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    I hesitated to post this seeing as my photos did not turn out so well but ...... About a week ago our group decided to fly a Zeppelin mission. We have a 2D printed Zeppelin that is 53 inches long. Because of it's size it was decided to have it stationary in the middle of our map. The Zeppelin was given 60 points of damage with four machine gun points located on top. There is a gap at the tail where the tail gun cannot fire forward and number 3 gun cannot reach the tail. Thinking that any attackers would exploit this weakness a defending Eindecker was stationed back there as a deterrent. Due to the model being 2D we decided that planes could fly over the Zeppelin but could not fire at it during the overlap. The Zeppelin, however could fire at any plane that was overhead. The attacking planes consisted of a flight of 3 Moranes and a 3 Nieuports. The Nieuports were respawn planes for any pilot who was shot down in his Morane.

    The Zeppelin could not catch fire or smoke because incendiary bullets were not used. The explosion would cause 10 points of damage to the dirigible but would be fatal to aircraft.

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    Last edited by Baxter; 06-18-2019 at 17:42.

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    Sorry this is Gilbert who falls to the Zep gunners not Chaput (blame battle fatigue).

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    Chaput respawned in his Nieuport but decided that discretion is the better part of valour and retired for a cognac or two.

    Butchers Bill

    Morane Saulnier N - Chaput (Baxter) KIA
    Morane Saulnier N - Navarre (Windy Jack) KIA
    Morane Saulnier N - Gilbert (Biggles downunder) KIA
    Nieuport - DeTurenne (Windy Jack) KIA
    Nieuport - Ancillotto (Biggles downunder) KIA
    Nieuport - Chaput (Baxter) chickened out!

    Eindecker E.III - Hautzmeyer(Mark) -6 damage points
    Zeppelin - 44 damage points and a lot of Jams!!

    Altogether a busy and enjoyable battle. Well done to Mark for defending so well in his solitary Fokker.

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    Thanks for the work on the AAR. The Zeppelin guns are clear.

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    Excellent AAR!

    I haven't been on for a while and am glad I dropped in ... this looks like a great scenario! I'd like to throw one of these myself. Where did you get the 2D Zeppelin?

    I do have a technical question though; how does the Zeppelin's size translate in game scale, and how does that affect machine gun range, if at all?

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    The size of the Zep Gary has mentioned is 1:1 in scale Mike so MG ranges should not be affected.

    "He is wise who watches"

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    Quote Originally Posted by BellMW54 View Post
    Excellent AAR!

    Where did you get the 2D Zeppelin?
    Hi, thanks for the comments. Biggles Downunder gave me the Zep printout. I think he got it from the files section. There is a how to file in the hobby section. Good luck with your game. If you went for a later scenario with rockets, incendiary bullets and fire, the results could be very different.

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    The Zeppelin is one that I created in (I think) Microsoft Publisher. I uploaded a pdf file here: https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/do...o=file&id=2030



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