19th Century
Burmese Army
1780-1855

Burma

List AS1N

by Mark Bevis

CinC: King Badawpaya 1782-1819 or King Bagyidaw 1819-1837
Army commanders on elephants, field commanders on horses

    Inner Household Brigade: 6 Infantry Regiments@ 500 men, sword, musket, bayonet
    Outer Household Brigade: 6 Infantry Regiments@ 500 fanatic "Invulnerables", sword, musket
    1 Guard Cavalry Regiment: 300 men, spear, sword
    700 Light Cavalry, spear, sword
    35,000 conscript infantry with matchlock or bow, swords, entrenching tools
    20,000 conscript infantry with spear, sword or axe, entrenching tools
    15,000 Shan State (Eastern Burmese) conscript infantry with matchlock or spear
    500 Jingal teams@ 1 tripod mounted heavy musket, 2 crew
    20 War Elephants@ 3 crew, muskets or Jingal or 2 swivel guns

Field Artillery:

    100+ heavy guns, being 6pdr, 9pdr, 12pdr, 18pdr and 24pdr, carried in parts by elephants
    100+ field guns, hand pulled, being 1pdr, 2pdr, 3pdr and 4pdr, 8-9 crewmen each.

Marines:
    8x 50-100' long warboats@ 30 infantry with matchlocks, 60 Marines with sword, spear and oars, 1x 6pdr, 9pdr or 12pdr bow/stern gun.
    450 other warboats@ 20-60 Marines and infantry: some with bow 6pdr or 9pdr gun
    Total 10,000-20,000 Marines

2. Notes

a) Field armies varied from 10,000 to 20,000 men.
b) All infantry are capable of digging trenches and foxholes within 2 hours. Overnight can build bamboo stockades.
c) The cavalry are all in one regiment.
d) Infantry are organised into battalions of 250 men, and are grouped by weapon type.


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