Napoleonic
Ottoman Turkish
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1809-1812 Balkans

List T6N

by Mark Bevis

For fighting Russians or Austrians in the Balkans or Rumelia.

Roll 1D6 for force type: 1-2: Provincial forces; 3: Field Army; 4-6: mix of both.

1. Provincial Army

AHQ: Molla Idris Pasha of Viden or Bayrakdar Mustapha Pasha of Rustuk or Hurshid Ahmed Pasha of Rumelia
(# in brackets indicates maximum number of men available of that type)

    01-10%: Rumeli Mountain Troops (irregular foot)
    11-20%: Bosnian Rayas (rifle skirmishers) (10,000)
    21-27%: Bosnian/Rumeli Yoruks (skirmish cavalry) (5,000)
    25-43%: Rumeli/Albanian Sipahis (fuedal cavalry) (60,000)
    44%: Ukrainian Cossacks (2,000)
    45-47%: Bosnian Light Cavalry (5,000)
    48%: Moldavian Light Infantry (mounted skirmishers) (2,000)
    49%: Wallachian Light Cavalry (4,000)
    50%: Bostanci Guard Infantry (2,000)
    51-58%: Albanian Sekhans (roll D6, 5-6 = regular trained)
    59-65%: Tarter Light Cavalry (10,000)
    66-70%: Bosnian, Croat or Rumeli Djellis (6,000)
    71%: Bosnian Derbents (irregular militia foot) (2,000)
    72-73%: Transylvanian Haiduk irregular infantry (3,000)
    74-76%: Transylvanian Light Cavalry (5,000)
    77-83%: Anatolian Sekhans (roll D6, 6 = regular trained)
    84-99%: Djeemat garrison Janissaries
    00%: Croat mercenary irregular infantry (6,000)

Per 4000 men fielded add:

    1 Provincial battery: 4 guns, roll D6 for type:
      1-3: 20pdr guns; 4-5: 8pdr howitzers; 6: French 6pdrs (max of 4)

Per 10,000 men fielded add:

    1 Provincial siege battery: 4-10x mortars or 16pdr howitzers
    1 provincial Sapper Company: 80 men, with 1D20x 100 impressed levy for digging.
    Up to limits stated, infantry are in battalions of 400 men, regiments of 2-6 battalions.
    Sipahis are in units of 750-1000 men, other cavalry 500-750 men.

2. Field Army


AHQ: Grand Vizier
    01-20%: Benluk Janissaries
    21-35%: Anatolian Sekhans
    36-65%: Anatolian Sipahis feudal cavalry
    66-75%: Sipahis of the Porte lancers (10,000)
    77-78%: Moroccan Sekhans (2,000)
    79-88%: Kurdish Light Horse or Kurdish Djellis
    89-90%: Sipahi Oghlan Guard Suvarileri (10,000)
    91-92%: Silahtar Suvarileri (8,000)
    93-99%: Suvarileri heavy cavalry (10,000)
    00%: Bostanci Guard infantry (500), Guard Mameluke lancers (200)

Per 10,000 men fielded, add:

    1 Topiji Foot Battery: 4x 6pdr guns, 2x 8pdr howitzers, 4x 60-113pdr Balymez
    1 Sultan's Guard Horse Battery: 10x 6pdr guns
    1D6-3 Sapper Companies@ 80 men, with 1D20x 100 impressed levy for digging.


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