I've decided that my first army will be an Austrian Reserve Division. Looking at the list, I see that it says
6 Grenadier
1 Brigade Bty
2 grenadier for the attack bonus
Does that mean that I have 1 unit consisting of 6 grenadier bases, and 1 arty squad of 4 cannons?
I might have confused myself due to the support options, where it says a grenadier brigade is 4 grenadier 1 bty.
Thanks for the help
What you get is for the Reserve core army,
6 units of grenadiers of 4 bases each,
1 battery of 4 medium guns
on attack, 2 more grenadier battalions of 4 bases each.
the support option of grenadiers is 4 units of grenadiers of 4 bases each, and a heavy battery of 2 guns and a howitzer
hope that clarifies for you
cheers
I've decided that my first army will be an Austrian Reserve Division. Looking at the list, I see that it says
6 Grenadier
1 Brigade Bty
2 grenadier for the attack bonus
Does that mean that I have 1 unit consisting of 6 grenadier bases, and 1 arty squad of 4 cannons?
The "6" is the number of units you get.
If a "(+)" appears after this, then it signifies that the unit or units are large (consisting of six bases). Otherwise, the unit or units are four bases.
Simply put, "6 Grenadier" means you get six Grenadier units each of four bases.
Where as, "4 Infantry (+)" means you get four Infantry units each of six bases.
I am working on a similar unit. My question is about skirmishers. Since Austrian grenadiers have a SK of "0" does that mean none are allowed at all? Or, can I add some grenzers in to the mix?
Don, the answer you are looking for is on page 74 of the Lasalle rule book under "Creating Irregular Units (AB)". Hope this helps.
(Sorry to dig up an old post like this. I just bought the PDF rules a couple of days ago and am studying it.)
Continuing with svenska's example of an Austrian reserve div, since the only non-cavalry support options allowed is more Grenadier units (SK0), I don't see how it can gain more skirmishers even with the provision under the "Creating Irregular Units" rule, as it require the infantry unit to be SK2/3 to begin with. So an Aust Resv Div is going to be at a great disadvantage as far as skirmishers are concerned?
Yep, Aust Reserve has no skirmishers.
This means any enemy infantry with skirmishers (which is pretty much everyone) gets 1 extra dice when shooting at you frontally, and 1-3 extra dice at your flank/rear. Enemy artillery firing canister also does not reduce their dice since you do not have skirmishers. So you are at a disadvantage when being shot at.
But you are Valiant. Against non-Valiant enemy (most of them) you get 2 extra dice in close combat. So you are usually at an advantge in combat.
If you compare the Austrian Grenadier core list with say the French core list, you see you have the same number of units, but they are Val/SK0 instead of Rel/SK2. Effectively, being Valiant offsets the lower skirmish factor.
Which pretty much then tells you your tactics - avoid firefights and charge, charge and then charge again.
Cam
I was just about to ask this very same question when I saw this thread. I'm glad that I did as now I understand what the numbers mean :)
Doug
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