Patrol Zeppelin 

Graphics by Jonas Petersson. Designed using the Zeppelin Design Rules.

A small zeppelin, suitable for border patrol and such. It has an engine nacelle/gun turret on each side in each end (four total) and one Flak cannon amidships on each broadside. It has three gas cells and can carry two tiny planes (size 9 or 10) . Endurance is only one week, with two combat sorties allowed. Total weight (including airframe) is about 50 tons, length 150 meters, beam 30 meters.

This is just about the smallest zeppelin with any practical use.

Crew Rooster

Total crew of 28 men: 4 engineers, 5 gunners, 1 gunnery sergeant, 4 sailors, 1 bosun, 2 pilots, 6 mechanics, 1 chief mechanic, 1 cook, 1 steward, 1 radio operator and 1 captain. Crew positions in italics are considered officers, with the captain as the only senior officer on board.

Game Use

It should be printed at 150 dpi, three hexes long (13,5 cm or 5.3 inches). Align it fore and aft in whole hexes, along a hexspline, so that the Flak cannons can shoot along straight hexrows.


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