10/05/2019 [TMP] "DanishTYW Cavalry" Topic

barcah2001 29 Nov 2011 6:29 a.m. PST !

"DanishTYW I'm painting up a Danish army now--I've found some good

illustrations of Danish infantry, but have not been successful
Cavalry" finding out much about the cavalry.
Do I assume +Danish cavalry followed a German pattern or
Topic Swedish? Any 3/4 armor units?

Mark
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Daniel S 29 Nov 2011 7:13 a.m. PST !
All members in good standing
are free to post here. Opinions Very little of the 'Danish' army was actually made up of native
expressed here are solely those
Danes, it was mostly German mercenaries with some Scots
of the posters, and have not
been cleared with nor are they and the odd Frenchman added for good measure.
endorsed by The Miniatures
Page. The cavalry employed by Christian IV in the 1620's followed
the German pattern of Cuirassiers and Mtd Arkebusiers,
For more information, see the because of the expense of the former Christian only raised
TMP FAQ. seven regimentsof Cuirassiers. Each was made up of four
companies and each company had 81 Cuirassiers and 25
mounted Arkebusiers (plus officers). His allies in the Saxon
Back to the English circle raised a further 3 regiments of Cuirassiers.
Civil War Message
Board The remaining part of Christian's cavalry were Mtd Arkebusiers
who were recruited in a variety of regiments, some were raised
on an old fashioned pattern with few but very large companies
Back to the rather than the 'standard' compy of 100 troopers.
Renaissance Product
Reviews Message In the war Christians cavalry was divided between the main
army led by the Danish king and several smaller corps and
Board detachments. This meant that the largest force of cavalry
commanded by Christian in Action were the 6 regiments of
0 Cuirassiers (24 companies) and 6 reigments of Mtd
Like Arkebusiers (43 companies) at Lutter am Barenberg in 1626
Share The Danish cavalry was identified by it's field signs in the
shape of feathers and sashes. In late 1625 Christian issued
Areas of Interest orders that the sash was to be half blue, half "brandtgelb" (Lite
Renaissance fire yellow, a orange tone of yellow) tied togther with a white
band in bow. Christian also forbade the use of any feathers but
white ones.
1,074 hits since 29 Nov 2011 The addition of the the two new colours were to separate the
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Comments or corrections? Danish cavalry from that of the Catholic Leauge as both wore
blue sashes.

barcah2001 29 Nov 2011 7:34 a.m. PST !

Daniel, I was hoping you'd be lurking on the site---thank you

very much! And Christian's cuirassiers are 3/4 or breastplate
types?

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Daniel S 29 Nov 2011 9:25 a.m. PST !

Full 3/4 armour, not only was thta considered state of the art in
the 1620's but Christian had tons of ready cash on hand with
together with the "favour customer" status extended by the
Dutch meant that his 'personal' part of the army was very well
equipped. The circle troops were a more varied bunch and
probably saw a greater variety of equipment levels in the
ranks. Christian may have helped out with equipment as well
given that the huge deliveries by the Dutch went far beyond
the requirements of his personal troops and those of the
Danish state. (Or it could be that raising new troops after
loosing the old ones in various disasters consumed the Dutch
equipment)

barcah2001 29 Nov 2011 10:12 a.m. PST !

Thank you--always informative.

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