Black Seas: Large Xebec 1015 a 75 mm howitzer

a 75 mm howitzer

you’ll need commanders of great skill and bravery to lead them into battle

Dimensions L85xW40xH60mm approx

George Armstrong Custer

and this is reflected in the armament of the standard infantry squad

Black Seas: Large Xebec 1015 a 75 mm howitzerA Xebec is a two or three masted vessel usually found in the Mediterranean that was used mostly for trading. It had a long overhanging bowsprit, an aftset mizzen mast and lateen sails. Favoured by Barbary Corsairs (Muslim pirates operating off the coast of North Africa) and Algerian Berber corsairs, early xebecs had two masts, whilst later examples had three. The ships were generally smaller than frigates of the period, both in terms of displacement