This is a small, Cliffhanger-style zeppelin for long-range cargo hauling. It is based on the small multi-purpose zeppelin. It uses smaller engines and lacks the dorsal turret and bomb bay, but has about 40% greater range and nearly 9 tons of cargo lift. Like that airship, it uses helium for lift.
The zeppelin is moderately well-armed against fighter plane attacks, with single 20mm autocannons at each end of the body and two light MGs are on each side of the body.
The zeppelin uses 25 gallons of diesel fuel per hour at routine usage. Range is 1,250 miles at 30 mph or 2,500 miles at 15 mph.
Subassemblies: Small Zeppelin chassis +11, three Medium
Weapon
engine pods +2, Medium AFV observation gondola +2.
Powertrain: 3¥185-kW aerial HP diesel engine w/185-kW prop
and 2,100-gallon light fuel tank [Body], 3¥2,000-kWs batteries
[Pods],
16,000-kWs battery [Body].
Occupancy: 10 CS [Body], 3 CS [Gondola] Cargo: 175.
| Armor | F | RL | B | T | U |
| Body | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 |
| Gondola/Pods | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 |
| Gondola crew | 0/+20 | 0/+20 | 0/+20 | 0/0 | 0/+20 |
| Bow gunner | 0/+40 | 0/+10 | 0/0 | 0/+10 | 0/0 |
| Stern gunner | 0/0 | 0/+10 | 0/+40 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Side gunner | 0/0 | 0/+40* | 0/0 | 0/+10 | 0/+10 |
Weaponry
20mm Long Aircraft AC [Body:F] (900)
20mm Long Aircraft AC [Body:B] (900)
2¥Aircraft LMG [Body:R] (1,000 each)*
2¥Aircraft LMG [Body:L] (1,000 each)*
* Link fires as pair
Equipment
Body: 651 gallon ballast tanks, 10 hammocks, bunk, 150 m/d
provisions,
large radio receiver and transmitter, medium radio receiver and
transmitter,
precision navigation instruments, autopilot, 2 searchlights,
environmental
controls. Gondola: Medium radio receiver and transmitter,
searchlight,
navigation instruments.
Statistics
| Size: 270'x30'x30' | Payload: 19.55 tons | Lwt: 54.37 tons |
| Volume: N/A | Maint.: 9 hours | Price: $531,400 |
HT: 12.
HPs: 15,000 Body, 75 each Engine Pod, 200 Gondola.
| aSpeed: 50 | aAccel: 1 | aDecel: 0.5 | aMR: 0.125 | aSR: 4 | Stall: 0 |
Design Notes
Five armored crewstations were bought for the gondola crew and split
for three positions.