Russian Artillery attachments 1812

[Ambiorix]

Hi,

two quick questions concerning 1812 Russian Artillery attachments :

- Can a large art. unit have an attachment as well, and thus contain 4 bases ?
- Do the art. attachments count for the max bases allowed, i.e. can a Veteran art. unit (max 2 bases) have an art. attachment ?

Thx,

Martinov,
rebasing / reviving my 'old' 25mm Russian troops, ready for bicentury Borodino !

[BrettPT]

- Can a large art. unit have an attachment as well, and thus contain 4 bases ?

Yes, if permitted in the army list

- Do the art. attachments count for the max bases allowed, i.e. can a Veteran art. unit (max 2 bases) have an art. attachment ?

No, attachments are separate to the maximum artillery allowed and have their own maximum (set out at end of the list).

Cheers
Brett

[Ambiorix]

Ok, thx for the info.

So I presume the 4 base art. unit can have an officer attachment as well, since this is allowed in the armylist;

[KendallB]

The officer attachment replaces a gun base so you still have the same number of bases in the unit. I believe any sized artillery unit can have an officer attachment.

[BrettPT]

We were talkng about officer attachments to artillery over the weekend and thought the best way to model this might be to have an officer type figure in a bicorne with a telescope or similar on one of your artillery bases, so you can nominate that base as an artillery BC if you decide to take one.

[terrys]

We were talkng about officer attachments to artillery over the weekend and thought the best way to model this might be to have an officer type figure in a bicorne with a telescope or similar on one of your artillery bases, so you can nominate that base as an artillery BC if you decide to take one.

I'd probably use a base standing behind the artillery unit.....unless I get round to ever modelling one with an officer figure on it (something for the future methinks). I think that it'a only the French and Russians who are allowed them, so I'd only need 2.

[Ambiorix]

Hi,

After some consideration I intend to base my 25mm Artillery on 4cm wide - 6cm deep bases with only 1 crew member. The other crew will be on an additional 2cm wide - 6cm deep base, so a çomplete'total base will be 6x6cm.
This has 2 advantages : - remove the small 'crew' bases when guns are abandoned
- replace a crew bases by a mounted figure in case of officer attachment
As I prefer to have my guns fixed to a base I believe this is a nice compromise.

cheers,
Martinov