Die Kaiserlich-königliche Armee in Review - Part 3

Tonight, the third and final instalment of our Austrian Napoleonic Parade - and it's the time for cavalry and artillery. 

Many fewer regiments - cavalry are, after all, like their historical counterparts, considerably more expensive to raise (not to mention painting the horses - we have had THAT discussion previously!). The majority of the figures this time are Old Glory, although there are a few Sash and Sabre in there too.

Uhlan Regiment 1 (Merveldt) with yellow Czapka. All four Uhlan (lancer) regiments were uniformed the same, the only distinction they had was the colour of the top part of their Polish style headwear.

Uhlan Regiment 3 (Archduke Charles) with red Czapka. Both of these units are Old Glory figures.

Next up are two regiments of hussars, again using OG figures. The first is Hussar Regiment 2 (Archduke Joseph) sporting red shako and light blue jacket and breeches.

A couple of close ups 

Second is Hussar Regiment 4 (Vecsy) in blue shako, green jacket and red breeches.

Next is a regiment of "Cheveaux Legere, followed by a dragoon regiment. These are Sash and Sabre figures. As far as I can figure out, Cheveaux Legere and Dragoon regiments seem to be interchangeable - several of them seemed to start off the Napoleonic period as dragoons, become cheveaux legere...and then changed back again, and likewise dragoon regiments. It's not even a uniform thing, as both types seem to have worn either white or green coats - most confusing!

This, then is the Cheveaux Legere Regiment 1 (Kaiser) with white coats and red facings

And this is the Dragoon Regiment 4 (Levenehr) in green coats with yellow facings

Lastly (for the donkey wallopers) are two regiments of Old Glory Kuirassiers

Kuirassier Regiment 1 (Kaiser) in white uniforms faced red

Kuirassier Regiment (Lethringen) in white faced dark blue

Finally, the gunners. The first four guns and crews are Sash and Sabre (I think. It's all a very long time ago now!)

The second batch of four with the distinctly smaller guns are Old Glory

And last but not least for the Austrians, their big boss - Old Glory figures.

I like to think of this as Archduke Charles, who was, according to Herr Wikipedia..."Austrian archduke, field marshal, army reformer, and military theoretician who was one of the few Allied commanders capable of defeating the French generals of the Napoleonic period." A pity I am not able to replicate that ability on the wargaming table ....so far!

And just a couple of images on one of the sources of information on regimental names and distinctions.

I have found this a really great book, lavishly illustrated, with as much detail as I require for wargaming purposes and I think, purchased for NZ$40 (£20) about a decade ago. (I also have a similar volume by the same author on uniforms of the Nineteenth Century)

Data on the different Grenz Regiments

Ditto on Hussar Regiments

The inspiration for one of my two units of hussars!

And finally, for anyone sick to the back teeth of seeing all our pictures of sunny New Zealand, here is the kind of weather we have been experiencing for the last week, and, apparently, also have in store for another few days to come!

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