Harpers 55's

[scorehouse]

r these ever made available 4 purchase by CSA? or what battle should u start looking to capture them? but I run on low recon so any tips on which Union units carry them?

[pandakraut]

Around weapons factory and Antietam you'll be able to start buying them if I'm remembering right.

Weapons carried will vary by difficulty and battle so there is no firm rule on when you'll run into them.

[scorehouse]

Whats the best infantry weapon? the 24 pound artillery seems to be the best but I havent accumulated enough of the 20 pounder even though I;ve been buying everyone that's been made available since I think Newport?

[pandakraut]

Do you mean best artillery weapon? That can vary a bit depending on what role you want them to perform. I'd recommend checking out the pinned artillerists guide above for more details.

[scorehouse]

I meant the best rifle for infantry, for Calvary, etc, 

[pandakraut]

The short version:

cavalry, anything with the longest possible range. Which really means enfields and spencer carbines and nothing else is really worth it. This doesn't include saber weapons where you just want the highest possible melee value.

infantry, you can generally go by whatever costs the most. The spencer and the henry are usually not worth it though.

[scorehouse]

thanks. I was told that about the Henry.  can you split Calvary and skirmisher units? make it easier to capture artillery, supplies and flank. seems it would also be realistic especially with Calvary.

[pandakraut]

On 3/18/2022 at 7:09 AM, scorehouse said:

thanks. I was told that about the Henry.  can you split Calvary and skirmisher units? make it easier to capture artillery, supplies and flank. seems it would also be realistic especially with Calvary.

Do you mean allowing skirmishers and cavalry to split off a detachment like infantry can? That's probably not impossible to mod in, but there would be several technical issues to figure out. It is not possible on the base game.

[scorehouse]

wish I were computer savvy enuff 4 Mods. to split Cav would be so efficient for capturing orphaned Supply Wagons, especially when there r multiple wagons in the same area/cluster. also for melee attack. send 1 unit to take the initial salvo, then pounce with multiple Cav/Skirms whilst they r reloading. if u r able to split them you could come from all angles which I'm sure is what occurred on the battlefield especially against separated/isolated and depleted/exhausted/confused units.