Black Powder: Field Artillery and Army Commanders
In Europe; massed artillery was beginning to be a regular feature on the battlefield; and came at times to dominate the field. This was much less the case in America for various reasons; such as cost; availability and terrain to name but three.
That being said; there were few battles that did not feature artillery of some kind; and any General would have been very happy to have the support of medium or light guns. The guns were on the whole bravely and well served by both sides; inflicting losses at long range with bounding iron cannon balls; and using case shot – a tin of tightly-packed musket balls – at close range. This box can be assembled and painted to represent Continental gunners; including the famous ‘Molly Pitcher’; or their opposite numbers; the Royal Artillery.
“Fire away boys!”
Contains the following plastic figures:
2 cannon. Can be built as either 3-pdr or 6-pdr cannon and with British Royal Artillery Crew or Continental Army gunners
1 ‘Molly Pitcher’ figure
2 mounted army commanders with option of 6 heads representing some of the most famous generals of the war on both sides
2 casualty figures - can be made as British or Continental
4-page background guide including construction details
Model supplied unassembled and unpainted.
