the base.
One to represent typically 24-36 guns.
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 23 December 2023, 09:47:30 AMI find that three guns to a battery looks sufficiently bulky for a Russian battery, and offers a credible frontage.
Yes, I have 3 to a battery for Russians.
I use 2 guns per tube and 4 crew per model gun. Usually 2 limbers from the pool are assigned to each battery when needed.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50494046766_014998a086_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jVZbVd)57 Corps - 3rd Reserve Battery (12pdr) (https://flic.kr/p/2jVZbVd) by Zippee Jerred (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zippee/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50494046751_039e093a61_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jVZbUX)58 Corps - Artillery Train (https://flic.kr/p/2jVZbUX) by Zippee Jerred (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zippee/), on Flickr
QuoteI'm in 6mm.
My Russian battalions have 120 figures (approximate 1:4 ratio, assuming they're somewhat below paper strength).
I find that three guns to a battery looks sufficiently bulky for a Russian battery, and offers a credible frontage.
Interesting. So are your battalions based three deep and forty wide? What size base is that and what rules do you use?