Horse Artillery of the Imperial Guard

The second set from the recently acquired hoard is a five man French Guard Horse Artillery team. I think that t hese are little gems and in my view demonstrate a gradual improvement in the sculpting of this range. The head proportions appear better and overall I think this is one of the better Ros sets.

The set follows the standard five poses used in the Ros 25mm artillery teams; with an officer, a man with a lever, a man holding a rammer and two standing poses. There is also a gun, which is different to that used in the line artillery set. I am guessing that it is a 6 pdr piece as used by the horse artillery: