How to Play Austrian Infantry

Thanks to General Dan for the photos of his beautifully painted Austrians!
Today we look at the main force for Napoleon's most implacable foes, the Kaiserlicks of Austria. As many of you will know, unit for unit I think these are some of the best units in the game!
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[@Jajan1]

Another great video, thanks for this! Could you please break down for me how you can destroy a skirmish unit with one shot in 1 in 6 cases? I though that you still have to cause more unsaved hits that stamina and then they still have to take a break test which fails only on a roll of 4 or less in 2D6 (as for regular batalions)? Do you have some different understaing of the unreliable rule? 13:07

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

Ooh, no, you're absolutely right! I was mixing up unreliable with wavering!(?) Great spot, I'll have to address that in the Wednesday companion video! Thanks!

[@Jajan1]

@@NapoleonicWargaming it's another time that I point out some rules under your videos. I feel a bit bad for this... Please don't mind my "lawyering" too much, I really enjoy your videos since a long time! It was your start-collecting videos that got me into Black Powder! :)

[@wiesverreydt5148]

I don't even play this game, I don't own a single figurine, yet it brings me joy to hear you guys explaining it

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

That's genuinely one of the nicest comments I've ever had. Thank you!

[@PerfidiousAlbion1815]

Just a note, several Austrian Landwehr units did fight right through the 1813 campaign with Leipzig and after ..

[@regwirth3004]

Really like these "How to Play" videos. One point, could you coordinate the images to match the troop type you're talking about?

[@BocageTiger]

Great stuff, Tim! Thank you for posting.

[@user-rm9qs4hz1p]

Very nice video, very helpful too. Will be looking at starting my Austrians in the new year. I like the look 6/8 models on a 60x40mm base just to show the mass of troops like you have displayed here!

[@dtcspyker6599]

The Egyptian/Syrian campaign in October maybe? 🤔 I'll have to send in some pictures of my Frenchmen of Kleber's division I've started working on. Great video as always, your channel has really been a great inspiration for me.

[@andrewrobinson3030]

Very interesting thank you. I have a box of Austrian brigade. As it’s called Victrex. Has 57 infantry including two officers on horseback be interesting to paint and set them up

[@BrushQuill]

A great video my man. I'll get some pics over to you somepoint of my 1809 German Division for Talavera. Also, just a side point if you ever want to do a 1 off Assaye live stream Id be happy to jump on and share my knowledge (Im afraid im too small atm to do streams 😭😭😭)

[@sokol4673]

I find these guides really useful, especially this one. Thanks NW

[@francoantonelli7723]

Brilliant

[@Tupinamba77]

What? Not many people listen till the end? Barbarians. Thanks for yet another great video, mate. Cheers!

[@dupeesfashionconsultant4204]

Awesome like always brother. I love the smaller nations ones especially because nobody really makes videos on them...it's all french British and Russian. Got me thinking, just curious really....I know you've talked about British and french and I know the French are your number one. Do you have any other armies in your collection? I took a break from British, I have plenty of units done now and I just jumped in my Prussian army. Once that's done I'm gonna dive into my french starter. The Prussian is just a sound check, the French is gonna be intense lol

[@Robin-fp6sx]

Thanks!

[@davidcollins2648]

Excellent video. The Austrian army was a ponderous dinosaur and until leaders like Archduke Charles took over they were unable to co-ordinate the entire army in the way Napoleon did which meant their attacks were likely limited objectives and often not critical to the outcome of the battle. They also relied heavily on supply depots and slow trains making them sluggish in their movements. Does supply play a role in most rule sets?

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

It's usually more of a campaign than a tabletop thing, but I guess it's included in the low strategy rating of Austrian generals and their lack of independent movement

[@JuanCanuck]

Have you ever played Napoleon total war? I think you might like it

[@irobot661]

Hey I don't know if this is the best place to ask but I'm a little confused on how the Austrian Jager rifle/carbine stats with 2/3 dice works. First I assume that the 2 dice is for the rifles and the 3 dice are for the carbines at least based on the wording of the rule. Second the rule says that the carbines are for close range only I cannot tell if they are being literal or showing flavor text. Does this mean that I cannot use them beyond 6" even though carbines have a 12" range?

[@blahblah-hw3xg]

Are those miniatures at the start yours, they look amazing!

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

No! They are general Dan's

[@blahblah-hw3xg]

@@NapoleonicWargaming ah, the danger of commenting before finishing the video!

[@MrGunnar177]

Please help, im just getting into black powder and I’m a little confused with the army building rules for the Austrians. Under the infantry brigade it says I can’t have more Hungarian than German infantry regiments, is this referring to the whole army or in that particular brigade, I assume it’s for the whole army though it doesn’t say that even though it DOES say it for the cannon and grenza. Another question how is the author getting 34 points for the Abteilung? The example stats that the two hussar regiments could be replaced with up to four small units each, but with the small units being 8 points but that doesn’t work, nor does dividing the hussar unit by 8 out of 51 points. Any clarity would be GREATLY appreciated

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

I'll do my best! The army selector is per brigade. So you must have equal or more Germans than Hungarians in each brigade (which will de facto mean you have equal or more in the army). As for the cavalry, you pay the points for the unit, but at the start of the game, you may deploy as 4 small units instead. You can't buy just 2 small units for example, you pay the full cost and have 4 small units or none at all (or keep them at their original size). Does that help?

[@TwisstedSage]

General Tim, another informative & enjoyable video. I'm still years away from devoting my hobby time to the Austrians but its still fascinating to look at their terrible situation, sandwiched between Prussia, the Ottomans, France and Russia. Pretty much in a state of constant war with one or the other, or a combination of them for over a century. You'd think they'd run out of men for all that. A book that taught me that, was a biography of "Marshall Ney, The Bravest of the Brave" by A. Hilliard Alleridge, which you've probably already read but just in case. Early in his career Ney was in a perpetual war with Austria, all along the Rhine, spring through to Christmas. There were skirmishes galore of just the right size for our tabletops with fairly clear units involved, terrain and so on. Another comment I wanted to communicate to you was about an additional benefit I've found from painting on the sprue. I think I've whinged about my shaky hands before ( a lasting benefit from Vietnam in the artillery), Well, I've found that I can reduce the shaking by half, by bracing the sprue I'm painting against the table, so at least the shaking of the hand holding the sprue isn't shaking. The hand with the brush is still working in the midst of an earthquake but the improvement is quite remarkable. So, thanks again, you're helping even without knowing. Hugs from across the big water.

[@davidcollins2648]

Top that off with at least 10 languages being spoken in the Army. Empires composed of so many different ethnicities usually don't last long.

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

Thank you for your service, and thanks for the kind words! Yeah Austria was always in a tough spot, we'll be looking at Ottoman goodness soon!

[@Rusty_Gold85]

Dont forget the Polish / Duchy of Warsaw ?

[@Beltayn7272]

But did General Dan give up his secret recipe for Austrian off-white?

[@davidcollins2648]

Extra dice in combat doesn't make sense to me since opposing units would have a similar number of rifles on a limited frontage. The Austrians might have more men but that would mean they could replace casualties making it longer to disorder them. Am I missing something?

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

yes you are, both sides are 3 ranks deep, so more Austrians means a larger frontage, meaning more Austrian guns. remember large units are represented by more bases/models.

[@davidcollins2648]

@@matthiuskoenig3378 Thank you. I was thinking both units had the same frontage.

[@justinskol597]

What size base do you use? I ask because I have been basing on 40x40 for infantry

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

I use warhammer sized bases too, so usually either 40x40 for 2 minis by 2 or 60 wide and 40 deep for 3 by 2. General Andy went 15mm x 20mm for his which gives a much more packed (and realistic) look, but I prefer to let my minis be shown off a little so use 20x20

[@justinskol597]

@@NapoleonicWargaming thank you for the info. Cheers from across the pond

[@yendub]

Great video. I'm building and painting my Austrians to represent the 1812 invasion of Russia where about 32,000 Austrians went to support Napoleon.

[@MarekKrassus53]

So ... how do you destroy these huge Austrian battalions that are great at defense? Artillery?

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

Oooh, you'll have to tune in Wednesday ;)

[@nzdarkelf2451]

Hi matey. You have totally messed up what "Unreliable" means for the Grenz. You have described the rules for "Wavering". "Unreliable" means Command Rolls that get the exact number needed count as failed.

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

I have! I pinned another similar comment. Oops! I'll address it in tonight's how to beat Austrian infantry

[@nzdarkelf2451]

@@NapoleonicWargaming Other than that I thought your vid was ace mate.

[@grimbyrne195]

He is talking about Grenzers while the video is showing Jägers. It is a bit disconcerting.

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

The pics don't always match completely with the audio, the problems of editing! I hope you managed to take something more than that from the video though! :D

[@returnofthetwats190]

Yo first Please shoot me