Mexican Army

The Mexicans at the Alamo had several thousand troops ready to assault the building complex on the last day of the siege. I have collected nearly 2,000 Mexican troops, mostly from Imex.

This cannon close-up shows the Eagle Games rather generic cannon. Since the Mexicans had at least four different types of guns at the Alamo, I am using both the Imex Mexican Artillery at the Alamo set, these Eagle Games guns, and some Imex British Artillery from the American Revolution. All the crews are Imex Mexicans. The cannon on the right of the photo is the small gun from the British set.

Imex made their Mexican sets in both a rather electric red, a flat red and a nice blue plastic. Mexican uniforms were various combinations of red, white and blue so all these figure colors are good. This photo shows some of the artillery crewmen.





















A good side by side photo of the Imex Mexican Artillery gun and the British Artillery gun. Many of the Mexican guns were very small so these British guns work very well.
















Here is a close up of some of the massed ranks of infantry from the Imex Mexicans at the Alamo set. I am also using Imex Pioneers, Pilgrims, and Eastern Friendly Indians to provide support troops from the Mexicans. They have people preparing food and working in those sets. I am also using HaT wagons for supply wagons and as limbers for the artillery. Some of the guns are very small, and I will probably only give them one horse. The Pegasus Mission Indians has a few other items that I intend to use for this unit. The ox cart will also be useful as a supply wagon too.