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Light and Galloper guns in the shop and pix here
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:26 pm
by barr7430
THE NEW LIGHT AND GALLOPER GUNS ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN THE SHOP
See them here
http://www.leagueofaugsburg.com/gallery ... 7-371.html
Re: Light and Galloper guns in the shop and pix here
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:47 pm
by Antioch
Really nice & again very tempting...
Re: Light and Galloper guns in the shop and pix here
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 2:58 am
by Rob Herrick
What exactly were the galloper guns used for? I thought horse artillery hadn't been invented yet . . .
Re: Light and Galloper guns in the shop and pix here
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:55 am
by Friedrich August I.
Rob Herrick wrote:What exactly were the galloper guns used for? I thought horse artillery hadn't been invented yet . . .
Rob,
It was'nt intended as horse artillery in the way we know the term.
The thought was to have a light artillery piece that could easely follow the foot regiments. The caliber goes from 1/2, 1, 2, 3 to 4 pounders. You can say, more or less, it was an englisch answer to the Regimental guns of the other European States.
Hope that helps,
Günter
Re: Light and Galloper guns in the shop and pix here
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:41 pm
by barr7430
Yup,
wouldn't get too hung up on the term 'galloper gun', I saw it more as an alternative shaped 'light gun' and could be usedin substitution for...
just more variety
