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Horse Artillery - I cant find what size these guns are. Are they 6lb guns or more or less? Does horse artillery slow down the movement of a Calvary stack? Iv never actually purchased any from my pool. Is this a mistake? How do you guys utilize these guns? Will they help or hinder an artillery division or a regular division?


6 lb guns - From what iv been reading these guns don't perform very well as though they are a wasted unit in a stack. I do read these posts when I'm falling asleep at night so maybe iv misread. A lot of the card units I create come with 6lb guns. How do I avoid them? If you guys do create 6lb guns, what is the best way to utilize them?

Hey bud,

Horse artillery are 6lbs with "extra wheels" so to speak. Some odf their stats from normal 6 lbs artillery might slightly differ, but they're essentially the same.

The one big difference being mobility. Horse artillery receive "medium cavalry" mobility, while normal 6 lbs artillery received "wheeled" mobility.

In other words, horse artillery = cavalry support.

I hope this helps!

I apologize if this double posts (for some reason it doesn't seem to have posted):

6 lb and horse artillery are the same essentially. The key difference being, horse artillery moves at the rate of "medium cavalry" while 6 lb artillery moves at a "wheels" pace ( much slower).

Hence, horse artillery = cavalry support

The only time I build them is when I want to use them to build a fort.

CSA Horse artillery have combat stats similar to their 6-lber and Union batteries have stats like their 10-lber. The horse batteries move like medium cav instead of wheeled units. Basically, horse artillery can be assigned to cavalry Divisions to add combat power.

In the first Civil War game, 6-lbers in Brigades eventually upgraded to 12-lbers. Thus the light guns weren't that bad of a deal. This is no longer the case in CW2 and so the guns are less of a bargain. Entrenched artillery has a better to-hit chance. Divisions that you plan to stay entrenched in a defensive position might gain an advantage from having some 6-lbers in their Brigades. If you study the available Brigades that you can purchase, it is possible to assemble Divisions without 6-lbers. I advise these primarily infantry Divisions for Corps/Army stacks that would optimize heavy artillery Divisions for their support.