and there will be again ere long.
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| Prince August SYW Dragoons with Zinnbrigade Waterloo British Dragoon heads. |
In addition, I finally broke down, gave in to temptation, and ordered a pair of Irregular kneeling camels to give the Mamluke column some firepower once I've added swivel guns and crews. Each stand can replace a stand of Mamlukes....(-sneaky eh?) and give the player commanding the Mamlukes some firepower.
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| OK This guy is a Persian but I found a reference to some Turkish/Mamluke cavalry being supported by camel guns during Bonaparte's Syrian campaign. Close enough for me. |
Oh, and I'll have to add light artillery to the weapons chart.
Oh, that camel artillery will be very cool!
ReplyDeleteWith artillery, a hot fire is what one usually wants, but sometimes 'cool' is good.
DeleteLike the camel idea. But then, I would :)
ReplyDeleteOne hump or two?
DeleteThey should make for an entertaining unit…
ReplyDeleteI must say … I can’t imagine a camel putting up with all that booming and blasting…
All the best. Aly
Ahh but camels are "cool" take more than a little bang to put them off their cud.
DeleteI could never work out if they would get a second attempt at firing the cannon , surely the camel would be half a mile away by then !?
ReplyDeleteApparently they are as nonchalant and zoned out as I am.
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