I just finished an excellent book about Hilfzkreuzer/Raider Atlantis/Schiff 16/Raider C.
It's interesting you would bring this up , Col King. I think the Auxilliary Cruisers/Raiders could be tricky to portray sim-wise, as they adapted a different visual guise (paint jobs, flags, dummy funnels and deck hardware) every couple of months. I'd love to see someone give it a go , though.
Some of the many versions of Atlantis
and this was all the same vessel!!!
Kapitan Rogge of Schiff 16
It might be possible to code the appearance of guns with a range-to-enemy as the coding trigger , but she
would have to have a singular appearance.
Hidden/Disquised Guns
Still they were a fascinating , effective part of the German War Effort.
Also they flew they very antiquated He114C floatplanes, which have yet to be modded as far as I know.
He114C
Specifications (He 114A-2)
Data from Warplanes of the Luftwaffe. [1]
General characteristics
Crew: two, pilot and observer
Length: 38 ft 2½ in (11.65 m)
Wingspan: 44 ft 7½ in (13.60 m)
Height: 17 ft 2 in (5.23 m)
Wing area: 455 ft² (42.3 m²)
Empty weight: 5,070 lb (2,300 kg)
Loaded weight: 8,091 lb (3,670 kg)
Powerplant: 1× BMW 132K 9-cylinder radial engine, 960 hp (716 kW)
Performance
Maximum speed: 181 kn, 208 mph (335 km/h)
Range: 497 nmi, 571 mi (920 km)
Service ceiling: 16,075 ft (4,900 m)
Rate of climb: 1082 ft/min (5.5 m/s [2])
Wing loading: 17.8 lb/ft² (86.8 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.12 lb/hp (0.20 kW/kg)
Climb to 1,000 m (3,280 ft): 4.5 min
Armament
1 × 7.92x57mm (.312 in) MG 15 machine gun in flexible mount for observer
2 × 50 kg (110 lb) bombs
Anyhow interesting sidebar.
Kopfdorfer
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