Bronzino's Galloper Guns

"Never seen anything like it in all my years. It ain't right, thats what. Guns are suppose to stay put, not gallop off whenever you get anywhere near them. And firing while they're doing it is outrageous! I'm gonna file a complaint, thats what. It aint right."

- Burkil Burkilson after the battle of Dead Man's Hill

Bronzino's Galloper Guns is a famous Dogs of War Mercenary company that hail from the rich city-state of Remas. First employed during the Battle of Pattio, these band of mercenaries has been rewarded with fame and fortune throughout their career, first serving under the leader of the Tilean Merchant Prince Borgio the Besieger. The Galloper Guns were in fact, lightweight cannons removed from their mountings on the galleys of Remnas and fixed onto special made carriages. This was done on the instructions of Master Gunner Bronzino who had been hired by Borgio the Besieger, Prince of Miragliano. This innovation contributed to many great in no small measure, and thus Bronzino proceeded to raise a battery of specially designed guns forged in the very same foundry as that used by the legendary Engineer Leonardo da Miragliano to cast his colossal brass statues.

Soon this artillery band became infamous in their tactics of hit and run tactics, earning it an immense reputation throughtout Tilea and many other Mercenary band would think twice before coming up against Bronzino and his arsenal of cannons.

History
"Just put down your swords and surrender.....Its worse if you fight or you run....You can do what you please....you can climb up a tree....But you cant get away from the guns!"

- Bronzino's Galloper Guns

As their started off their career Bronzino and his mercenary band fought for the Tilean Prince Borgio the Besieger for many battles, yet the untimely demise of his assassination has put the Gallopers in an uncertain state of affairs in Miragliano, and as such Bronzino soguht out other employments. Since then the battery has turned up in the armies of several notorious mercenary generals, bringing them victory and earning Bronzino enough gold to forge more and improved designs of lightweight cannons. During battles the gunners would bring up their cannons into action rapidly and fire at close range. This can have a devastating effect on the enemy in open battlefield. As soon as the enemy moves near enought to threaten the guns, the gunners hitch them up and gallop at full speed, finding a new position futher back. If the battle goes badly and it is necessary to retreat, the precious cannons can be removed from the battlfield without any delay. This not only saves the guns for use again, but it makes it unlikely that the enemy will capture them too. Nor do the guns have to be abadoned in a hasty retreat like other, more cumbersome artillery.

Having earned a reputation in Tilea and incurred the undying hatred of the survivors of the many mercenary pike companys, Bronzino's battery was shipped across the ocean to take actions against the Lizardmen in a doomed treasure hunting expedition led by the Dwarf pirate, Kurgar Halfbeard. Bronzino used the speed of the guns to fight a heroic rearguard action throughout the jungle to the beach, felling pursuing Saurus warriors in hte droves as they went. Indeed the guns were still firing from the longboats as they were pushed out to sea, sweeping the beach clear of the enemy until they were safely in open waters.

The Battery subsequently turned up in Araby and took part in the Sultan's war against the Undead, where the speed and mobility of the guns proved decisive in the open expanses of parched sands. Greatly enriched by his efforts, Bronzino brought his battery back to Tilea where he has been reforging and refitting the guns while as considering numerous and very generous offers arriving every day from rival Merchant Princes plotting to make war on one another.

Source
Warhammer: Regiments of Renown pg 20 - 21