Battle of Preussisch Eylau 1807

[Khmorg]

Guys, thank you very much for your attention to this project!

Next are the hussars in hussar cloaks! Yes, there was such an element of standard equipment.

[Khmorg]

Hussars in hussar cloaks. As of 1807, there was such a standard element of the uniform in case of any bad weather. The collar was the color of the regiment.

[Khmorg]

Hussars in the winter of 1807 fight on foot. Taking into account that the 1798 Hussar carbine is rifled. But the model 1809 is smoothbore. Hussars and infantry were a formidable force with sniping.

[Freddy]

I like the new sculpts! Weird to see them with rifled carbines, they were more like dragoons then, werent they.

[Khmorg]

military ideas were very different. The hussars had Hungarian horse harnesses. this shows that they were good horsemen. The dragoons had bayonets for guns and horses, those that remained from the formation of other cavalry units.

[Freddy]

military ideas were very different. The hussars had Hungarian horse harnesses. this shows that they were good horsemen. The dragoons had bayonets for guns and horses, those that remained from the formation of other cavalry units.

Yeah, I am pretty sure that Russian cavalry was differently stuctured then other contemporary European forces, as they had a massive light cavalry arm in the form of the Cossacks, regular cavalry could have its priorities differently.

[Khmorg]

Yeah, I am pretty sure that Russian cavalry was differently stuctured then other contemporary European forces, as they had a massive light cavalry arm in the form of the Cossacks, regular cavalry could have its priorities differently.

still a mystery to me. Moreover, they learned to use light cavalry correctly (as in Sherridan’s raid during the American Civil War) only in 1919 (General Mamontov’s raid). both in the Crimean company and during the war with Japan in 1905 (Mishchenko’s raid), there was cavalry... but not used for its intended purpose.

[Tom Dulski]

 Is the 2nd guy from the left wearing a cape?

[Khmorg]

Is the 2nd guy from the left wearing a cape?

Yes. cloak - a standard element of the uniform of hussars in 1807.

[Freddy]

still a mystery to me. Moreover, they learned to use light cavalry correctly (as in Sherridan’s raid during the American Civil War) only in 1919 (General Mamontov’s raid). both in the Crimean company and during the war with Japan in 1905 (Mishchenko’s raid), there was cavalry... but not used for its intended purpose.

My bet is on two factors
-The rigid discipline and command structure which made Russian infantry so good in defense was not fit cavalry warfare where flexibility and autonomous thinking is a key factor
-comunications were hard as Russian theatres of operations were usually very big and sparsely populated&infrastructured- these distances could not be quickly covered before radios became a thing

[FreakyFenton]

Great stuff! You have a talent for this!

[Tom Dulski]

 The cape looks great, I'd have given all 5 minis the cape.

[Khmorg]

Command group of hussars. Commander, bugler, non-commissioned officer and... standard bearer.

The whole piquancy is that by 1807 only the Pavlograd regiment had St. George standards (1 white regimental and 9 green, model 1803) for Schöngraben 1805, but they were issued only on September 27, 1807, and this was after the Peace of Tilsit. Therefore, in the campaigns of 1806-1807, not a single hussar regiment had any standards.

Therefore, it was possible to exchange the banner for a pistol.

[Khmorg]

[Freddy]

Great sculpts!