It is time to think about a little scenario. For doing this I conceived the following idea: a rearguard of Austrian Troops, i.e. a complete Artillery Comapny, escorted by half squadron of Radetzky Hussars just after the battle of Santa Lucia; suddently a wheel of a ammunition casson broke. The General of Brigade decided to leave a little group behind: half artillery Company, the Hussars, and a company of Jaeger with 2 pelotons of Infatry (Ferdinand Erzherzog Regiment).
This is the idea also in order to try my wargame rules without dice.
But the problem immediatly rose, about uniforms and postures of the artillery. For the uniforms it was quite simple because the Austrian Artillery used in 1848 an uniform quite identical to that of the Napoloenic period, except the had that became the Corsican, like those of the Jaeger.
and from this (First Legion miniature of the Russian SYW) ....
| Guns | NCOs | Gunners | Handlagers | Horses |
| foot 12pdr cannon | 1 NCO | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| foot 6pdr cannon | 1/2 NCO * | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| horse 6pdr cannon | 1/2 NCO * | 6 | - | 6 |
| foot 7pdr howitzer | 1/2 NCO * | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| horse 7pdr howitzer | 1/2 NCO * | 5 | - | 4 |
| reserve 10pdr howitzer | 1 NCO | ? | 4 | 4 |
* one NCO for every 2 guns
For what concerns my scenario the Brigade of Generalmajor Erzherzog Sigismund was on: l/Szluiner Grenz Regiment # l/,2/Hohenlohe Infantry Regiment l7 3/Haugwitz Infantry Regiment 38 l/Erzherzog Sigismund Infantry Regiment #45 6pdr Foot Battery nr.9
So what I have to reproduce is a 1 cannon of a 6 pdr Foot Battery. Considering that it does not seem that the artillery system changed from Napoleonic period to 1848, I will use this cannon with 1 NCO (they left him to organize the fixing of the cannon) 5 gunners (Caporal/Aimer, Firer, Ventsmen, Gunner with rammer, Loader) 8 second class gunners (Handlagers).
The 6 pdrs battery (8 guns) required 8 2-wheel ammunition wagons this means that every cannon had its 2-wheel ammunition wagon.
The ammunitions field depots (called in German "Protzen") did stay 10 "Schritte" (i.e. steps, around 8 meters) away from the guns; the pack animals (4 for each gun) did stay back another 10 Schritte in the rear of the depots; the wagons of the ordinary foot-batteries were 40 Schritte away from the guns.
I also found this plate figures of Austrian Artillery in 1848.
In this pictures it is possible to see: 1 NCO + 4 gunners of 1st level + 4 gunners of 2nd level + 2 grenadiers for a total of 11 men
This picture gives the idea of the proportions of the guns in comparation with crew, where the top is the 12 pdr cannon, then the 6pdr, then the howitzer (in Russian "gaubiza") and on the bottom the 3 pdr cannon.
From this I did the template of a 6pdr gun.
