Red Box 132 1/72 Napoleonic Nap. Russian Light Infantry (Jagers) 1804-1807

This set dates itself from 1805, and that year began with the Russian Army having 20 regiments of Jägers, ending it with two more. The following year saw another 10 such regiments added, and this light infantry made up almost a third of the total infantry in the Army. However foreign observers seem to have been unimpressed with the quality of Russian skirmishing, and the main focus of Russian tactics remained to simply push the enemy aside at the point of the bayonet. However by the Napoleonic period the difference between light infantry and ordinary musketeers was increasingly marginal anyway, and each could perform the other’s role to an extent. Nevertheless the Jägers had a distinctive appearance, so this is a logical extension to the RedBox Napoleonic range.

Specifications

• Contents: 36 figures
• Poses: 14 poses
• Material: Plastic (Medium Consistency)