Luftwaffe Tail Guns

[blaird]

Sept 20, 2012 17:25:14 GMT -8 crushedhat said:

I know about the B-17 chase gun rule. What I was referring to is at the end of the Corkscrew Port rules supplement to Lancaster:

"Some fighters have one or two rearward firing machine guns installed. They will use this when they pass the bomber for a second attack. To hit is 6 and number of hits is from [the] 3 and 6, damage on Table B-5...Ace bonus and damage counters do not apply. The Me 110 will use this weapon after Intitial and Successive Attacks, unless the Lancaster [B-17] is flying evasive action."

from Magnus Kimura's Corkscrew port rules

Hand Held Machine Gun:

Some fighters have one or two rearward firing machine guns installed.

• They will use this when they pass the bomber for a second attack.
  
• To Hit is 6 and
  
• number of hits is from 3 and 9, damage on Table B-5,
  
• Vertical Climb is –1. Treat “0” as Superficial damage.
  
• Ace bonus and damage counters do not apply.
  
• The Me 110 will use this weapon after Initial and Successive
  Attacks,
  
• unless the Lancaster B-17 is flying evasive action.
  

I'll incorporate this as an optional house rule, to use if you so choose, for the remainder of the first campaign, and going into the second we can decide as a group if we would like to use it more regularly.