Russian Army Great Northern War.....where to start?

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Russian Army Great Northern War.....where to start?

Post by munro » Sat Oct 05, 2013 5:40 pm

Hi, been wargaming for 20-30 years and just getting interested in the GNW and want to start with Swedes v Russians. I got the 2nd Edition BLB at Claymore and although there is a Swedish army listed there is not one for the Russians, so any info on a Russian orbat for a game would be appreciated eg unit size, unit composition etc..........and any other info on the Swedish army would be helpful too. Thanks
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Post by El Cid » Sat Oct 05, 2013 5:45 pm

Hi Munro,

just need your email-adress and I´ll send you my pdf´s on the relevant armies and flags.

where are you from - able to read German as well ?
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Re: Russian Army Great Northern War.....where to start?

Post by munro » Sat Oct 05, 2013 7:19 pm

alistair.gray@btinternet.com

Thanks very much, and no, I cant read German!
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Post by munro » Sun Oct 06, 2013 1:26 am

Sorry El Cid

My email address is alistairgray2@btinternet.com

Thank you for your rspid response.
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Post by El Cid » Sun Oct 06, 2013 12:31 pm

I sent a lot of pdf´s to the first email address

did you receive them ?
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Post by Glorfindel » Sun Oct 06, 2013 3:20 pm

Hi,

I became interested in the Great Northern War just a few years ago and, as I didn't know much about the era, decided to use an historical Order of Battle as a basis for both the Swedes and Russians. After scouring the web, I found a site which gave Orbats for an important but mid-size battle (Holowczyn) :

http://wfgamers.org.uk/resources/C18/holowczyn.htm

Although I raised the armies in 6mm, you could adopt the same principle.

I have found the two Osprey books on Peter the Great's Army and their Poltava Campaign guide to be invaluable. [Many thanks to Angus Konstam for these !]

With respect to the Swedish Army, the best book I have found is 'The Great Northern War, Vol 1' by Hoglund & Sallnas (very good but expensive).

I hope this helps.

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Post by munro » Sun Oct 06, 2013 7:14 pm

Hello El Cid,

I did not receive the info you sent as I gave you the incorrect email address. If you could forward them to alistairgray2@btinternet.com I would be most grateful.

My apologies and thanks for your quick response to my enquiry. I see you are from Austria................been to Vienna and got out to Essling as one of my main interests in Napoleonic gaming is the war of 1809, and got to the Austrian National Army Museum too, all good stuff.
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Post by Redmist1122 » Sun Oct 06, 2013 7:46 pm

Author,
Look through the posts, I asked the same question about a year ago when the BLBv2 came out - Russian Army list. Barry responded with his insights, which has helped quite a bit. I have a healthy GNW armies (Swedes, Russian, Polish-Lithuania, Saxon and Danish, w/few minor German battalions).
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Re: Russian Army Great Northern War.....where to start?

Post by munro » Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:41 pm

Thanks Greg,

I will try to find the old information.
Many thanks for that

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Re: Russian Army Great Northern War.....where to start?

Post by munro » Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:43 pm

As a second thought Greg;-

How many stands make up a Russian foot unit, what is the ratio of pikes to musket and how many foot units do you field in a wargame?

Thanks

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Post by Redmist1122 » Mon Oct 07, 2013 12:05 am

All,
I found the thread where I asked this similar question:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3303&hilit=russian+sample+army

@ Munro - to answer your question, I use three bases for all my Russian battalions. As mentioned in the post, the only units w/o pikes are my grenadier battalions, I have two. The Russian pikemen are integrated w/command stand like my Swedes.

As far as how many I field is all or my stuff; 11 Russian battalions (3 guard & 3 Grenadier), and 10 Dragoons and 1 Life Guard Sq. I also supplement the Russians with Saxon, Polish and Cossack's too.

Hope this helps.
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Re: Russian Army Great Northern War.....where to start?

Post by munro » Mon Oct 07, 2013 8:38 pm

Hi Greg,

Once again many thanks.
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