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Post by goragrad on May 23, 2019 10:53:04 GMT
So, having acquired three of the Museum Protected Artillery Wagon, I come to the question of what artillery to use.
Minifig has a couple that might work, but I am not seeing anything that really looks like a wagon mounted howitzer from ny of the manufacturers I have bookmarked.
Anyone have a favorite?
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Post by Tony Aguilar on May 23, 2019 13:01:06 GMT
Never heard of Houfnices and not sure what army it would be.
Would this be a reference to the artillery in the Hussite Army?
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Post by davidjconstable on May 23, 2019 15:24:05 GMT
I think the modern English term is howitzer, possibly being used for a medieval bombard?
But it is always possible that it refers to a small artillery gun, or a wagon to carry, but not fire from, a gun?
Not my language.
David Constable
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Post by vodnik on May 23, 2019 16:08:29 GMT
...it is another word for a medieval cannon like that one from Donnington: |
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Post by jeffreythancock on May 24, 2019 1:46:57 GMT
Minifigs includes a Houfnice with their protected wagon. Dave Ryan might sell one separately if you contact him. Or, the Minifigs light gun from the Hussite range is mounted on a pedestal/base. If you remove the gun from the base it looks just like the Houfnice from their protected wagon.
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Post by vodnik on May 24, 2019 8:14:21 GMT
...in the under row are medieval artillery pieces: |
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Post by goragrad on May 24, 2019 9:15:45 GMT
Sorry about that fellows - it is called out in the Hussite list, so did not realize it would be such a mystery. Houfnice - a short large bore artillery piece intended to fire a quantity of smaller shot - i.e. the equivalent of grapeshot. Origin of the term howitzer. getasword.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/hussite-guns-pistala-houfnice-tarasnice.jpgHoufnice in the upper right. Thanks for that info jeff. Presume then it is the 202XA - www.miniaturefigurines.co.uk/images/catalogue/202XA.jpgI had seen that, but didn't realize it came with the wagon. May well have to look at an order. One further note is that the sites describing them note that they were chained between wagons - nothing about them being mounted in a wagon. But then I didn't do a real major search. |
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Post by davidjconstable on May 24, 2019 10:32:24 GMT
If chained between wagons they are probably small guns, rather than a howitzer/bombard type.
This is a peculiar term by the way, one field artillery gun in WWII with this name, also served as an anti-aircraft gun.
David Constable
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Post by jeffreythancock on May 25, 2019 0:15:19 GMT
The following image shows a later German wagenberg with the protected wagon as modeled by Minifigs, Essex, and others. Look carefully and you will some with mounted houfnice. These are more mobile mantlets than the earlier Hussite and Polish wagons. images.app.goo.gl/zwS9NHSq8ifhZMcS6You will also see houfnices between wagons on their own carriages. |
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Post by jeffreythancock on May 25, 2019 0:21:51 GMT
The gun that comes with the artillery wagon does NOT include the pedestal base, otherwise it is the same barrel and mechanism for adjusting the elevation. |
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