Army Sand is the governmental force for the conflict in which Army Red will be inserting itself. Army Sand is comprised of two infantry columns each with two units of regulars, a unit of reserve infantry and a field artillery detachment. The cavalry column is comprised two units of lancer cavalry. Army Sand's desert climate does not readily provide the fodder and grain required to keep significant cavalry forces in the field so they rely on massed conscripted infantry. Their cavalry mostly provide scouting and intelligence gathering allowing the slower combined infantry and artillery columns to engage the enemy. The infantry's regulars have generally competent unit level officers, but each column acts independently of each other on campaign making organized campaigns and combined operations difficult.
I still need to determine how the rebels will be uniformed/trained. I'd really like to have a cavalry heavy force, focusing on mounted infantry and utilizing Gatling guns in flying columns, but it doesn't fit with Army Sand's geography. I would also like to design better European mid/late 19th Century terrain which would allow me to field a Prussian style army in its home country. It just looks odd to have dark blue uniforms and pickelhaubes in the desert.
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ReplyDeleteI've just been going over your recent postings - back as far as February. A most interesting project! I like your compact armies and the functional buildings. It is very like my own 'Chromatic Wars' and yet entirely different! I'm looking forward to your setting up the campaigns and battles.
Back to the February 12 posting, My guess would be, left to right: Belgian, Prussian/German, British and Egyptian. In the colonial project 'Jacko' and I are putting together, the green guys would be 'Azeitonia' (actually vaguely Portuguese), Grauheim, Ruberia, and, possibly, Turcowaz - or at least some far-flung semi-independent 'province' that pays a bare lip-service to the Sultan's suzerainty.
Cheers,
Ion
Thanks for the comments. I always enjoy reading your blog and it has been a significant inspiration for me. Thanks for taking the time to guess on the uniform posting from 12 Feb. You were right on 3 of the 4. The far left was intended to be the jaeger uniform from the Franco Prussian War, but I do see the resemblance of the Belgian uniforms. I've been playing around with additional uniforms from 1860-1890. With my simple design, it might be too difficult to tell nationalities apart once khaki, brown, and olive become the predominant uniform colors.
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