This might make English SYW armies a bit more interesting.

[FierceKitty]

http://campaignsingermania.blogspot.com/2014/12/british-heavy-cavalry-wearing-cuirass.html

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Ohh...
Free cooking pots!

[Leman]

One supposes they were used once received, although I'm not sure that the rules I use make provision, merely referring to 'heavy cavalry'.

[FierceKitty]

In common with most, I've always assumed they had been abandoned by the SYW English; one reason for preferring the continental versions.

[Westmarcher]

English?

Don't you mean British?

[FierceKitty]

If I had meant British, sir, I should have said British. Look at a few contemporary accounts and see what the lobsters were always called.

[FierceKitty]

Hmmm, this could turn into a TMP-style flame war. But my choice of words was not an oversight.

[Westmarcher]

Fierce Kitty. 

[FierceKitty]

MRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrAAAOOOWWWRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

[Leman]

Isn't there an old queen who reputedly has been purring?