Austrian artillery units before the Napoleonic Wars were held in high regard by the other nations of the world and were often thought of as the best artillery units. Men volunteered for the artillery units of Austria and were not recruited, all the rank and file were able to read and write in German. Enlistments were for 14 years in the artillery, while a member of the Austrian infantry was enlisted for only 6 years.
Several French generals including Massena admired the Austrian artillery and its professionalism, and the Austrians had both gunpowder and ammunition of higher quality than that of the other nations. However, while the Austrian artillery units were extremely professional and benefited from higher quality supplies the French and many other nations artillery had a larger calibre and further reach than the Austrian weapons.
The accuracy of Austrian artillery far appeared to be superior to that of the other major nations. At the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 a duel occurred between 12 Austrian guns and 21 Saxon and French guns near Paunsdorf. After 30 minutes of fire and despite being outnumbered almost 2 to 1 the Austrian gunners had lost six of their guns while the Saxons and French had lost seven.
www.napoleonguide.com has a very handy table showing the different ranges of the Napoleonic guns of each nation at the time. I’ve summarised this below into the 1/5300 basic scale for Clausewitz.
| Weapon | Maximum Range | Effective Range |
| 3 Pounder Cannon | 16 cm | 8 cm |
| 6 Pounder Cannon | 17 cm | 9 cm |
| 12 Pounder Cannon | 21 cm | 12 cm |
| 7 Pounder Howitzer | 23 cm | 12 cm |
Unit Attributes
Special Rules
Artillery – When in melee this unit halves its combat dice.
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http://www.napolun.com/mirror/web2.airmail.net/napoleon/Austrian_artillery.htm
