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by Tacitus
Mon Jun 23, 2014 1:13 pm
Forum: SKANE WARS/GREAT NORTHERN WAR
Topic: Karpus use by higher ranks?
Replies: 7
Views: 6967

Re: Karpus use by higher ranks?

I do not have detailed knowledge about Russian uniforms but I would guess that it was the same there. I do not think the Russian army spent more money on their uniforms than the Swedes. I realise now that neither question in this thread specifically mention the Swedes, but I just assumed that the qu...
by Tacitus
Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:14 am
Forum: SKANE WARS/GREAT NORTHERN WAR
Topic: Karpus use by higher ranks?
Replies: 7
Views: 6967

Re: Karpus use by higher ranks?

There are only a few cases of regiments being issued both tricornes and karpuses, so all privates in a regiment would have worn the same headgear (including grenadiers for the most part since they usually did not have grenadier caps).
by Tacitus
Wed Jun 18, 2014 4:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Warfare miniatures for Scanian war?
Replies: 12
Views: 11462

Re: Warfare miniatures for Scanian war?

Gunfreak wrote:Are there any good sources for Norwegian and Swedish uniforms?

If I do this period, it will be based on the norwegian stuff.
This page cover Norwegian uniforms during the period 1670-1730.

http://www.tacitus.nu/karoliner/armeer/ ... /norge.htm
by Tacitus
Sun Jun 01, 2014 5:58 am
Forum: SKANE WARS/GREAT NORTHERN WAR
Topic: Karpus use by higher ranks?
Replies: 7
Views: 6967

Re: Karpus use by higher ranks?

There is very little evidence available on officer uniforms since it was up to the individual officer to purchase his own uniform. But the best guess is that they all preferred tricornes since the karpus was regarded more or less as peasant clothing. This is made even more likely because of the fact...
by Tacitus
Tue May 13, 2014 1:52 pm
Forum: Wargaming the period 1660-1721
Topic: Pikemen in battle
Replies: 8
Views: 7768

Re: Pikemen in battle

I agree that the Swedish doctrine during this and the previous period was that the pike was an offensive weapon but I would hazard to say that for the the rest of Europe the pike became a strictly defensive weapon used to protect the musketeers from marauding horsemen, that is, until everyone had a...
by Tacitus
Mon May 12, 2014 8:39 pm
Forum: Wargaming the period 1660-1721
Topic: Pikemen in battle
Replies: 8
Views: 7768

Re: Pikemen in battle

wasn't this used by roo's at poltava as he wanted to extent the frontage of his line . if i rember correctly it wasn't very effective due to the lack of pikemen. That does not ring a bell for me. As I understand it, the purpose was only to make it easier for the Swedish force to hold their ground a...
by Tacitus
Sun May 11, 2014 6:40 am
Forum: Wargaming the period 1660-1721
Topic: Pikemen in battle
Replies: 8
Views: 7768

Re: Pikemen in battle

... how could concentrating all the company's pikemen in the center of the battalion possibly prevent cavalry from wiping out the flanks? I think you have been fooled by a very common misconception that seems to have a strong influence on virtually all English books on this topic (and possibly many...
by Tacitus
Wed May 07, 2014 5:54 pm
Forum: Thirty Years War & English Civil War
Topic: Nördlingen 1634
Replies: 8
Views: 14141

Re: Nördlingen 1634

As far as i know the Swedish flag at the time was the three crowns of the Vasa family. The swedish flag as we know it wasn't adopted until the turn of the 20th century. The Swedish flag in the 17th century looked pretty much like it does now, and it probably has a medieval origin. However, during t...
by Tacitus
Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:16 am
Forum: SKANE WARS/GREAT NORTHERN WAR
Topic: swedish livgardet grenadiers
Replies: 14
Views: 12002

Re: swedish livgardet grenadiers

No, I meant in my post that the grenadier colours were not issued to the Livgarde grenadier companies as originally intended, but to three new regular companies of the Livgarde instead (as Quindia has noted in the flag sheet). At the outbreak of the war the Livgarde was 1 900 men strong organised in...
by Tacitus
Sun Apr 27, 2014 4:08 pm
Forum: SKANE WARS/GREAT NORTHERN WAR
Topic: Swedish Grenadier???
Replies: 21
Views: 23935

Re: Swedish Grenadier???

just got two books from the Ukraine through e-bay on the battle of Poltava interesting illustrations of four Swedish grenadier caps in it . one is from the dal regiment another from the sodermanlands and also a grenadier cap from the jonkopings regiment. not sure which regiment the fouth grenadier ...
by Tacitus
Sun Apr 27, 2014 4:03 pm
Forum: SKANE WARS/GREAT NORTHERN WAR
Topic: swedish livgardet grenadiers
Replies: 14
Views: 12002

Re: swedish livgardet grenadiers

The grenadier companies of the Livgarde did not carry any colours. The Livgarde grenadiers were first organised into three grenadier companies in the autumn of 1700 and three grenadier colours were manufactured for them during the winter of 1701-02 (with flaming grenades in the corners). But these w...
by Tacitus
Sat Mar 08, 2014 4:24 pm
Forum: SKANE WARS/GREAT NORTHERN WAR
Topic: Russian Grenadier Standards
Replies: 10
Views: 10400

Re: Russian Grenadier Standards

I do not consider myself an expert on the Russian army, but I have not seen any example of Russian grenadier colours from the GNW, so I seriously doubt they had any. The grenadier regiments shown in the link above were regular regiments during the GNW and the GNW colours shown in that site are indee...
by Tacitus
Tue Mar 04, 2014 10:31 am
Forum: SKANE WARS/GREAT NORTHERN WAR
Topic: Swedish pikemen; gloves?
Replies: 5
Views: 8011

Re: Swedish pikemen; gloves?

I do not know of any information about how frequently Swedish pikemen and musketiers used gloves. All had them of course, but the infantry gloves had smaller collars than the one ones used by the cavalry. So even if only pikemen and not musketiers used them in a battle then the difference might not ...
by Tacitus
Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:52 pm
Forum: SKANE WARS/GREAT NORTHERN WAR
Topic: Swedish Grenadier???
Replies: 21
Views: 23935

Re: Swedish Grenadier???

They could be unhooked, but it would be highly unlikely that the grenadiers had their coats unhooked while the regular soldiers did not. For protection against bad weather the soldiers were issued cloaks or piecoats and you never see illustrations of cloak wearing soldiers with the coat's turnbacks ...
by Tacitus
Mon Feb 17, 2014 12:00 pm
Forum: SKANE WARS/GREAT NORTHERN WAR
Topic: Swedish Grenadier???
Replies: 21
Views: 23935

Re: Swedish Grenadier???

Adding this picture of a Swedish Grenadier mitre. This one illustrates a mitre in Russian keep, taken during the GNW. So it gives evidence to the usage of soft miters, as opposed to the hard brass front plates. Göte Göransson's illustrations are true classics! They are however not without issues an...