{"id":39040,"date":"2025-01-18T17:33:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T16:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stefanov.no-ip.org\/?p=39040"},"modified":"2025-07-07T09:18:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T07:18:03","slug":"6mm-russian-civil-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stefanov.no-ip.org\/index.php\/2025\/01\/18\/6mm-russian-civil-war\/","title":{"rendered":"6mm Russian Civil War"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/stefanov.no-ip.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Members-Czechoslovak-Legion-Vladivostok-Russian-Civil-War-1918.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stefanov.no-ip.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Members-Czechoslovak-Legion-Vladivostok-Russian-Civil-War-1918.jpg.webp 400w, https:\/\/stefanov.no-ip.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Members-Czechoslovak-Legion-Vladivostok-Russian-Civil-War-1918.jpg-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am preparing now about 120 bases of Russian infantry, cavalry and other troop types. The figures are Irregular and specific for the Civil War period, coming from the collection of Francesco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am preparing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Soviet infantry bases<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Siberian infantry bases<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mounted cossacks  (also for WWI)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dismounted cossacks lying behind horses  (also for WWI)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cavalry bases  (also for WWI)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heavy artillery  (also for WWI)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AA Trucks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HMGs (also for WWI)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pontoon wagon (especially for WWI)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lots of information good to organise a few games <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pygmywars.com\/rcw\/index.html\">may be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-cfe3ea19-00a5-4021-ba6f-330955fd150b\" href=\"https:\/\/stefanov.no-ip.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Pygmy-Wars-Tables-of-Organisation.pdf\">Pygmy Wars &#8211; Tables of Organisation<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/stefanov.no-ip.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Pygmy-Wars-Tables-of-Organisation.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-cfe3ea19-00a5-4021-ba6f-330955fd150b\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-9dd618d8-f6d6-48c0-81ac-a7df7174b185\" href=\"https:\/\/stefanov.no-ip.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/toes.pdf\">toes<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/stefanov.no-ip.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/toes.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-9dd618d8-f6d6-48c0-81ac-a7df7174b185\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a082fd5a-0679-4c34-bb85-2d4396e7b21f\" href=\"https:\/\/stefanov.no-ip.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/toesra.pdf\">toesra<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/stefanov.no-ip.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/toesra.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a082fd5a-0679-4c34-bb85-2d4396e7b21f\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Command bases of all types will need an additional purchase from Irregular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/stefanov.no-ip.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_5266.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stefanov.no-ip.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_5266.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/stefanov.no-ip.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_5266-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photos soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Organisation, Red Army<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rifle Division\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Divisional HQ<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 Infantry Brigades (also 2 or 4), (one brigade occupies ~2km of front) each:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>(Brigade HQ)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 Infantry Regiment, each\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Regimental HQ<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 infantry battalions, each:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3 companies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>0-1 MG base<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 MG base<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 mounted scout base<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 sapper company <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(an artillery battalion ?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>artillery brigade usually around 30 guns (also 0 to 50 guns possible), mostly 75mm, is attached to regiments, fire on open sight:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3 light artillery battalion, 2-3 bases each <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/76_mm_divisional_gun_M1902\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3 inch (76-mm gun) Putilov model 1902<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 howitzer battalion (often removed to army level) 0-1 base &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/122_mm_howitzer_M1909\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Schneider 4.8 inch (122 mm) howitzer Model 1909<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 heavy artillery battalion  (often removed to army level) 0-1 base &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/152_mm_howitzer_M1910\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Schneider 6 inch (152 mm) howitzer Model 1910<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cavalry regiment rarely reached anything over 400 sabres, \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2-4 bases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an aviation detachment, never present,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an armoured detachment (some armoured cars)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>0-1 base<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(a signal battalion)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>0-1 engineer battalion\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3 bases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cavalry division (120 to 200 men per regiment. A division of 1,500 men was not unusual, and one of 3,000 was quite large. Less than half of that would be sabres though, as there were frequently large infantry components, as well as artillery, tachankas and a substantial tail)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Division HQ<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 brigades\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Brigade HQ (Regimental HQ ?)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2 regiments\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1-2 (4 theoretical) cavalry bases<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>0-1 tachanka base<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>artillery&nbsp;<em>battalion<\/em>&nbsp;of 3-4 batteries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a horse MG regiment of 2 tatchankas,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an armored car squadron, 0-1 base<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>0-2 infantry battalions attached (may have up to 2 truck or cart bases for transport, each  carries one battalion).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>0-1 horse engineer base<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am preparing now about 120 bases of Russian infantry, cavalry and other troop types. The figures are Irregular and specific for the Civil War period, coming from the collection of Francesco. 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