Scribd
Upload
525 views60 pages

Wargames Illustrated #014

Wargame magazine

Uploaded by

Анатолий Золотухин
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF or read online on Scribd
525 views60 pages

Wargames Illustrated #014

Wargame magazine

Uploaded by

Анатолий Золотухин
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 60
Britain's Number One Wargames Magazine Corel) See Photo top right shows Essex Miniatures 15mm Sudan figures very nicely painted by Steve Mitchell | ‘of Vista Enterprises, Vista are stil going, indepen: 2. osm.ar, oeuonsteaions «narration ates 3. sie HEMAERT aan a nrres Py 2 movanore- ne wus mam aor 2K Sp SS | ie SEREEREEREEEEEE: feeeeeeeees Beware of cheap imitations! ) iy Blade Army Specialists ; é WE NOW GIVE ‘eady SHORE OF TWO SUES OF READY MADE ARMIES O (OR OUR STARTER PACK! exe, 'Stm JUMBO, el PB £26.50 FIGURES: RULES : DICE 1 +£2.00 P&P £10.50 AHS INCLUDING ‘STANDARD 15mm ARMIES £17.50 + £1.50 P&P Han Chinese Tibetan Burmese ‘Sumerian Old & Middle Kingdom Egyetion ite chariots ite nCay ‘Nabian, New Kingdom Egyptian Chariots New Ringtom Egyptian In/Cay * 15mm ARMIES & USING sine & MINIATURES ‘imnattows ne cores 4 15mm armies using MINIATURE FIGURINES Mycenean & Minoan Greek In/Cav 180 PIECE ARMIES A naroteonic— French: Beish: Prussian: Austany Russie Brunswick: Soxon: Westphalian: Spanish Dutch-Belgian: Bavarian: g Wortersburger Pols: SEVEN YEARS WAR ~ British French: Prussian; Ausro a unas Kuso ‘CIVIL WAR — Union: Confeder ENGLISH CIVIL WAR Royal Posner New Mode Army ‘Scots Royalist Monttose; Scots Covenantcr” fp RU Ven WAR” inpers Feh Sponish: Swish 2, ALAN WARS ~ Spanish French anes: Frenne: Veneto RENAISSAI Huguenot French catholc: Polish: Sanaa Sv gts a3 os ‘loth Cent English; Moorish: ancien early Hopi Greek: Early Achaemenid Persian: ‘Thracian: Later Hoplite Greek: Later Achaementd Persian Syiacusary Alexandrian Macedonlar indian’ Alexandrian Imperiale eae ay Sues Lach aedonan Ey Sues Slurp Cais gman Chana glamor, Sub Rowen brats Arab Congues Themate Byzantine: Nikephorian Byzanie: Norman MEDIEVAL ® Anglo Normar: Feudal Engst Feat Free Ang ih er a Cy 10 fete Wr ec Waren eo Wa fe Rees rca Sh Tak Stren Sat Aube ego ae Cale Teco eodoron Byzantine Mongol Maak Egy Ikan: Fee g company ty Ougunda: ata Wer Bri lu Sudan War-tish Dervish oth eat oni it aan Boer War Bi green lego Dias ‘ONE Brits German French; Ameren: Auto Honesto Ruste AeheReEEEEEEETEE oman a Mascot, Moghl IRREGULAR ARLBURIAN MINIATURES EEE es ot MM ARMIES NEWBABYLONIAM AND ALLIES ‘T5mm armies using DONNINGTON MINIATURES ANCIENT Camailan Roman: Carthaginian: Marion Romar Aver Calics Barly Germane Anclent Briss Parthian Scythian: Seleucla Malena Grete Dai Savon Norman: Vk TATE 17th CENT fy FrenctAl AMERICAN CIVIL WAR = Unton: confer 25mm ARMIES £49.95 INC P&P e aivImperialis oman arcen 8h tary 1/300 MICRO TANK ARMIES £15.00 He eee OVERSEAS ADD £2.50 AB A Rp Ae Ape A pe Rp Rp ape a oa OVERSEAS CUSTOMERS POSTAGE RATES | z £05 >a ae ” PHONE YOUR. IR FURTHER DE’ sEND SAE OR : THROES > 38 WEST ST., DUNSTABLE, BEDS. TEL: (0582) 606041 ¥ Al Honours THE TERRAIN NOW LEAVING PLATFORM 3 IS 1ST CLASS ONLY We have had so many enquiries about the GEO-HEX terrain system we thought it was about time we published some more information. GEO-HEX terrains a remarkable system that allows you to build your own battlefield complex with hills rivers, roads, coastlines and so on allto your own design. Itlooks superbly realistic and the really nice thing about itis that you can build dfferentbatllefields everytime. Ifyou ‘are fighting 2 historical batle then just find a map and build tin GEO-HEX If you want to get really adventurous then you can add to you ‘basic set with all sorts of goodies. The ROUGH TERRAIN set gives you cliffs, canyons, gorges, steep river banks and transition pieces that allow gente slopesto become steep banks. The ROAD EXPANSIONSE T allows even more possibilities in road networks. phil, downhill, overtivers, anywhere you want. A SUNKEN ROAD SET lets you create some really rugged countryside. You can buy extrahils, extension packs and it doesn't stop with just the terrain itself. Imagine a set of maps that can be laid side to side and endo end in any combination. Each coloured map is superimposed with a hex grid Inside each hex are smaller hexes. Guess what all the smaller hexes are GEO HEX pieces. Those who are good at crosswords and generally brighter than us wll eapto thei feet and cry AMAZING! Whatit means, of course, Is that you can fight campaigns across # huge area. Every time opposing forces meet on the map they can build that area in GEO-HEX Even more impressive are the templates supplied with each set. Because ofthe scale of 4” on the map equals 1’ of GEO GEX than laying these on the map will tell you what size table you need, Plus you get clear plastic overlays on which you can mark dispositions, additional Features and so on in chinagreph. Altogether its really rather clever, and we'llet you into secret. You don'thave tohave GEO-HEXto useit Now we have bridges made specially for GEO-HEX whose sloping ends fit perfectly on river banks. Anyway, enough ofthis, let's give you what you are really interested in, the price, GEO-HEX EUROPACK (basic set) 129.95 GEO-MaP SET 12.95, EXTENSION SET (adds 8 sq.ft) 29.95 12 FULL HEXES, 22.95 ROUGH TERRAIN SET 68.95 6 FULL HEXES 11.95, ‘SUNKEN ROAD SET 68.95 6 ' HEXES (ROADS) 795 ROAD EXPANSION SET 48.95 LARGE STONE BRIDGE * TRANSITION ADDITION SET 48.95 ‘SMALL STONE BRIDGE LARGE HILLS SET 61.50 STONE BRIDGE 2” 2 SMALL HILLS SET 37.25 “Prices not fixed at time of printing, Phone for details. Please specify 1” or 2° roads and green or desert finish. Add 5% postage. AND NOW..... OUR ARTILLERY SETS ARE COMING APART ‘Not as bad as it sounds, but now we have such a vast range of guns and crews we thought it best if you could choose exactly what ‘combinationsyou wanted. So as from now crew sets of 4 fiques will be sold separately from quns which will be sold individually. Crew sets will ost 65p and guns 50p. Other SS's wil stay the same so, for instance, a French Staff Set is stl SS10. Here's the new numbers for artillery. ‘CREWS - 4 figures GC13 Austrian NGO4 French Bll GCO1 Peninsula British Loading GC14 Prussian NGOS French 121b GCO2 Peninsula British Firing GC15 Bavarian * French guns NGO6 French Howitzer GCO3 French Loading GC16 Waterloo British NGO7 Prussian 6b GC04 French Firing GC17 Russian Horse Artillery NGOB Prussian Howiter GCOS Russian Loading GC18 Spanish * French guns NGOS Russian 61b .GC06 Russian Firing GC19 Revolutionary Austrians NG1O Russian 10Ib Licomne GCO7 Royal Horse Artillery Gdns NGI Russian 125 GCOB French Horse Artery NGO1 Betish 615 NGI2 Russian 20Ib Licome GC09 Revolutionary French NGO2 British 915 NG13 Austrian 3ib GC10 Polish * French guns NGO3 French 4/61b GC11 Confederation/Late French GC12 French Guard Horse AND FINALLY ... BH GOES HI-TECH ‘Occasionally we come across something in te wargaming world that really makes us st up andtake interest GEOHEX was one, now we have found another. We recently come across Deve Watkins, computer programmer extraordinaire. who mentioned some Napoleonic rules he'd written fr compute. With the promise of free beer we ured him to BH HQ and set up a game using them, We were impressed. We could stop playing, They are easy to use, realistic, fst and FUN. No more tedious morale checks, no more casualty sheets doesnt matter about base sizes or igure scales. Everything is done bythe machine Allyou have todo is move the figures, Youjust feed in the data and sit back and enjoy the game. You can use i for campaigns or one off battles. You get messages from commanders that call for decisions just ke the rel thing, So we have decided to putiton the market. The fistversons should be avallable by Christmas and vl be for the SPECTRUM and AMSTRAD range. After that well produce versons for ATARI ST, COMMODORE and IBM compatible PCs The potentials enormous. We plano produce in adition complete Napoleonic campaigns as orders ofbatte and you can select your forces straight from the memory. We are caling the rules EAGLEBEARER. Nepoleonic Wargaming will never be que the some Prices wil be round £12 for tape and £16 for dse versons. Don't forget you can get the complete BATTLE HONOURS illustrated Napoleonic catalogue for £2.50 including post(UK) and here'sone lor two of our stockists GOULD'S « South St. Dorchester, WARGAMES SOUTH - Dorking, Surrey, Tel 0305 79 796, WATERLOO MINIATURES - Arlington, Texas, USA Tet: (817) 478 0721 and of course Tom DeVoe, BATTLE HONOURS AMERICA, 17 Ridge Road, Budd Lake, NJ 07828 USA Tet (201) 691 2423 ° 5 Moors Lane, Oreton, Nr. Cleobury Mortimer, Kidderminster, Worcs. DY14 GRH 074 632 627 idl uy aL al Ha taining 50 infantry, 20 Cavalry or 6 Guns & Crews ! f fain UHH GH iF Tt, eet ji hy I. i uf a, iat Hilal i He Hs ja Hs HFN aay Lae ay GARG ANGREE UF RivRTHE ne haneTtEt if i i ise inna lame lal lenses HEROICS & ROS FIGURES (oeot. wi 14) Unit 12, Semington Turnpike, Semington, Trowbridge, Wilts. BA14 6LB, England. Tel: 0380 870228 Hl 1/300th SCALE METAL FIGURES £1.15 Packs 7) Lu oc =) ce Lo o ° c ~) ” e o cc Lu <= lanai a NEW NAPOLEONICS 1p CAVALRY 209 aeggesese FIGURES BY TTG Nofancy metal, nofancy pres ust ood olivate eos: ake Se pe 10% P&P ira Star Mol OD or Siu ste orcas ‘1mm MONGOLS MO1 Medium inf + spear MO2 Korean inf + spear MO3_ Light inf + bow MO4_ Light inf fring bow MOS. Mongol officer on foot MOC! Mongol HC + Lance MOC2 Mongol HC + Bow MOC3. Keshik LC MOCa Mongol MC + Lance MOCS Mongol MC = Bow MOCS Keshik HC MOC? Korean HE MOc8 Mongol LC + Bow MOC3_ Mongol LC + Sword MOCIO Eastern Steppe LC MOEN Mounted Oficar MOCI2 Mounted Khan Moc14 BaggageCame! MOGI5 ComelHoidor 15 MOCI6 CamelLancer 250. MOG17 Mounted Standard. boaror (EHC) 25 MOCI8 Mounted Standard be ® webbaebee ‘Command Fy re may om Ofer ‘onan Sai op Orr men goaggaagaetsszaemmaee Raa Sm Wart nsf 71500 Oya ae se ‘CORPS COMMANDER ae t AmARBARER| ESeEaESEL BeEES BEEBEESE Bikeakwee | Baa, geee 1m Goa Straurd Bearer, Dr ha imadiewcteaies af puseaseceeanses re conan Jaaaaazasanasaat When replying to adverts please mention Wargames Illustrated. e582 28 vebecusee NEW RULES FROM WARGAMES RESEARCH GROUP 1925-50 Infantry/Armour £3.50 These rules represent a new approach to this period = long overdue WARGAMES RESEARCH GROUP RULES 3000 BC-1485 AD (6th Ed.) £230] 3000 BC-1485 AD (7th Ed.) £3.50| 1420-1700 Renaissance Rules 229] 1980-85 Armour Infantry Rules £250] 1685-1845 Napoleonic Rules 29] 1420-1700 Renaissance Lists £275] WARGAMES RESEARCH GROUP UNIFORM GUIDES Armies & Enemies of imperial Rome £7.85] ‘Armies of the Dark Ages £6.95| ‘Armies of the Macedonian & Punic Wars £.95| Wargames Campaigns £6.95 Seanarios for Wargames £695 ‘Armies of the Midale Ages Pt. £96 Programmed Scenarios 735 ‘Armies of the Middle Ages Pt.2, £2.98 ‘Armies of Ancient Near East e995 Piketo Shot fa.86 M.D. GAMES RULES Tank Action 1950-85, 250 ‘Special Forces (Modern Infantry) 225 ‘Sea Power (Modern Naval Rules) £250 Total War Infantry Rules 1914-25) £1.95 War at Sea (WWII Naval Rules) £250 £1.98 £225 Fast Atack (WWII Coastal Warfare) £2.50, “Tricorne 18th Contury Warfare £225 Grand Fleet Wii Naval Rules £250 ‘18th Century) £250 Bonaparte Napoleonic Warfare Rules £1.96 SKYTREX RULES Wars of the Roses Rules (E. Smith) £195 American Civil War Rules £198 WWiLand Rules £1.95 WWIAir Combat Rules £195, Modern Ain Combat Rules £195 HINCHLIFFE 20mm WW2 QUALITY WHITEMETAL VEHICLE KITS ‘OVER 60 KITS NOW AVAILABLE PLUS WW2 INFANTRY NEW THIS MONTH 295 20/80 Universal Carrier with Vickers mg. &erew’ 2295 20/81 Bren with Pak36 AT gun & crew £295 20/81 Russian BTS tank S93 20/82 Russian BTSTU Commandtank £3.95 20/83 Russian BT 7 tank £395 20/84 Russian Komsomulets artillery ractorwith seated artilleryman £2.95 MORE NEW MODELS NEXT MONTH Fully ilustated 207m WH? & Modern vehicle catalogue ~ 5p SKYTREX NEW! NEW! NEW! TRITON '/1zooth TRANSITIONAL STEAM NAVAL “UP FUNNEL! DOWN SCREW!” By popular request we have produced the warships which followed the Napoleonic period but preceded the ironclads. At last ships were no longer totally dependent on the wind for propulsion. Guns were standardised and shells just coming into use. New construction techniques gave larger ships albeit few in number. This was the last era in which the French fleet presented a serious challenge to the Royal Navy. War did not occur but many intriguing battles can be created. BRITISH FLEET HMS VICTORIA 121 gun tstrate £4.96 Flagship of the squadrons HMSHEROS1 gun 2ndrate £295 ‘These vessels bull large classes made up the bulk of the batting HMSPHOEBESt guntrigete 3.95 Large erusing frigates wore used for fleet recce and colonial positioning HMSWARRIOR ironclad Figate £55 Fret other kind. Mistress ofthe Channel All models are whitemetal kits and are (packaged with hull. masts, sas ond 9” FRENCH FLEET LABRETAGNE 130gun totrate £4.95, Fronch flagships VILLE do PARIS 114 gun totrote €2.95 Napoleonic poriod tet rate converted to LoNAPOLEONS0 gun 2ndrate £295 ‘Aclassie design which made up the bulk fof the Franch line EVLAU90 gun 2nd rate ‘Avvarition 09 the above design SOUVERAINES6 qunfrigate £3.95, A good rapresentative of the French enising frigate £395 Informauon sheet giving brief deta oF the vessel. GLOIRE Ironclad batleship £8.95, “The first ron clad she spelt the end of the wooden well warship. DEVIL AT THE HELM NAVAL RULES 1850-1906 £1.95 TRITON NAPOLEONIC NAVAL MODELS ‘These whitemetal */1z00th scale models are the best avalat'a, Accurately modelled tpierioctn pia Chey ori ab You! resorts vie aval Wars cf ia tow at Fiapeloon’ Be a18 aac ee a a ee ae Ses ee a 1S CEE ne Be ae Serum a sanoe STB ac, Bite ama ny AEOME Mt inna Reg eee oe Goh Emat SM EUSracener a rato teercam MURS veneie® ists SERIES yencue sues 1NSe2 CONSTITUTION aa Bae eee Se ae nee ce ee te FE RRontun ss nten Cesaeas tree a 35 ean ne ee oe TRITON algo produce Greek, Roman and Renaissance Galleys, Armada period ship model American Gal Wer Foncads, We Conse Frees and 8 rowing numberof eth scale HINCHLIFFE MODELS ALIVE AND WELL! Strange Rumours abound that Hinchliffe is no longer produced — NOT TRUE! The HINCHLIFFE ranges are available as normal by return of post quality figures 25mm and above Ancients, Medieval, Renaissance, 7 years War, American War of Independence, English Civil War, Napoleonic, Peninsular War, American Civil War, Colonial and 20mm WW2. Not forgetting the superb equipment ranges of which we list a few below: HINCHLIFFE 25mm WHITEMETAL EQUIPMENT KITS French Napoleonic 4PDR gun £175 25188 Archers takes 3 sets of sper pack) £1.20 258 French Nepoleonie SPOR gun £178 2518C Renaissance triple orgen gun £178 2510 French Napoleonic 12POA gun £1.75 2/80 LateMedioovalMenatesance barelled canon E175 2510 French Napoleon 6 Howitzer £175 22/8 Renaissance Single Bank Organ Gun £178 28 French Nopoteonie Howitzer £1758 2a1BF Renaissance Faleonet Canon a7 25 Freneh Napoleonic Limber £120 2786 Lote MediaevalReraissance fea feldssigegun e430 251G FronchNopoleonic Ammunicatonesisson «£225 —«BSIBM Pack of large barrels and lide are Keight 26mea) 25H French Napoleon Baggage Wagon £325 2perpack E20 251) _ British Nepoleonie PBR gun £178 268K 1sth Century Heavy Howitzer £250 25K Brllsh Napoleonic SPOR gun £178 2181 YBth Century Heavy Fela/Seige Gun f250 25. British Napoleonic Limber A) £1.75 281BM Pack of medium barrels end lids (barrel height 18ram) 25M Brish NepeleonieAmmunication Wagon £175 “per pack £120 25N _Briish Napoleonic Rocket Wagon £220 251Cs Lands, Baggage wagon £350 2510 British Napoleonic So: Howitzer fis Avia 5100 25P _Briish Napoleonic 1BPDR gun £225 HYI4 Medievalamanarilery crew £1.00 25 Bitsh Nepoteonic Lmber (@) £175 HYI9. Medieval Renalance4Horso gun tom E180 25/3 _ Briish Napoleonic Baggage Wagon £23 25)AA British Napoleonic 18PDR Naval gun F178 ENGLISH civiL WAR 25/AB British Napoleonic 18PDR gun on wooden garrison 25/AO EngllehChilWarFalcon (25POR) Lightgun £1.75 cariage £175 25AP_ English Civil War Limber £20 25/CP British SPOR Battalion gun 2S/AR_ English il War Heawy Mortar £178 (Warofindependence arly Napoleonic) «£1.78. —-25/AS. English GivilWar Cannon Royale 225 25/0R Umber for 3 POR Battalion Gun £178 26/AT. Packotax powder bares £20 2513. Brish POR Battalion Gun £175 25/AU Packof six pabions £120 25/GT Limberfor 25108 £178 BAW Pair of oxen snd yoke 30 25/AE_ British Spore Whee! Cartiage £175 _25/AX Early Mediaeval whooled Bomberd £175 2G/AF_ Prussian POR gun £175 2/AY. Early Mediaeval Siege gun on base £50 2G Prussian 12PDR gun £175 HYNT_ English Civil War a mar arllory crew £1.00 25/AH Prussian Napoleonic Limber £78 28AK. Russian Six Pounder Cannon E17 AMERICAN cIvit WAR BS/AL Russian imber £178 2T American CvilWer 12PDR Howitzer ev7s 25/CH Russian Napoleonic Ammunition Cassion £175 28 American Civil War 5 Rife £173 25AZ Russian 10 POR Licorne lowizer £178 28 American Civil War 10PDR parrot gun £75 25CM Russian Napoleonic 12POR llongbarrelcanon) £1.75 25X__ AmericanGivilWar I2PDRWhinweemBLgun IGE 25ICO Russion Napoleonic 12POR|shorterbarrellcanon £1.78 D8 Amercan GoilWarLarber £175 HVT Briish4man Foot Artilery crew £100 282 American Civil War Pontoon Wagon £25 HY2 _Bri'shd man Horse arllery crow £100 2818. American Givi War Gating Gun £73 HY3 French 4 man Foot Arilary crew £1.00 258 “American Cv War Parrot Gun 20 POR £250 HY4 French 4 man Horse artilery crew £100 25/CB American Civil War Battery Wegon lsutable HY>Frencn4 man Guord Foot Anilery crew £100 a= trllortypa wagon for al penose) 2250 HY6 French 4 man Guard Horse Artilery crow £100 25/CN American Givi Warn Wagon 500 HY7 russian aman Foot Antler crew £100 HYT2. American Civil War4mon artiory crow £00 HY Prussian man Horse artilery crew £100 _-HYID._Americen Gil Wer Horae gun (eam £20 HY9\_ Russian 4 man Foot Arilery row £100 HY Russian éman Horse Arley crow £100 coLonIaL HYI7_ French 4 Horse Artilery team £150 29CU" Colonial PDR. M eu HY20_Britsh4 Horse Gallope’ gun team £180 SSW Colonial 12POR e178 25I0X Colonial 1SPDR Breech loading rife e178 25ICY Colonial limber £120 250K Sbarelled Gardner Gun £250 FULL HINGHLIFFE CATALOGUE £150 28/CL Colonial Ox Wagon £300 HYI5. Colonial British indian & man gun crew £1.00 HYI6_ Colonial Briish Naval mn gun cow £100 FACTORY ADDRESS ‘MAIL ORDER ADDRESS US. AGENT Unit 3, Canal Bank SKYTAEX LTD ForBaveo& ht 20 POSTAGE & PACKING Loughborough, Leics 5,6. Simulatonsine 10 ore vate We are proud of our Clearwater ever pot factory visitors welcome. | 28 BROOK STREET Flore 39578 8570 Europes above Mon-Sat Sam-Spm WYMESWOLD role} 443 3822 BP tCunse Eee LOUGHBOROUGH eareps uous LEICESTERSHIRE ust HINCHUFFE an eres Telephone: 0508 213789 austrauianaccnt | S023, ee Hee a eATLERIA. Awe ree isold Parade, | ge secert,sarcuacano. access. Sem | oreo Cee ee eel | er eee SB Saa Wkain ana EON Gate 0 Perce SE ooes NEW! B95 cit res 1/300th INFANTRY eas 11300th WARGAME MODELS Winco, __ ACROPOLIS WARSQUAD by scoTIA MICRO MODELS “Wand SCALE @omm FIGURES) Fine Scale 15mm Metal Models NEW from Jacobite. Arrange of handy sized ready made ermies, each containing 120+ figures. Send 60p for our full catalogue of over 1000 figures, ues bt pe ey tere a ‘valiabe at £20 6 £35 for two and contain 200" figures, Mongo! Scots Covenanters viking Spartan Fantasy Good, Seloucla 13th Century Polish E.c.W. Parllament fussian Fev 500 BC Grooks Rallan Wars (Spanish) Sa Malian Wars (Wallan) Fantasy Evil Swedish Early Landeknechts ECW: Royalist “Ordre shouldbe ante ScOTIAMICROWoDELS Sevegrhennine st aneve DoszPy, SESTLAND apt wn When replying to adverts please mention Wargames Illustrated. MINIFIGS 15mm ADDITIONS TO CATALOGUE re cnn ran 26 36 Mourad Sergeants So tae tes seienteea ee ‘22 Voulsors Soko Hammers HNanES., teuee rey 2089 genera iS eee. eax. Hi doonacn vein HOKE Soni Hear Cov peers... Moor Gavary Command eae Seratt Command ee oe SRO Ente inc My Colones iat Maheg = Ree lefty Marching ~ Slovenes Hat Rita Suter’ Wagon 8) YS. Siuge Coach, Horses & Passengers al ony oso Sart £5 00 SAMURAI —Page 3¢ Sonia ath Longbow FRANCO.PRUSSIAN WAR — Page 50 SBN "Pascon Sa Orcs ‘TIMTH Prouscon Morse Team & Drivers SREMeaN WAR PAGE 52 a aati Mtr iter ussite waRs 420-1422 oe Rimoured Soearnen ‘armoured Sorgen ‘2XE Moreian Mecho Uorcers Be ee ae ee eeenee. INC Geran Crotsbowran oe deed cei (eelote Command He eeincmeee MINIATURE FIGURINES LIMITED 1/5 Graham Road ‘Southampton SO20AX Registeredin England No937848 FULLCATALOGUE bicieye ech mete & Stoot Conenang. SERIES 5-15 Packs Telephone (Factory) (0703) 220855 VAT. 188028631 eee ‘Stndard Bearer, Musician ‘Horses RAL PARTHA CHAOS ARMIES ebay Banden Woot EF fairy |e) 102.005 Benen Wood El Cavairy (2) 08 ttaes Bout Sos arty a 2015 tagh et Corny (2) 2218 Hhgn Et Reva Archer 2317 Hg En once Geert {G2 Deyndoin 8 Boy Companion 2) Sisoes Caroma Alibre tari ar Et Mage Nobo & Farias Goad infty Et ster Sou a) Ee {2-228 Halting Meee Mile 1) {2 a9 Thane, Goaderther & 2 Barats 4) 1358 Champion & Ele Dwar Gosice BS Seas Corner Surmiehere S97 Centre ote Stel Wind 2 Sap Stat Wine Commane BR ratte 31s Moen San SL Et OR Met croe mas 79.2 Sse cn dg liad oe BE eh an matecn ene 22 tase ee ames "BRITISH CRIMEAN INFANTRY 2X Line intantrymen ForageCon ‘3X Lentintanryman {X Gearaslnfonrymen Bearstn) Sk Highlandinfoseymon 8X Gearde Command 8k Highland Command rOkStatfandA D.C onFoot BRITISHCRIMEAN CAVALRY ‘1KCHoavy Dragoons ARTILLERY PIECES KABtsh Light Cannon TkABntshHeavy Cannon araBitahtowteer SkABnian umber OKA Ruseantght Cannon 1kARssan envy Cannon {2KARUEnan Umber aKCLancers SKC Seats Greys aK Heavy Dragoons Command 7KG Ligh Dragoons Command 2G Hussar Command ‘XC Lancers Command 10KC Seats Greys Commang MKCStatfangA DC Mounted 15mm CRIMEAN WAR 1854-56 ARTILLERYIMEN {1KABHtshLine Aritrymen 2ABrtahHoreefetilrymen SkARussionAcslorymen {HaAFrench Arileyme Sk TortishArterymen a2 Sesto Se, Ss GBS Gre Gear Standard Bore 2 Se ae Se ee Em tehtena sor 102.084 Woll Rider Bowmen hn serena nance ONL 0 EE eect min 2 Eee Bie Rea ete ne eos Rec hedens ett Rear. fangs iy Stee AEE weg oe h-408 Ltonars Wartor Champion ofthe Pure £260 reo oes Ge eevee sae pee ees $8 face ee HE ae ta 'RUSSIANCRMEANINFANTRY. 12KLineintanteymen Cap) ak HosLy ntantrynen let 18k inl ntantry Cap) ‘ShrmisnOrder ‘sk Cavcasion Light lfantymen TkHswy Commons ek Cavcasion command 18kStofandAD.C on oot RUSSIANCRIMEANCAVALRY 12K Heavy Dragoons 13KCLinoDragoone vaxcHustare 1EKECavcasion Lancers teKCCossacts T7KCHeavy Dragoon Command 18KCLinoDragoone Command 18kCHusearsCommand 20KCCavoasion Lancers ‘Command 21KCCoseacts Command 2AKCStatfandAD Mounted “TRADE ENQUIRIES WELCOMED FOR PRODUCTS BY MINIFIGS, RAL PARTHA & GHQ MICRO ARMOUR. PHONE or WRITE NEVILLE DICKINSON FOR DETAILS. 4a PARKYN ROAD, DAYBROOK, OReiCNERED ‘Wargames Foundry beret eG oe MICHAEL PERRY NEW ao 25mm CRIMEAN WAR FIRST RELEASE ca ah a Pe eee area , GLE wordnet cect Oe GMS Foot Guard, Standard Bearer 4 t a Erg ee, t I Son oes ul Hy qi an ew Pos iss eg M28 M29 CM.30 Ui ourtas Cone Congay fet on ne we Sus leliarey Oe Eos Cpsny, saaneng Porting Srae Gif, 12S Mary Sorts Sian errigard M21 cm2z cm2s GANS nia eas company poeta Sie UPS Mant: Soe Coney eae Shls ine Mary: cots Googe tere Grit Ens tarey: Cre Comer. Reg SUS Wel wate EE Clete ae Sena CMH. Gua!” Oincer Starry, Ponti, Frock Coat & Fatret | | ue Gey Suan, mercmmcrs Neer WY oA a2 he acne ae aus a ey om 5 ge fer 2 peer creees , My ie SS Regt toile Seaca ) HORSES: wil mS SH Reeeoers rerio i ORB Figures 7p Horses 45p Mat CM32 M26 CM.27 Q Got 4 N Wo OY Wood 1b cM. M2, CM3. M4 CMS CML CMa2 M13) CMa CM.IS AB, Pw mb eh = , WY w 4 ae CMs (M9 CM.I0 M16 CM.I7- CM.I8 eM.I9CM.20 FOR ACOESSIMASTERCARDEARCLAYCARDVISA Pore: 0608 200165 (always ncudo oxy aa of you cad) POST, & PACKING, UI Add 15%. Minimum 5p. | Europe add 30%, USA\and Austral Overseas not us Uk'send 2° ep stamp for list’ Abrosd seria 3 INC'S, oF $1 Bl ‘Our 25mm Flanges: English Civil War/Thirty Years War/tighlanders/Jacobites. Franco-Prussian's, Mariborouan army, Wars.o! Roses, Wars of Religion, Modieval, Eary imperial Rome, uns, ‘Dark Ages, Samurai, Inaian Mutiny” (Our Stockist at the leading shows: “Quartermastars Stores’ DERBY WARGAMES ASSOCIATES PRESENT THE OSPREY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 1988 WORLD'S PREMIER WARGAMING EVENT THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS, DERBY Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th October 1988 Featuring: World WARGAMES Competition Display Game Competition Re-enactment Societies @ Trade Stands Bring & Buy e Bar & Food COMPETITION ENQUIRIES: ‘TRADE ENQUIRIES: A J HILL B. CONNOR, 20 WADE AVENUE. clo 29 WADE AVENUE. 53 MANSFIELD ROAD. LITTLEOVER, LITTLEOVER, DAYBROOK. DERBY. DERBY NOTTINGHAM. ENGLAND ENGLAND ENGLAND OSPREY PUBLISHING “Organisation and Equipment of the Prussian Artillery 1870-71” Part II ‘This second article on the Prussian artillery in the Franco-Prussian ‘War deals withthe artillery organisation, ammunition and vehicles. An outlines provided concerning the artillery of the other German, contingents, although it should be noted that battery organisation and the way the guns were used were very similar between the various armies. The two articles should enable interested wargam- cers to recreate a realistic German artillery in both appearance and Colour Schemes of Gun Garriages and Vehicles ‘The armies of the Franco-Prussian war still presented a colourful spectacle, with some variety in uniforms on both sides. The gun carriages and vehicles contributed to this variety, with some variation across the German contingents. The table below is followed by more detailed information on Prussian vehicles from the Handbuch fuer Offiziere der Koeniglich Preussischen Artilerie (Berlin 1860) State ‘Woodwork Metal parts Saxony Grey Black Baden Olivengrau Black (brown-grey green) Warttemberg as Baden Hessen-Darmstadt Grey Black Bavaria Silver-grey Black Prussia Middle blue Black ‘The 1860 source gives the following further details of Prussian colours Blue — all gun carriages and vehicles (and the wooden parts of all items comnected with them) of the field batteries, ‘Grey - the same material ofthe ammunition Kolonnen, and of the fortress and the siege artillery (with the exception of 5 small items for which no further details are given). ‘Concerning the vehicles with the troops, ofthe Train and of the various Administrations-Branchen: Blue ~ all medicine carts and wagons, and all vehicles connected with the hospital. Grey—all ther vehicles withthe troops, the “flying horse depots”, and the vehicles of the Intendantur (Administration) of the Feld ‘post (Field Post Office). Kaisergelb (emperor yellow, a dark yellow) ~all other vehicles of the Feldpost French guns had “bottle green” (a dark green with a splash of olive) wooden parts with black metal fittings. ‘The 4 pounder gun carriage C/64. This picture shows the ‘arrangement of the axsitze (axle seats), each seating one man, on ‘which men rode into battle. Such seats were not present on the guns of the horse batteries. (From Witte.) by M, Tomezak (continued from WI No.10) French gun barrels were bronze, German barrels were black. (The result of the process used to protect the steel against corrosion.) ‘The Introduction of Rifled Breech-loading Guns ‘The Prussians began experimenting with stecl-barrelled rifled breech-loaders in the 1850s, and although they were undoubtedly superior to the old muzzle-loaders there was considerable resist~ ance to them in conservative military circles. Energetic individuals helped to overcome this. For example in 1859 Crown Prince William (later Emperor), who was a strong supporter of the new guns, changed an order for 100 guns to one for 300 in his own hand, ‘The issue was settled when it became clear in 1866 that the range of ‘modern small arms required their use. The Prussians themselves were fully equipped with the new guns by 1867, smaller contingents in the Army of the North German Confederation which stil had ‘muzzle-loaders were re-equipped from 1867. The other German states changed to breecheloaders during the 1840s and by 1870 all deployed them, ‘The development by Krupps of steel strong enough to be used for, gun barrels, coupled with the development of machine tools after ‘mid-century permitted the production of large numbers of guns of identical performance with easily replaceable parts. The strong barrels permitted the use of more powerful charges and thus enabled firing at longer ranges than before. All this assisted the Prussians in the development of a highly effective artillery arm. As ‘matter of interest a major reason for the lack of development of, steel-barrelled guns in France was the fet that French industry was, some way behind the Germans in steel-making and had not yet developed a strong-enough type of steel. ‘The Guns ‘The Germans used two calibres in their field batteries in 1870-71. The 4 pounder (calibre 77 millimetres) was used in horse and light, driving batteries, the 6 pounder (91.6 millimetres) was used in the heavy driving batteries. The 4 pounder was the 1864 model (C/64), with gun carriage and limber from the same year. In 1867 a new breech-block was introduced, giving the designation 64/67, The 6 pounder had the barrel of 1861 (C/61) with the gun carriage and limber developed in 1864. A new 6 pounder barrel introduced in 1864 proved unsuitable and the barrels were finished as the C/61, although they were slightly lighter. Along with the C/od limbers and gun carriages, 1864 also saw the introduction of a new munition- Shinterwagen,a two-wheel caisson drawn by a similar limber to that used to tow the guns. Ammunition ‘The ammunition used by the artillery in 1870-71 consisted of explosive and incendiary shells, canister and shrapnel. (Shrapnel was only just being introduced in German armies and its use was limited.) The projectiles were propelled by using bagzed charges (Kartuschen) of various sizes. ‘The terms 4 and 6 pounder applied to the weight of round shot the guns would fire. The 4 pounder's shell in fact weighed 4.342 kilogrammes (about 91 pounds), that ofthe 6 pounder weighed 6.9 kilogrammes (about 15% pounds). On exploding the 4 pounder shell broke into 30-80 fragments, the 6 pounder shell into 30-40 fragments, ‘At ranges up to 900 metres, the effects of 4 and 6 pounder shells ‘were similar; at ranges above 900 metres the heavier shells had ‘greater moral effect and were more effective agains fixed targets When the shell exploded there was a potential danger zone for a further 450 metres beyond the point of impact, although not too much should be madé of this. Incendiary shells contained 20 percent less explosive than normal figures from the collection of Aly Morrison, who also made the buildings in the fo zground. (Those behind are by Phil Robinson.) tained small incendiary elements (Brander), four, the 6 pounder shell six. The Brander (bumers) made the sheils slightly heavier than the explosive variety. Each Brander would burn for 15-20 seconds, and it was found that these shells could set quite heavy wooden structures alight. Incendiary shells were distinguished externally by three small flames painted at the tip in red oil paint. ‘The Prussian shells were fitted with extremely reliable percus- sion fuses of a type developed by General Neumann in 1858. Shrapnel was @ new weapon in Germany and had not yet been tested thoroughly. It could be used at ranges up to 2,200 metres and exploded into 200 fragments. There was an idea that it could pethaps be used as a form of long-range canister, although at this time German artillerymen had litle confidence in it, as it was stil an untried weapon. Canister came in the form of cylinders, a 4 pounder round containing 48 inc balls (zinc was used in preference toiron because itwore the rifling in the barrels rather less), and a 6 pounder round containing 41 rather heavier zinc balls, When 4 and 6 pounders fed canister it was effective up to 450 and S00 yards respectively Range of the guns ‘The 4 pounder, when firing shells, had a range of 3,450 metres, the 6 pounder a range of 3,440 metres (figures from Handbuch der Waffenlehre, Berlin 1912), Bagged Charges (Kartuschen) ‘The bagged charges used to propel the shells came in several sizes. For normal shell and caninstet fire the 4 pounder would use @ charge weighing 1 pound, the 6 pounder a charge weighing 1.2 ‘pounds. For high trajectory fire each calibre had 2 sizes availabe: the 4 pounder 0.25 and 0.5 pounds; the 6 pounder 0.3 and 0.5 pounds. The smaller of the two would be used for shorter distances, although whenever possible gunners used the 0.5 pound charges because they gave the shells greater effect, and improved accuracy. The choice would be limited by distance and the nature of the target. Asa general rule, for example, the 6 pounder would requi the 0.3 pound charge for ranges of 600-1200 metres, and the 0.5 pound charge for ranges of 1000-2000 paces. This kind of fie was that for which the old 7 pounder howitzer was used, namely when a target was behind some form of cover and could not be fired upon using the larger charges with the resulting lower trajectories. Ammunition Vehicles ‘A number of vehicles old and new were used to carry ammunition ‘The limbers towing the guns carried a supply. The 4and 6 pounders ‘were both towed by limbers of 1864 (C/64), and each battery also hhad 6 limbered Munitionshinterwagen C4 (ammunition rear ‘wagons), the limbers towing these were similar to those towing the guns. The older vehicles consisted of 4-wheeled wagons of 1816 (C/16) ‘which had originally carried ammunition for 7 pounder howizte and limbered 2-wheeled vehicles of 1842 (C42). The process of altering these older vehicles to carry the new ammunition was known as aptiren, the alterations were known as aptirungen, the whole process requiring more or less extensive internal and external changes, The C/42 and C/16 material was used for both 4 and 6 pounder ammunition, Ammunition Supply ‘The batteries were provided witha large supply of ammunition, this being carried in the limbers and Munitionshinterwagen with the batteries themselves and with the various Munitionskolonnen to the rear. The two tables following show the numbers of projectiles and charges carried by the various vehicles. Unfortunately the author's sources do not give full information on the C/42 vehicles, It must be pointed out that table (1) gives figures for batteries with guns having the 1864 breech. The breech of 1867 called for differences in the construction and use of the bagged charges and 16 ‘Table 1 (Ammunition stowage for 4 pounders) a Soa Te 2 2 sR 2 5 5 eee 8 3 2 g 2 6 88 5 Shall 0 e019 Incendiary Shell 4 3 aaa ay Canister 4 2 aaa 025 pd. Charge 10 © 10 36 pa. Charge 8 Wes (ak pd. Charge 48 o 8 m4 z aes a aS Ee 5 Oe Oe [Shel 7 Soa ee incendiary Shell 3 cao 8 [Canister 3 ae eee 03 pd. Charge 7 Sueee 712 JOS pd. Charge 8 (eee aes 12 pd. Charge 36 o 0 % ‘Table 3 (Ammunition stowage for 4 pounders using C/67 breech) 7 CREEL, G TR pd Charge 1s 1028 OSpa charge 15 1k 2 Ipl Charge 50 1 altered stowing arrangements, resulting in small variations in the ‘numbers of charges carried in the various vehicles. The following table shows the numbers of charges carried for batteries using the (Ci67 breech, Each battery of 4 and 6 pounders thus had 6 limbers towing the ‘guns, and also 6 limbered Munitionshinterwagen. This gave cach battery the following allocation of ammunition and charges (again, the figures allow for the C/64 breech, for batteries with the C167 breech use of tables (1) and (3) will permit the reader to-arrive atthe correct number of charges). “The figures in brackets give numbers per gun 3 4 pounder 6 pounder Shells 768 (128) 666 (111) Incendiary Shells. 96 (16) 72 (12) Canister 78.13) 6 (10) Charges Tor 1.2 pounds 936 (156) 864 144) 0.5 pounds 180 (30) 192 G2) 0250r0.3 pound 180 (30) 168 (28) ‘The figure for canister rounds includes the one round carried on each gun carriage. In addition 10 ammunition the various vehicles also carried a ‘variety of smaller items needed during the firing of the guns. ORGANISATION OF THE ARTILLERY ‘The German States By 1870 all the German contingents were using 4 and 6 pounders breech-loaders, and all deployed their artillery in 6-gun batteries, Baden Baden hada Feld-Artllerie-Regiment (FAR) ofthree Abteilungen (an Abteilung was equivalent to a battalion), each with three batteries. There were four 6 pounder batteries, and five 4 pounder batteries. In July 1871 the Baden artillery became FAR nr.14 ofthe Prussian army. Hessen-Darmstadt This had a Feld-Astillerie-Regiment the Grossherzogliches Arti- leriecorps (*Grandducal Artillery Corps”), with two Abreilungen, The I. Abteilung had one 4 pounder horse battery and two 6 pounder driving batteies (“driving” meant that all personnel were carried on limbers or on seats on the guns). The II. Abteilung had three 4 pounder driving batteries, fora total of24 x 4 pounder and 12 x 6 pounder guns. Wuerttemberg This had an Artilerie-Regiment with three Abteilungen each of three batteries, with a total of 36 x 4 pounder and 18 x 6 pounder guns. Bavaria Bavaria had four Artillerie-Regimenter with eight batteries each, for a total of 72 x 4 pounder and 120 x 6 pounder guns. ‘The Army of the North German Confederation This, made up largely of Prussian units, fielded 13 artillery regiments: 1. “Garde” FAR, and FAR ar. 1-12, FAR nv.12 consisted of the Saxon artillery. Each FAR (other than or.12, which had a slightly different organisation) was made up of three Fuss Abreilungen (foot battalions) and one Reitende Abteilung (mounted battalion). Each Fuss Abteilung had two 4 pounder and two 6 pounder driving batteries, each Reitende Abreilung had three 4 pounder horse batteries. Each FAR therefore had 90 guns with 36 x 6 pounders and 54 * 4 pounders, ‘An Allerhoechste-Kabinett-Ordre (“All highest Cabinet Order”) of A-K.O. of 9th June 1870 ordered that from then on all 6 pounder batteries were to be designated “heavy” and all 4 pounder batteries “light”. Within the regiments the smaller contingents were distributed as follows: ‘The Grossherzoglich Mecklenburgische Fuss Abteilung made up the IIL. Fuss Abteilung of FAR ar.9, ‘The Herzoglich Braunsch weigische6 pounder battery was part of the IIT. Fuss Abteilung of FAR nr.10. ‘The Hessen-Darmstadt artillery wasattached to the Il Artillerie- Brigade. As such it was not an integral part of a FAR. ‘The Saxon artillery regiment (FAR nr.12) consisted of four Fuss Abreiluagen and one Reitende Abteilung. The | and Il Fuss ‘Abreiluagen each had two 4 pounder and two 6 pounder driving batteries. The II and IV Fuss Abreilungen each had one 4 pounder and two 6 pounder driving batteries. The Reitende Abteilung had ‘wo 4 pounder horse batteries. FAR nr.12 thus had two more 6 pounder batteries and one less horse battery than the other regiments, with a total of 48 each of 4 and 6 pounders. FAR 9, 10 and 11 had been set up in October 1866 using the artillery formations ofthe various territories annexed to Prussian in 1866, including Schleswig-Lauenburg, Kurhessen and Hanover Regimental and Battery Organisation ‘The Prussian artillery had different peacetime and wartime establishments. In peacetime fewer horses and men were present and only four guns were deployed per battery. The larger wartime establishment was attained by calling up reservists and any Landwehr artillerymen required to make up the aumbers, and by procuring the necessary extra horses and organising the necessary Trainsoldaten, As in peacetime, during war the artillery consisted of technical ‘and combat elements. Each of the Prussian regiments (1. Garde and FAR nr. FII) was part of an Artillere-Brigade, Such a brigade ‘consisted of a FAR, an Ersatz-Abreifung (replacement unit) and fone Festungs Artillerie Regiment (fortress artillery), and the brigade staff The Feld Arillerie Regiment itse consisted of the regimental staff, the four Adteifungen, and a Kolonnen Abteilung carrying ‘ammunition. A Fuss Abteilung with four batteries had a staff made up of Lstatf officer, 1 “Lieutenant” (adjutant), 1 NCO, 15 “horse doctors" (lower grade vets, each with ahorse, and divided among the units as required), 4 Tramsoldaten, one 2-horse wagon and 8 horses. A.6 pounder driving battery was made up of 4 officers Hauptmann (Captain), 1 Premier-Lieutenant and 2 Sekonde- Lieuterants; amd 145 men ~ 14 NCOs, 2 trumpeters, 6 Obergef- reite, 9 Gefreite (corporals and lance-corporals), and 114 Kano- nieré. In addition there was a Lazarett-gehuelfe (medical orderly), a Sattler (Saddler), and 4 Trainsoldaten. It had nine 6-horse vehicles, one 2-horse Packwagen and 126 horses (including 6 officers” horses). ‘A-4 pounder driving battery had the same personnel as the 6 pounder unit (except for 6 fewer Kanonicre). It had 10 vehicles (including a Pzckwagen) and 124 horses (including 6 for officers). ‘Thestaffofa Reitende Abteilung wasasthat ofa Fuss Abteilung. 44 pounder horse battery had 4 officers, 143 men (12 NCOs, 2 trumpeters, 6 Obergefreite, 9 Gefreite and 114 Kanoniere, in addition a medical orderly, 2 saddlers, 4 Train-soldaten, with 9 vehicles, a Packwagen and 207 horses (including 12 for officers) Each battery had 6 guns, and 6 limbered 2-whecled ammunition wagons. Guns were pulled by 6 horses ‘A Kolonnen-Abteilung consisted of the staff and 9 Kolonnen (columns). The staff consisted of: one staff officer, one Lieutenant (adjutant), one Fauerwerker to oversee the ‘ammunition (a specialist in ammunition, etc.), one NCO as Schreiber (cletk), one Kanonier, 5 Trainsoldaten, one 2-horse Equipagewagen and one horse Trainwagen, and 13 horses, The 1, 2and 3 Artillerie- Munitions-Kolonne with C/42 vehicles had 2 officers and 87 men, 24 vehicles, 162. horses, one medical orderly, one saddler and 79 Trainsoldaie Thed and 5 Artllerie-Munitions-Kolonne with C/16 vehicles had the same establishment as the 1-3 Koloanen, ‘The 1, 2, 3 and 4 Infanterie-Munitions-Kolonne exch had 2 officers ‘and 87 men, one medical orderly, one saddler, 92 Trainsoidaten, with 27 vehicles (including 24 cartridge wagons, Patronenwagen) and 188 horses. The cartridge wagons carried ammunition for both the infantry and the cavalry. In addition to these Kofonnen, during a larger campaign or when circumstances required it, Reserve-Munitions-Kolonnen with 32 vehicles per Kolonne could be set up. ‘The doctors attached to the FAR were part of the staff of the regiment, ‘The Ersatz Abteilung, which had a staff, ewo foot and one horse batteries, would be retained under the authority of the fortress artillery regiments’ commander, who would also bein charge of the immobile artillery of the relevant Armeckorps ‘This appears to confirm that an Avtillerie-Brigade was attached to each Armeekorps in wartime. Certainly the field artillery ‘component of a brigade, a FAR, made up the number of batteries in an Armeekorps with two infantry divisions each division would have two 4 pounder and two 6 pounder batteries, and the Corps artillery would have two each of 4 and 6 pounder batteries. The ‘cavalry division and Corps artillery would each have 1 or 2 horse batteries, as considered appropriate Some Comments for Wargamers ‘When using the artillery at long ranges the wargamer should bearin ‘mind that firing was now taking place at distances such that the nnaked eye was unable toobserve accurately he effectof the fire and difficulty might be experienced in aiming the guns, and that optical instruments were not yet as effective as they later became. A rules writer could infact make any number of rules concerning visibility ete. in his sytem, although the whole thing could become too complicated eventually. ‘The maximum range for high trajectory fire using the smaller charges is stated in one source to have been 2,000 metres. FA Temple of Games for London and the Home Counties [EISURE GAMES 91 BALLARDS LANE FINCHLEY, N3 01-346 2327 FULL RANGES OF: AVALON HILL, CHAOSIUM, COLUMBIA, F.G.U., FASA, G.D.W., GAMES WORKSHOP, HERO, I.C.E, MAYFAIR PACE-SETTER, PALLADIUM, STANDARD, STEVE JACKSON, T.S.R. W.E.G., VICTORY, PLUS CITADEL, GRENADIER, PRINCE AUGUST, MINIFIGS, wm -and much, much more- TAY USI! mili OPEN EDAYSA WEEK 9 20an-60m (SATS com) MAL ORDER WELCOVE-SENO SAE FORLIS £. ACCESS VISA WELCOME Some allowance should be made in aset of morale reaction rules concerning units under fire for situations in which French wnits are under fire from 6 pounders at longer ranges, where the 6 pounders hhad a somewhat greater moral effect than 4 pounders, ‘A final point of interest concerns the direction taken by the various pieces of ashell after ithas exploded. One source states that there was potential danger zone of 450 metres beyong the point of impact, the same source (Witte) also states that in the event of a shell landing short ofa target, depending on its distance from the target, the pieces created by the explosion might well fly over the target altogether (and presumably create danger for a unit further along the path of the pieces’ flight). This isan interesting question, ‘which might warrant further investigation, suggesting both a wide variety of consequences for targets more oF les distant from a shell burst according to the type of ground they are occupying, and the ‘dea that the greatest danger exists for someone further from the gun than the point of impact of the shel Conclusion ‘These two articles have hopefully assisted wargamers in recreating 1870-71, (At least those with German armies!) Although the doctrine presented in the first article represents Prussian thought, ‘other contingents’ methods differed only in small details, so the ‘wargamer can safely use his Bavarians etc. to these principles. Sources Used ‘LN, Dupuy, A Genius for War- The German Army and General ‘Staff 1807-1945 (London 1977) W, Witte, Die gezogenen feldgeschuetze C161, C164 und C6467 1870/71 (Krefeld 1971). This was an expanded version of an 1867 Publication which included material on 1870-71 Friedens- und Kriegsformation der preussisehen Artilerie (in- cluded in the Witte reprint, originally in Heerwesen und Infanter- iedienst der Koniglich Preussischen Armee Berlin 1869) ‘Various individual references from articlesin several editions ofthe annual Deutsches Soldatenjahrbuch, ginnings of the Scimitar War Games Group’s SEVEN one WAR CAMPAIGN 2» SEVEN YEARS WAR VILLAGES by Pete Duckworth Inspired by the new range of Front Rank figures my foal cub (Scimitar Wargames group in Coventry) has finally laumehed is long held plas to do the SYW, [took onthe task of producing the Prussians (Huston of grdtness perhaps?) Ths gave me abit ofa problem since, at that time, it was 3 months before the planned Felerse of the fist Front Rank Prussians, I decided it would be a food chance to get a start on the terrain. Afterall, wll need a Siesin to conquer! Extensive fighting in and around villages is quite feature of SYW battles. ‘They were extensively used to guard flanks and impede movement. ‘Sometimes. as at Leuthen, (where the chichyard was the scene of vicious combat) they became a critical feature of defensive postions, ‘Assclub we looked wround for commercially availabe buildings. expecting to find lots of useable Napoleonic bits, We were sadly disappointed. Unless you are wiling to. put up with various buildings from Waterioo there's hardly thing available in 23mm at the moment Why Village Units? ‘The four main features to be bome in mind were as follows: 1. Solidity of Construction —since the gear for our club nights has to be taken there and back each week 2. Flexibility ~ it's handy if a variety of sizes of w represented Visibility its rather a shame to hide carefully painted figures off-table as soon as they enter close terrain 4, Size in a SYW game two oF three villages might well be used ‘on.’ 4 table, Unless the villages are small there won't he much space left for the game! The solution to these problems was to group buildings together fon a base. Fach base was to provide space for infantry units in ‘gardens’ to the tear, ‘AL Scimitar our SYW infantry are organised in units of 12, ‘consisting of three bases each with 30mm frontage and 40mm ‘depth. Skirmishers have only two figures on each base instead of four. Thus each unit takes up an area 342" by 1A! ‘After some discussion in the club it was agreed to produce village units each of 12" 9”: anything smaller really couldn't cope with a group of buildings and figures, Each base was to have 2-3 buildings (depending on size) and enough garden space for 23 units. Each area for troops was to be clearly defined with picket fencing, hedges and trees. This should allow units to be placed on and so look as if they are defending the village ‘These bases can be variously arranged to allow different layouts and sizes of village, (See accompat ‘Construction Since the buildings had to be small to fit our needs it made sense to build to.a 20mm rather than a true 25mm scale, Itis easy anyway for ‘true-scale buildings to appear unreasonably large on a wargames table. In the same way wargames’ trees are invariably under scale. This also meant that at least some of the buildings could be railway modelling plastic kits. Faller a German company) are an ‘obvious choice. Their Church and chapel kits add a continental fee! ‘with a minimum of modelling effort. A few other kits were also used including the “Wills' village forge and barn set about producing my own buildings based on deseriptions in Dully’s Frederick the Great: a Military Life (see especially p.99) and line drawings in various publications. The general picture of Germany and Poland around this time seems to show villages of small wattle and daub buildings, usually whitewashed and thatched. Occasionally stone walls and red tiles are in evidence: e can be For ease of construction and solidity, especialy to protect more fragile plastic buildings, I decided to use solid blocks of wood for the soratch-built buildings. Given an appropriately sized block of ‘wood each pair of buildings can be made using frst four saw cuts, (See the accompanying diagram.) This work does not need to be Very accurate in size or exact shape, since variety gives a more rambling, rural “feel”. Do try to make sure that each building has @ ‘200d fat base through Both Linka and Wills produce useful doors and windows, Linka plastic windows even come with continental style shutters. Others ‘can be obtained from various fantasy ranges (keep your eyes open at shows!) and Prince August even produce a mould for a large ‘wooden door. A selection of such doors, windows and shutters were glued onto the wooden blocks. Talso added some chimney pots, butthese were pretty rare, judging by the illustrations I found. A few buttresses were also added for a more permanent look ‘The buildings were then plastered with tetrion. When dry I painted this a dull groy-brown, highlighted with grey and white. 1 used a sponge for this, daubing on a little ata time. The windows and doors were then painted Next thatch was added in the form of plumber’s felt soaked in a ‘wet tetrion mix and then combed out, (The Tan Weekley method.) ‘Thatch was also added to some of the plastic kits to maintain @ uniform appearance With painting completed it was then time to glue the buildings ‘onto the hardboard bases. PVA wood glue gives the strongest bond. Strips of fencing were then added to mark out the garden areasin wargames unitsized spaces, Mostly used Wills-Rusticand Picket fencing’ for this. Merit “Wattle fencing’ and Irregular lashed Hedging’ were also used. The fencing was then painted ~ ‘mostly in white ‘The trees and bushes were made from rubberised horsehair glued. ‘onto a piece of dowel and sprayed black. These were then painted with wood glue and Linka scenic material (granulated cork) sprinkled on for leaves. Various oddments ~bits of weed, barrels, chests, farm implements, etc. were added to give it that “lived i Took. Even a set of tombstones (a Langley railway modelling kit) ‘were glued on for a ‘died in’ look! Each terrain unit was finished off with our normal figure basing material (Polyfilla Woodflex coloured with sand-coloured house paint) and dry brushed, For the green effect, grass (sawdust mixed ‘with green housepaint) was attached with woodglue Finally the whole of each village unit was sprayed with a matt feat ae i + = el 7 a standard village Hamlet Large Vilage Photos on preceding pages: 18 (top) Front Rank Figurines 25mm Hanoverian infantry painted by Scimitar Wargames Groups top brushoman, Gary Broom (no pun intended!!). Fortress wall built by Pete Smith & Tom Evans 18 (below): Front Rank Hanoverians here converted to Prossian IRI9, marching through a village. (Englisher architect: Pete Duckworth.) Gossiping crones: Citadel. Animals: Irregular. 19 (top): on the village green: Austrian Dragoon Regiment Wurttemberg ~ at least 2 squadron of them —and a battalion gun, Figures: Front Rank. Gun: RAFM. 19 (below): French Regiment of Horse Poly St. Thielbaud clater through the village. Front Rank Figurines painted by Richard Madder. Livestock again from Irregular. FRONT BRITISH AND HANOVERIAN INFANTRY SYBL_ ten Musketeer marching S¥B2_feeen Maskerser avons Sais Musketeer Sergeant wh habe Bash FusherCrenader matching ‘th Fuser Grenadier advan VBS. Bosh Fuser enact Sergent wth muset Hnoueran Mshtee SYSIA finch Peer macing wih ase SYB19 Fevin's ioe Ea BRITISH AND HANOVERIAN CAVALRY Fe ie oer fetes sen ene tet irises Hanoverian [ee Coaty f er Sotldered sword Socio fees ia va pal SYECIG Bach Lig De SYSCIT Bash ape regan oon BRITISH ARTILLERY CREW SVBAL_ Brtsh Gunzer (uth vou equipment) SYBA2 Mavos (Labour wits eal sok SYBAS Arseny Oiowr nth ekacope BRITISH PERSONALITY ‘SYBPL The Moras of Gry 25mm LIGHT/MEDIUM HORSES LM Sunting. ache Tea Galop, ein Galop: con 25mm HEAVY HORSES 2 te 1h Cie 25mm EQUIPMENT QE 18h Cent Pounder gun £160 = sis NEW! SYW ARMY SETS only £25.00 Postage & packing free Buying an army set saves you approx. 10% SYWASI Brtshinfaney -SYIASD Bish Cavey fe Aer SyW.ast Brtsh Hanouetan Cavin SYW.AS2 Brn Hantveran SYWLASS French inanty + Aaten Iniry and Atle SYWASS French Cavaly 11 Southbourne Gardens, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0AG Tel: Southend (0702) 341874 SEVEN YEARS WAR 25mm FOE FRENCH INFANTRY SEL. Fue in ticom,sendg wth muset uorght SHB eke 8 pl rang th muna ait tsieron tem sng wth muse! fr Fer fp, sad wy ake orcad, Fate Sfchensc. svn wth mane! orard ‘Gener in wcrc with ashe twats BYF9. usher room, nrg wounded S¥Fo Fuser n tom fang Send S¥E1T Grenier nur bo soning eae SVEI2 Groner fart ning hom bate SYF15 Scent in com wth Raberd paving and sheutng SHEE Giese thm serene S¥EL6 Stand Beare in seo, hard on Nip SYEI7 Ofcern rbot. toring wih me! S¥EIS Stosdord Buore nur bt band 90 Bp S¥E19 Brummer corn ising Stia0 DTS le ir ud en S¥¥22 Li lanty Oiler n Schemes Reet Shor and pti FRENCH CAVALRY “Trooper neo, chang lain fone 52 Toper in tor charg ein back ‘Trosper i ir nt enreng le Sncad root fifa, harganglams base ‘Trenper bce. charge (Giese du Rat Trooper a ease Bea c,d cas C18 Offeerinfurha and Suse FRENCH ARTILLERY CREW HE Sate md Sees an FRENCH PERSONALITIES SY) Pred ae ae) besctiett, Figures—30p Horses — 42p PRUSSIANS AVAILABLE SOON! POSTAGE & PACKING Ser EB OO RARE SK ia, pct eg eden Rene NE none ads WecevgSiiae Habana Send SAE fr ttc ‘TELEPHONE OR MAIL ORDER WITH ENE)

You might also like