Too Fat Lardies

Scarab Miniatures and Old Glory produce this one. For better or worse,they come with crew.

Let's try this. I don't know if it conforms to German procedure but it makes sense to me. If I was commanding a company with three badly under-strength platoons, I would immediately consolidate into two full-strength platoons. There may be 'cooks and clerks' who could be posted to the front-line pla...

Now for the serious question... I have FJ's (painted and unpainted) but am clueless about British figures for late 1943. So I'd welcome suggestions. Perry? Crusader late war? Advice gratefully received.

A couple more minor thoughts. Add sPZB41 2.8cm AT rifle to the FJ List 3. I don't know if there were any in the campaign, it's been a favorite of mine for almost 60 years. Add to the FJ Support options a 20mm Flak to List 4.

Interesting campaign. And I was just ruminating on my next project-decision made. I'm not an expert on this but I wonder if the 4.2" mortar should be added with a firepower of 5. Ditto for the German and Soviet 120mm mortars. All these were used enough to be noticed. IMHO The panzerfaust30 (with lim...

Here's a solution to London's dilemma. On one hand the mills needed the cotton. On the other hand, aligning with a 'country" in which slavery was legal was anathema. So focus on the illegality of the blockade. Demand that the blockade be lifted and send the Royal Navy to enforce the demand. There wo...

Check out the Facebook page devoted to Dux Brit. It contains a set of files for "Dux Normanorum"focusing on Viking raids into Gaul in the 9th century. It includes army composition and cards for the Carolingians, the Vikings and the Bretons.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/duxbritanniarum/

Len Tracy noted that "most US units at the start of the Solomon Islands campaign were still armed with bolt-action rifles." What of the National Guard units that were deployed to New Guinea (32nd Division) or Guadalcanal (infantry regiments that landed beginning in October 1942? Were any equipped wi...

Many years when I played FoW, I undertook to paint the French of 1940. I posed the question to the FoW forum about which Tamiya paints to use. I received the following response: "Normal Infantry use XF49 Khaki for the Trousers, Jacket, Overcoat and Puttees. Boots, Ammo pouches and associated straps ...

The thread on Free French armored infantry reminded me of a matter concerning which I've occasionally meditated, namely the addition of a section of goumiers to a French force in Tunisia or Italy. Would it look basically like an infantry section? Any special rules? Have any of the local experts look...