A Parade of Grenadiers

Is "parade" the collective noun for a group of Grenadiers, like a flock of sheep or a herd of cows? I don't know, but I believe that it should be!

Following on from my recent post of Grenadiers, British, 18th to 21st centuries, I now present Grenadiers, other European Nations, 18th and 19th centuries. At the conclusion of this parade, all my grenadiers will have made an appearance, and I will either have to think of another theme, or paint some new figures to post here!

So, without further ado, Grenadiers, by the left Quuiiiick Maaaarrch!

First up are the grenadier companies of three of my Dutch WSS  units - I didnt bother taking note of all the names

Three Danish WSS grenadier companies

And lastly, a further three Dutch grenadier units

Four Hessian Grenadier companies from the AWI collection

Now we move onto French Napoleonic, three Grenadier companies plus one of Carabiniers from a Legere battalion (second from left)

Two more grenadier companies plus carabiniers

The two battalions of Grenadiers a Pied of La Garde Imperial, cheered on by the boss!

Four carabinier companies from different light infantry battalions

The last five line infantry grenadier companies

Thats a total sixteen line battalions plus two guard - plus the two battalions of Chasseurs of the Guard who were not invited to this party because..well..they are CHASSEURS, not Grenadiers!

Same era, different empire. As most may know, the Austrians continued the anachronistic practice (by 1800) of combining their grenadier companies into separate battalions. To represent this, I painted up 6 bases of centre company line infantry for each German or Hungarian battalion, then did two bases of grenadiers with the same facing colour. Above is the first combined battalion of Hungarian grenadiers (light blue trousers)

Second combined Hungarian Grenadier battalion

And the third...

Now we move on to the German battalions, who wore white trousers - here is the first combined battalion

The second combined battalion

And finally, the third combined battalion. 

So yes, I have 18 battalions of Austrian line infantry, plus these six battalions of grenadiers, then some Jaegers, Grenzers and Landwehr. It is possibly my largest army and has seen action on about five or six occasions since I painted it about 8 years ago.

That concludes the Grenadiers parade - I have completely exhausted my supply of grenadiers and will have to think of what I can post next time!