At the moment I have no plans to expand the Grand Duchy's army beyond this regiment, two more of line infantry (IR 3 Brabenachel and IR 4 Kranke), and a light infantry battalion. The Margraf's army needs a two-regiment cavalry brigade, two batteries of artillery and perhaps another regiment of foot. All the above with time and funds permitting...
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They really look good - compliments!
Looking eagerly forward to discover the next units -specially the Hetzenberg light infantry, since you did not gave us a colored template.
Thanks Jean-Louis! At the moment I'm toying with the idea of using Revolutionary War-era British light infantry for Hetzenberg jagers. Their headgear is sufficiently distinctive to make them show up amongst the tricorn-wearers.
Handsome lads indeed...
AJ,
years ago (how time flies!) you alluded to Gardejaeger: is this the evolution of that same unit?
No, these fellows originated from a band of hobilars, a medieval equivalent to dragoons, first raised by a then-Count of Hetzenberg. The crossed arrows on the Rumtopft standard is a reference to their bow-armed predecessors.
At the moment I'm re-evaluating the Hetzenberg order of battle, so it's possible a Guard Jager batallion may appear. Equally, I may reduce the planned Guard Fusilier to battalion size and deploy those as skirmishers. We'll see.
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