Too Fat Lardies

According to Zaloga’s Red Army Handbook: 1940 - rifle company (141 all ranks) of 12 man HQ, three 38 man platoons and a 50mm mortar platoon Mar/Apr 1941 - 24 backpack FT authorised for third platoon in each company From/after Sept 1941 - strength increased but detail unknown, battalion allegedly 672...

Pendraken does British civilians for its Indian Mutiny range (MUB25), civilians for the ACW (ACW61), I think Blaze Away (sold by Lancashire Games) does ACW civilians as well.

Outside 10mm Blue Moon does civilians in its 15/18mm Boxer range: 15BRL-107: European Civilians.

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Edward

Best wishes to you all and your families for the holiday season. Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates it. Hope Santa brings you Lardie appropriate goodies. And, finally, thanks to the Lardies themselves for giving us these great games to play, especially as many of us are in or (re)entering lo...

Many congratulations.

Edward

There is a reference at http://www.rothwell.force9.co.uk/burmaweb/RangoonFieldBrigade.htm to: “In December 1941, ‘B’ Troop of the 5th Field Battery [Rangoon Field Brigade] was formed without guns but on 27th December sent a detachment of one British Officer and 20 British Other Ranks with six Austri...

Warlord is 10 points - only one per force.

I think that the calculated values of the German lists are therefore:
Rhine tribes 109
Germania Magna 102
Revolting Foederati 117

So if rounding down to nearest 5 points these work as written.

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Edward

I was on the phone to my daughter and her partner reading this thread and asked them - they were fully aware of the origin of the numbering system - admittedly they are 26 and 27.

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Edward

I think I may order a Crusader pack or two to find out.

If it was Imperial I would go for Aventine.

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Edward

Any ideas which 28mm cavalry figures are reasonably close to Victrix Cavalry in size and bulk for Caesarian Roman, Gallic or German?

Maybe Crusader?

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Edward

Thanks all - some good ideas. I don’t have the figures yet but I’ll use this thread when I get to that point.

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Edward