The Guns are Colored

Napoleonic Artillery Carriages

by Pat Condray


To add to the colorful panorama of artillery crews of the Napoleonic era, we list the following colors of the gun carriages:

England - blue/grey
Prussia - light or medium blue
France - dark green
Denmark - red with yellow fittings
Russia - dark green (almost a black green)
Austria - yellow with black fittings
Sweden - blue/green
Hess Darmstadt - medium blue
Baden - dark grey
Bavaria - light grey
Naples - light blue
Saxony - dark grey with yellow fittings
Wurtemberg - natural wood with yellow fittings


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