Scourge of War Boards

It would be nice to see a function when you resupply that says how much of each type of ammunition do you want. Henry Hunt often had some guns with only 3 rounds of cannister, and the rest solid and case (no shell) if their purpose was to be in the rear and shell enemy troops.

Hancock the Superb wrote:

It would be nice to see a function when you resupply that says how much of each type of ammunition do you want. Henry Hunt often had some guns with only 3 rounds of cannister, and the rest solid and case (no shell) if their purpose was to be in the rear and shell enemy troops.

What I was surprized to see in the past games that the battery CO had no command over ammo types! :dry:

BOSTON wrote:

J

You covered my inquiry very well! I'd like to take it one step further and ask if all limbers and guns be interchangable? example; could a 6lb, model 1841 limber be used to tow a 20 lb. parrot gun? With the thought in mind that the different manufactuerd guns would have a variety of axil heights and widths, gun tail (Length) (hardware) arraingements. Was there a uniform way of hooking the gun tail to the limber (hook + eye ex.) or were there some other methods to joining a gun to limbers? When a gun was purchased in that era, I would think it would come in a matched set (gun + limber) from the factory.

BOSTON

Item by item: :laugh:
1. Page 45, U.S. Ordnace Manual: "The same limber is used for all field carriages, including caisson, forge and battery wagon." So, yes, a 6-Pdr. limber could tow a 20-Pdr. Parrott...and since the chest was held on to the limber at three points, the chest could be easily switched so the proper ammunition was available.
2. All carriages were made to War Department standards and were subject to inspection by the army. Incidentally, there were four carriages made for the field artillery with each variety made for a specific type of gun(s) differing " only in their dimenstions."
3. The trail (gun tail) had a large metal plate called the "lunette" that was slid over the pintle-hook attached to the axle of the limber. To prevent the trail from bouncing off the pintle-hook, a pintle key was positioned in a slot.
4. There were several makers of carriages on both sides, but all carriages were made to WD specs and were interchangable.

J

They were better organized back then than I thought they would be. Thanks for the info Professor!

BOSTON

Just finished a 3 hour scenario and had to resupply some infantry units. Moved the supply wagon within a few rods of the line after the enemy retreated and re-supplied the units with no problems. They moved promptly to the wagon, spent a few seconds (actually quite fast!) and then returned to their original places in line. Wonder if the fact I had place them in column first had anything to do with the quick re-supply?

J

Kerflumoxed wrote:

Just finished a 3 hour scenario and had to resupply some infantry units. Moved the supply wagon within a few rods of the line after the enemy retreated and re-supplied the units with no problems. They moved promptly to the wagon, spent a few seconds (actually quite fast!) and then returned to their original places in line. Wonder if the fact I had place them in column first had anything to do with the quick re-supply?

J

I've never experienced what you described! Did you use the resupply command? That's something I never do, or I never think to use. Often times I end up with a mix of units from different COs in the same general area that I'm trying to resupply. Usually I'm so busy with other action, or repositioning, I don't have the time for such a command. I believe a rod is 16 feet. Often I have to make wagon contact with units to get them to resupply.

BOSTON

Come to think of it! What is the supply radius of a wagon? Has it changed for GB?

BOSTON

Kerflumoxed wrote:

Moved the supply wagon within a few rods of the line...

J

Hehe...you just got me thinking. It would be a nice touch to convert distances in the game to rods. It would give a good period feel to things

The first house I owned had a deed that was entirely measured in perches :blink:

Rich Mac wrote:

Kerflumoxed wrote:

Moved the supply wagon within a few rods of the line...

J

Hehe...you just got me thinking. It would be a nice touch to convert distances in the game to rods. It would give a good period feel to things

The first house I owned had a deed that was entirely measured in perches :blink:

Was it a bird house?

BOSTON wrote:

Rich Mac wrote:

Kerflumoxed wrote:

Moved the supply wagon within a few rods of the line...

J

Hehe...you just got me thinking. It would be a nice touch to convert distances in the game to rods. It would give a good period feel to things

The first house I owned had a deed that was entirely measured in perches :blink:

Was it a bird house?

Come to think of it, it did have some bats