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Re: Need no Serbian Infantry in Winter Uniform? Me neither, but the set (M126) was worth every penny

Has anyone else based a 1914/15 army on the Strelets set yet?

To increase the number of poses, I replaced the Adrian helmets with Serbian Šajkača caps.

The Chauchat and Lewis machine guns have to be used elsewhere since these were introduced later, the Lewis not by Serbia. I added a heavy Maxim MG from the HäT Ottoman artillery set, the carriage replaced by a tripod and the gunners underwent a headswap.

Artillery is a problem. This website is my main source of information:
http://bulgarianartillery.it/Bulgarian%20Artillery%201/Testi/T_Serbian%20guns.htm
This
http://www.hat.com/Othr8/Brennan03P.html
is a clever conversion for the main field gun. The mountain gun could be converted from Zvezda's Soviet 76 mm infantry gun
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=2261
but it need spoked wheels and a much different shield.

Artillery crews might be recruited from HäT's Austro-Hungarian gun crews. Except for the headgear, the uniform is quite similar even up to the pointed external pocket flaps. Alternatives: gunners in shirtsleeves from Airfix RHA, HäT British WW1 gun crew, or the upcoming Japanese artillery from Strelets.

I have found very little information about cavalry, and it apparently was not numerous.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_battle_of_the_Serbian_Army_in_World_War_I

I'd be very interested in any additional ideas. Regards, Pa