Too Fat Lardies

From The Book of the Civilized Man (Urbanus Magnus), a twelfth-century advice manual credited to Daniel of Beccles:

"Spears that you see coming will often miss their targets."

This prompts me to ask a question that has puzzled me for a couple of years. I'm also interested in the Italian campaign, especially Anzio. So my question is: in 28mm what figures to use for Hermann Goering panzer grenadiers or aufklarungs troops? Wehrmacht uniforms? Smocks? North Africa leftovers? ...

Many of the actors in this one were veterans of the battle itself.

I have an Essex figure of a "mounted bishop" with the cloak and broad brrimmed hat. Probably meant for the 12th century but does anyone know if it is appropriate for the 9th century? TIA

The Summer 2010 Special has a couple of articles on similar matters. They're meant for M&B but might provide ideas and might even be capable of conversion to CoC. Good luck.

What a piece of work! I'm impressed by your expertise! Being a typical gamer, it's now time to get greedy. Have you considered how to include war wagons in your system? Thanks to the Hussites, they enjoyed a certain popularity in Central Europe in the 2nd half of the 15th century. Just wondering....

Hedgehobbit:
I'd very much like to see your list for the U.S. armored cavalry. I've been meditating on these units. Maybe shoot me a PM? I'm close to out of my depth.<grin>.

The various combatants changed the composition of recce units during the war for several reasons. Here is the TO&E of the four German recce units as of 9/29/42. This is from Nafziger and appeals to my affection for German armored cars, especially the Sdkfz 233 armored cars. 1 Armored Car Company 18 ...

Ideally (i.e. if you own the model), should one of the 221's be replaced by a 223? Just a thought.

I looked at the .pdf of Big Chain Command and found the file was only 13 pages. Is that the true size or did my copy somehow get rtuncatde?