Many times regimental commanders acted on their own because they had no orders from above, and this sometimes became disastrous. To fully capture the flavor of commanding troops in this period, you will have to use the C&C system orders were often verbal, delivered by messengers, or, if written, were often vague and confusing to the receiving officer.

Howitzers and mortars did most of the indirect fire, but these were more siege weapons than field guns, and were typically found in fortified areas.Īll this means that you will have to get close to your opponent in order to engage him in combat.įor this Mod, C&C is a must. Only a few types of cannon were capable of long-range fire, most notably the Parrott and Whitworth rifles.

Advances in weapons technology during the war changed this some, with the introduction of better machining equipment and improved projectiles, but the weapons produced were few in number and did not alter the outcome in any significant way.Īrtillery also was fairly limited as to range, as most field guns were not capable of elevations greater than 15 degrees, which meant most projectiles were fired with flat trajectories at targets that were in line-of-sight to the gunners. For infantry, this means most fights are going to be up-close, at 5 hexes or less. Weaponry of this period was considerably shorter ranged than we are used to most muskets were effective out to 200 yards maximum, rifled muskets to 300 yards or so. So a basic Rifle Regiment formation looks like this:įor more on the structure of the formations, see: The Platoon formation is now the Company, and the Company formation is now the Regiment. What this means for us is that the game's basic individual infantry unit, the Squad, has been replaced by the Platoon. In the field, this was almost always not possible to meet, with typical regiments being at about 60% of their paper strength. Each regiment was made up of, ideally, 10 companies, each of 100 men. In this period, the regimental structure was the preferred formation for maneuver. So we'll cover a few of the more important ones first, then follow with some cautions about what couldn't be changed and how to work around them. There are many changes to the game in this Mod, too many to detail here. Every effort has been made to impart the flavor of mid-19th Century combat unfortunately, there are some aspects of the gamecode that we were unable to change, so you will see some things that do not fit with the period. This mod was designed to utilize the Steel Panthers game code to recreate the American Civil War period. Welcome to the STEEL PANTHERS: CIVIL WAR Mod! With this mod installed you will NOT be compatible for scenarios or PBEM with the stock game or any other mod. Use this mod with your stock game installation or SP:WaW 2016.

American civil war mod