tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1823035553787046459.post8772004733046075557..comments2023-05-16T08:19:10.325-05:00Comments on Victoria's Boys in Red: Another New Feature for the Journal! Huzzah!J Womack, Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14400879353685357966noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1823035553787046459.post-70260651995913057032007-12-17T22:21:00.000-06:002007-12-17T22:21:00.000-06:00Ike:You are absolutely correct in the number of om...Ike:<BR/><BR/>You are absolutely correct in the number of omissions and reduced number of crew we used in our TO&E. The organization is actually set up for use under TSATF rules, and not necessarily to any real numbers. Perhaps I need to make that more clear, but in trying to make the reading entertaining as well, we have tended to omit more 'metagame' writing.<BR/><BR/>I am glad you enjoyed it so far. Please check out the two new items I added this evening.J Womack, Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14400879353685357966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1823035553787046459.post-27737043332675982442007-12-13T14:07:00.000-06:002007-12-13T14:07:00.000-06:00The pages on the Republic of Texas Army are outsta...The pages on the Republic of Texas Army are outstanding and very interesting to read. I have a couple of points to make, however. First, the gun crew size in the artillery is grossly small; 3 men couldn't handle a 3# battalion gun, let alone a 24-pound field gun. Should have crews of 12 to 30, depending upon the caliber of the field piece. I don't have any qualifications to speak to emplaced fortification artillery, but suspect their crews ought to be the same size or larger, until mechanized methods of bringing ammo from the fortress' magazines is developed. Second, your cavalry organization has no provision for horse-holders, remounts and farriers; all essential to horse cavalry operations and the TO&E positions can be kept just re-named to mechanics and machinists of various types to keep the mechanical monsters running. Third, your logistics (quartermaster) people and equipment are entirely omitted. This element becomes increasingly critical as the army transitions from cap and ball with horses to machine guns and quick-firing artillery with tanks and armored cars.<BR/><BR/>Great gaming stuff! and I look forward to reading more of it. It'll be interesting to see how the campaign shapes.Ikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11155715851784815632noreply@blogger.com