The "6 pounders" were corps-level reserve guns, with six batteries available to each corps.Īnother view showing the great details on the models and castings - Pendraken is fantastic. The "4 pounders" were divisional guns for the Prussians, with four batteries equipping each division. It will be a tough thing for the French player if/when this lot deploys on the table. The Renegade and GWM figures go well together (or at least the British do) so although the latter figures are much more accurate as.
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The BIG GUNS.Krupp "6 pounders", six batteries in a Prussian corps' artillery reserve. After all it was a cavalryman, Trroper Thomas of the 4th Dragoon Guards who was credited with firing the first British shot of the war during an engagement when the Dragoons charged, at full pelt, a unit of Uhlans. Bruce Weigle has an excellent overview of the artillery and firearms from the war in his rulebooks, which are 150% worth buying even if you never intend to play the games. The actual shells fired by these guns were heavier, had a much better range and hit harder than the equivalent roundshot. I use air quotes around the "poundage" of the guns as I believe this rating was a theoretical one, the supposed size of roundshot that might fit in the barrel. The artillery was far from the only reason the French lost, but it was a major difference on the battlefield and, as you might expect, accounted for a significant proportion of French battlefield losses. The steel breech-loading artillery of the Prussian army hit very hard during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. It's a Prussian artillery park!ĭivisional guns - Krupp "4 pounders" - there were four batteries equipping each Prussian division. The guns and figures are all from the excellent Pendraken. There are two Krupp "4 pounder" guns, and six Krupp "6 pounder" guns. Some more FPW progress to share - a bunch of 10mm Prussian artillery pieces and crews. Madaxeman.10mm Prussian artillery, ready for battle - models and figures from Pendraken.
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