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Re: Horse Artillery (was Re: Hussars!)
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lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au
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Mon, 30 Sep 2002 01:48:37 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Kenneth Tam writes:
> > Actually there is.... Port Brique now has horse artillery. ;-)
> >
> > http://www.lugnet.com/loc/au/~1285/PortBrique/GrandArmie
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> Oh good God! The French have just decided to send *all* their smartly
> dressed horsemen to the Pacific, haven't they?
Indeed. But the early 80's tyre stockpile has to run out sooner or later...
> > Why horse artillery? Because I had a few spare blue torsos, and a lot more of
> > those old tyres... and some superficial research showing horse artillerists
> > wearing large busbies.
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> I spent last night trying various things with tire hats, and surprisingly,
> Horse Artillery crossed my mind to... though the French were the only ones
> to wore the bushbies... I need tarleton helmets -- which I unwisely never
> got around to buying during Castle's run (off to the clearance section for
> me) -- and then I get horse artillery... or light dragoons!
Dragoons, huh? Interesting you should mention dragoons....
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> Still having a look at Grenadier bearskin shakos though... there must be a way!
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> And nice 8-pounder... hell, I'd venture its size to make it an 18-pounder --
> a great seige gun,
I generally think of my ships' cannon as 18 pounders, and this is about half
the calibre....
But if the ships were upgraded to 24 pounders...
> and then you'd have a reason for the Horse Artillery...
> harass evildoers as they down the coast to Port Brique (and if they landed
> Marines to capture the gun, you'd have cavalry there to stop them!).
*Evil grin*
Cheers
Richie
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