This post does have the 'feel' of a university student, spending a deal of time sorting and reorganising his lecture notes, feeling at the end that he has put in a good couple of hours of intense study. However, writing up proper tables of organisation and establishments is necessary prep work for the war games narrative to develop.
In the following each unit - regiment or battalion - comprises a single stand of 4 infantry figures, 3 cavalry or one gun. Infantry stands have 4 Strength Points (SP), cavalry 3SP, machine guns 3SP, artillery and supply columns 2SP. Army commands have 6SP, Corps commands 4SP, Division commands 2SP. Lower formations (brigades) have no distinct command stands.
We begin with the...
Azuria Army
Commander: Marshal Vicomte DubonnetI Army Corps: Marshal Baron Pauillac
- 1st (Turco) Division: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Turco Regiments
- 6th Division: 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd Infantry
- 7th Division: 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th Infantry
- 1st Mitrailleuse Battalion
- 1st Light Cavalry Brigade: 1st Hussars, 2nd Hussars
- 91st, 92nd Field Artillery
- 191st Medium Artillery
- 201st, 202nd, 251st (pack) Supply Column
21 units, 79SP.
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| I Army Corps: Marshal Baron Pauillac |
II Army Corps: General Saint-Emilion
- 2nd Division: 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th Infantry
- 3rd Division: 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th Infantry
- 15th Brigade: 37th, 38th Chasseur (Foot) Regiments
- 2nd Mitrailleuse Battalion
- 2nd Light Cavalry Brigade: 3rd Chasseurs, 4th Chasseurs
- 192nd, 193rd Medium Artillery
- 201st Heavy Artillery
- 203rd, 204th, 252nd (pack) Supply Column
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| II Army Corps: General Eugene St-Emilion |
- 4th Division: 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd Infantry
- 5th Division: 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th Infantry
- 16th Brigade: 39th, 40th Chasseur Regiments
- 3rd Mitrailleuse Battalion
- 3rd Light Cavalry Brigade: 5th Lancers, 6th Lancers
- 95th, 96th Field Artillery
- 194th Medium Artillery
- 205th, 206th, 253rd (pack) Supply Column
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| III Army Corps: Marshal Etienne Gevrey-Chambertin |
- 4th (Independent) Cavalry Brigade: 7th Cuirassiers, 8th Cuirassiers, (9th Carabiniers?)
- 99th (Horse) Artillery Regiment
- 500th Engineer Battalion (3SP)
- 207th, 208th, 209th(engineer) Supply Column
Overall: 75 units, 269SP
What gamers doesn’t enjoy “making lists”? TOE’s for your little armies, lists of figures to buy (a few extra reinforcements never did a wargamer any harm 😉), terrain to construct, “research” to be done - books, internet etc.
ReplyDeleteAll the best for your continuing efforts in ‘26. Cheers,
Geoff
Thanks, Geoff -
DeleteMaking these lists does tell me what's what, and that is a useful thing to know. This blogspot is a convenient place to put them on record. The other TO&E lists will follow shortly - the huge Ruberian Army (slightly larger than the Azurian, but with more commitments; and the rather smaller Turcowaz and Izumrud-Zeleniya.
Cheers,
Ion
Archduke Piccolo,
ReplyDeleteThat’s a very impressive TOE … and I look forward to seeing those for the rest of your armies in due course.
I’ve toyed with having single base regiments for my imagi-nation armies but have yet to go down that route … for the moment.
All the best,
Bob
Bob -
DeleteHad I the figures, painted but unbased, I would have organised my armies with the two-base, 6-figure regiments you favour. I like them better that way. But, having gone so far down the WRG 'Horse, Foot & Guns' route, I couldn't go back. Nor is it practical given the base sizes to form them into 2-stand units that fit into a single grid cell. That would have been a goodish option otherwise. It does have an up-side, representing slightly larger armies, maybe. The other upside is that the stands can represent anything from platoons to brigades!
Cheers,
Ion
Always good to see a Table of Organization Ion, and/or a parade.
ReplyDeleteDo you have any military bands?
Maudlin Jack -
DeleteFunny you should mention military bands. Short answer - no. But I have been wondering what to do with my surplus of musicians - e.g. the horse drummers from the Airfix Hussars box, and I might have the odd drummer or fifer kicking about somewhere!
To paraphrase Genl D. Harvey Hill CSA, I've so far been concentrating on 'shooters before tooters'.
Cheers,
Ion
A proper ToE / OoB is a necessary evil if you want to plan your armies.?
ReplyDeleteThey pay dividends in the long run.
Neil
Neil -
DeleteYeah, I reckon. There are a few loose ends, - especially some odd metal Crimean War figures that may be slotted (informally) into the Turcowaz and Izumrud-Zeleniya armies. Maybe. That will be occupying some of my thoughts in the next few days.
Overall, though, the armies are looking fine!
Cheers,
Ion