d20 RPG Objects Blood and Guts British Aircraft of World War II.pdf

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blood and guts 2: british aircraft of wwii

introduction

vehicle speed conversion table

To aid the Game Master in designing his own

vehicles, and also for coming up with the dreaded

“how fast does it move” on the ﬂy, the following table

provides a rough conversion of miles per hour (mph)

to feet per round (fpr). For those not in America,

kilometers per hour (kph) is included for convenience.

The numbers below are derived from rough

approximations based on the real world speed of the

vehicles in the d20 Modern core rulebook, compared

to the real world speeds presented below. In other

words, the speeds are not so much accurate to the real

world as they are proportionate to the speeds given for

vehicles in the d20 Modern core rulebook.

blackburn roc

This two-man (a pilot and gunner) carrier aircraft was

out of service by 1943, having been quickly rendered

obsolete by the pace and intensity of the ﬁghting

There have been few, if any, times in history when a

nation’s air force proved as important as the British

Royal Air Force did during the dark, early days

of WWII. Europe lay at Hitler’s feet and a British

Expeditionary Force had ﬂed the Nazi war machine at

Dunkirk, leaving Hitler in control of Western Europe.

Only one power remained deﬁant against him: Britain

and their “war monger” leader (as Hitler would often

describe him), Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

The Nazi plan for the invasion of Britain, Operation

Sealion, required air supremacy to work, in order to

counter British control of the seas. The resulting air

battle, known to history as the Battle of Britain, has

become one of the legendary air battles in the history

of the world. It not only prevented Operation Sealion

from being attempted, it was the ﬁrst crack in the

façade of Nazi invulnerability. This work provides

statistics for the major British planes that fought for

the British in WWII, allowing the game master to

bring the Battle of Britain and many other famous air

encounters into his Modern WWII games.

table 1: vehicle speed

MPH KPH FPR (Chase Scale)

10 16 18 (1)

20 32 36 (3)

30 48 54 (5)

40 64 72 (7)

50 80 90 (9)

60 96 108 (10)

70 112 126 (12)

80 128 144 (14)

90 144 162 (16)

100 160 180 (18)

120 192 216 (21)

140 224 252 (25)

160 256 288 (28)

180 288 324 (32)

200 320 360 (36)

225 360 405 (40)

250 400 450 (45)

275 440 495 (49)

300 480 540 (54)

350 560 630 (63)

400 640 720 (72)

450 720 810 (81)

500 800 900 (90)

550 880 990 (99)

600 960 1080 (108)

650 1040 1170 (117)

700 1120 1260 (126)

750 1200 1350 (135)

800 1280 1440 (144)

850 1360 1530 (153)

900 1440 1620 (162)

950 1520 1710 (171)

1000 1600 1800 (180)

fixed wing

Fixed wing aircraft are used by the military both for

attack and transport purposes. These aircraft require a

runway to take off and land, though some are capable

of landing in extremely cramped conditions such as

the deck of an aircraft carrier.

new vehicles

albemarle medium transport

Originally designed as a medium bomber, the

Albemarle never saw service in that role, serving the

entire war as a medium transport and taking part in

every major British airborne operation throughout the

war. In addition to its four-man crew, the Albemarle

is capable of carrying either 10 fully-equipped

paratroopers or 14,000 lbs. of cargo.

The Albemarle is armed with four .303

machineguns in a dorsal turret capable of ﬁring in a

360 degree arc.

The Albemarle is 12 squares long and 15 squares

wide (wingspan) and provides ¾ Cover to crew.

The following new vehicles are those most likely to

be used in WWII European campaigns. These vehicles

are written in the same format as numerous other

Blood and Guts books of the past with one exception:

each vehicle will also have the year it entered service

in its information column. The advance of technology

was a vital element of the WWII conﬂict and these

dates will help the game master provide some

additional authenticity to his WWII games.

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table 1: british fixed wing aircraft

Name (Year in service) Crew Pass Cargo Init Man Spd Def Hard HP Size Pur DC Res

Albemarle (1940) 4 10 14,000 lb. -4 -4 480 (48) 6 4 35 G 30 Mil.

Blackburn Roc (1939) 2 0 0 -6 -6 360 (36) 4 4 35 G 35 Mil.

Blackburn Skua (1938) 2 0 0 -4 -4 405 (40) 6 4 40 G 30 Mil.

Boulton Paul Deﬁant (1939) 2 0 0 -6 -6 540 (54) 4 4 35 G 37 Mil.

Bristol Beauﬁghter (1940) 2 0 0 -4 -4 580 (58) 6 5 40 G 38 Mil.

De Havilland Mosquito (1941) 2 0 0 -2 -2 840 (84) 8 3 35 G 36 Mil.

Fairey Albacore (1941) 3 0 0 -4 -4 288 (28) 6 2 30 G 32 Mil.

Fairey Barracuda (1943) 3 0 0 -4 -4 380 (38) 6 4 35 G 34 Mil.

Fairey Fireﬂy (1943) 2 0 0 -4 -4 568 (56) 6 5 35 G 39 Mil.

Fairey Fulmar (1940) 2 0 0 -4 -4 495 (49) 6 4 35 G 36 Mil.

Fairey Swordﬁsh (1939) 3 0 0 -4 -4 252 (25) 6 2 30 G 30 Mil.

Gloster Meteor (1944) 1 0 0 +0 +0 1080 (108) 10 4 40 G 45 Mil.

Hawker Hurricane (1937) 1 0 0 -2 -2 600 (60) 8 5 40 G 36 Mil.

Hawker Typhoon (1941) 1 0 0 -2 -2 720 (72) 8 5 40 G 39 Mil.

Lancaster (1942) 7 0 0 -4 -4 495 (49) 6 5 45 G 44 Mil.

Supermarine Spitﬁre (1938) 1 0 0 +0 +0 680 (68) 10 4 35 G 37 Mil.

Westland Whirlwind (1940) 1 0 0 -4 -4 650 (65) 6 5 40 G 40 Mil.

during the war. Although its 4 .30 machine guns were

turreted on the plane’s belly, allowing them to ﬁre in

any direction, the weight of the turret made the ﬁghter

too slow to actually compete in a pitched dogﬁght. It

was quickly relegated to the dive bomber role, where

it served adequately for the early years of the war.

The Roc is armed with 4 .303 Browning

machineguns in a dorsal turret, allowing them to ﬁre

in a 360 degree arc. The machineguns on the Roc are

ﬁre-linked, meaning all four weapons must be ﬁred

together and at the same target but they may be ﬁred

with a single attack roll. The damage of four ﬁre-

linked .303 Browning machineguns is 4d10.

The Roc carried 500 rounds for each machinegun,

for a total of 2,000 (though the weapons cannot be

ﬁred independently).

It could also carry up to 8 30 lb. bombs. The Roc

is 7 squares long and 9 squares wide (wingspan) and

provides ¾ Cover for crew.

blackburn skua

The Skua was an inﬂuential ﬁghter for the British,

being the ﬁrst service monoplane (single-winged,

as opposed to the biplanes still in service when this

ﬁghter was introduced). The Skua also featured all

metal construction and a domed cockpit, innovations

that would quickly become standard. As WWII was

joined, however, the craft proved too slow to engage

the Luftwaffe in air-to-air combat and was quickly

relegated to the ground attack role, where it served

well as a dive bomber in the early years of the war.

The Skua is armed with 4 .303 Browning

machineguns that ﬁre forward, mounted on the

aircraft’s wings. The machineguns on the Skua are

ﬁre-linked, meaning all four weapons must be ﬁred

together and at the same target but they may be ﬁred

with a single attack roll. The damage of four ﬁre-

linked .303 Browning machineguns is 4d10.

It also featured a single Lewis machinegun that

ﬁred to the rear. The Skua also carried a single 500

lb. bomb, giving the aircraft a potent, though limited

punch in the ground attack role.

The Skua is 7 squares long and 9 squares wide

(wingspan) and provides ¾ Cover for crew.

boulton paul defiant (a.k.a.

“daffy”)

The Deﬁant, known by the crews that ﬂew them

as “Daffy” was the land-based equivalent of the

Blackburn Roc, a two-man ﬁghter (a pilot and gunner)

intended to use its turret-mounted machine guns to

destroy enemy aircraft from directions their weapons

could not return ﬁre. It suffered a similar fate to the

Roc, proving too slow and clumsy to defeat aircraft of

the German Luftwaffe. Conversion to a night ﬁghter

extended the craft’s lifespan but it was removed from

active service before the end of the war.

The Deﬁant is armed with 4 .303 Browning

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machineguns in a dorsal turret, allowing them to ﬁre

in a 360 degree arc. The machineguns on the Deﬁant

are ﬁre-linked, meaning all four weapons must be

ﬁred together and at the same target but they may be

ﬁred with a single attack roll. The damage of four ﬁre-

linked .303 Browning machineguns is 4d10.

The Deﬁant carried 600 rounds for each

machinegun, for a total of 2,400 (though the weapons

cannot be ﬁred independently).

The Deﬁant is 7 squares long and 8 squares wide

(wingspan) and provides ¾ Cover for crew.

.303 machineguns in the wings.

The weapons on the Beau are ﬁre-linked in the

following groupings: all four 20mm cannons, four

of the wing-mounted .303 machineguns and the

remaining two wing-mounted .303 machineguns. The

damage for the ﬁre-linked nose cannons is 6d10, the

damage for the four-machinegun group is 4d10 while

the damage for the ﬁnal two-machinegun group is

3d10.

As well-armed as the Beau was, in 1942 it received

even more weaponry, with one of the following

additional weapon loads added: 2 1,000 lb. bombs,

8 RP-3 rockets or 1 18 in. torpedo carried to allow

the Beau to attack enemy ships or ground targets.

These weapons impaired the craft’s maneuverability

while carried, increasing its initiative and maneuver

penalties to -6 (though these additional penalties go

away when the weapons are ﬁred).

The Beauﬁghter is 8 squares long and 11 squares

wide (wingspan) and provides ¾ Cover for crew.

de havilland mosquito

The Mosquito was a radical departure in aircraft

design that served with distinction as both a ﬁghter

and a bomber throughout WWII. The most radical

element of the Mosquito’s design was its wooden

construction in era when combat aircraft were made

entirely of metal. Counteracting this relatively weak

frame however was the Mosquito’s speed. As a

bomber it was difﬁcult to intercept and as a ﬁghter it

was able to maneuver with smaller ﬁghters and outgun

them at the same time.

The Mosquito was also different from most two-

man aircraft designs in that the pilot and co-pilot (who

served primarily either as a bombardier or spotter

depending on whether the Mosquito was serving as a

bomber or ﬁghter) sat side by side.

The Mosquito served in the same roles as the Bristol

Beauﬁghter and gradually began replacing it later in

the war.

In its bomber variant the Mosquito employed no

defensive weaponry, counting on its ability to outrun

enemy aircraft to protect it. It could either carry 6

500 lb. bombs or one 4,000 lb. “blockbuster” bomb.

When carrying bombs, the Mosquito’s initiative and

maneuver penalties are increased to -4.

In its ﬁghter variant the Mosquito carried 4

ﬁre-linked 20mm cannons and 4 ﬁre-linked .303

machineguns.

A ﬁnal anti-ship (primarily anti-submarine) version

of the Mosquito was produced that was armed with 8

RP-3 rockets.

The Mosquito is 9 squares long and 11 squares wide

(wingspan) and provides ¾ Cover to crew.

bristol beaufighter (a.k.a.

“beau”)

The Beauﬁghter was a twin-engine ﬁghter that served

for the length of the war and beyond (as well as in

foreign militaries after the war). It was employed in

the night ﬁghter, ground attack and anti-ship roles,

carrying a different mix of potent weaponry for

each role. It carried a two-man crew, a pilot and an

observer.

The Beau was a remarkably well-armed ﬁghter,

carrying 4 ﬁre-linked 20mm cannons in the nose and 6

fairey albacore

The Albacore, commonly called the “applecore” by

the crews that maintained and ﬂew her, was a three-

man, single-engine bi-plane that ﬂew for the Royal

Navy from 1941 to 1943. She was designed to ﬁll the

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mounted machineguns the rear two

crewmen in the rear 180-degree arc

of the aircraft.

The Barracuda also carried 5 hard

points that could be outﬁtted with

any combination of bombs, torpedoes

and mines with a maximum weight

of 2,000 lb. In most cases the

Barracuda either carried two 18 in.

torpedoes, two 1,000 lb. bombs or a

single 2,000 lb. bomb.

The Barracuda is 8 squares long

and 10 squares wide (wingspan) and

provides ¾ Cover to crew.

fairey fulmar

The Fairey Fulmar was a reliable carrier-borne

craft with a long ﬂight range but was too slow and

unwieldy to serve for long as a front-line ﬁghter.

The Fulmar carried a two-man crew, a pilot and

an observer (though the craft did have a rear-ﬁring

machinegun that could be used by the observer).

Although it served until 1943 by the end of its service

life it was serving as a convoy escort and long-range

reconnaissance plane rather than a ﬁghter. Still, these

ﬁghters saw extensive use early in the war for Britain

and most British aces scored at least some of their

kills in these craft.

The Fulmar’s armament was strictly machinegun-

based, consisting of 8 .303 machineguns paired into

2 ﬁre-linked groups of four. The machineguns on the

Fulmar are ﬁre-linked, meaning all four weapons must

be ﬁred together and at the same target but they may

be ﬁred with a single attack roll. The damage of four

ﬁre-linked .303 Browning machineguns is 4d10. The

Fulmar carried 550 rounds for each machinegun (since

the weapons can only be ﬁred in tandem this means

they can ﬁre 550 times or 55 times on full auto).

The Fulmar also carried a rear-ﬁring .303

machinegun that ﬁred in the rear 180 degrees of the

aircraft, ﬁred by the observer. This machinegun was

removable in case the crew had to leave the aircraft

in hostile territory and used a 100-round drum for

ammunition.

Lastly the Fulmar carried 2 100 lb. bombs.

The Fulmar is 8 squares long and 9 squares wide

(wingspan) and provides ¾ Cover for crew.

“TSR” role of torpedo, spotting and reconnaissance.

The Albacore carried 1 .303 machinegun ﬁred by

the pilot and two turret-mounted .303 machineguns

that could be ﬁred by the rear two crewmen in the rear

180-degree arc of the aircraft.

The Albacore also carried either a single torpedo or

a single 2,000 lb. bomb.

The Albacore is 8 squares long and 10 squares wide

(wingspan) and provides ¾ Cover to crew.

fairey firefly

The Fairey Fireﬂy came late in the

war in the service of the British ﬂeet

and was carried on British aircraft

carriers from 1943 until the end

of the war. The Fireﬂy is a twin-engine ﬁghter that

carried a two-man crew, a pilot and an observer.

The Fireﬂy’s principle armament was four ﬁre-

linked 20mm cannons mounted on the wings. The

cannons on the Fireﬂy are ﬁre-linked, meaning all four

weapons must be ﬁred together and at the same target

but they may be ﬁred with a single attack roll. The

damage of four ﬁre-linked 20mm cannons is 6d10.

The Fireﬂy carried 160 rounds for each cannon (since

the weapons can only be ﬁred in tandem this means

they can ﬁre 160 times).

The Fireﬂy could also carry either 8 RP-3 rockets or

2 1,000 lb. bombs. These additional weapons impaired

the craft’s maneuverability, increasing its initiative

and maneuver penalties to -6. Once all the additional

weapons have been ﬁred the craft’s penalties revert to

normal.

The Fireﬂy is 7 squares long and 9 squares wide

(wingspan) and provides ¾ Cover for crew.

fairey barracuda

Designed as a mono-plane replacement for the bi-

plane torpedo bombers Fairey Albacore and Fairey

Swordﬁsh, the Barracuda entered service in 1943

and featured a number of improvements on the older

bi-plane designs. As a monoplane it was faster than

either of its predecessors and in addition its all-

metal construction greatly increased the aircraft’s

survivability if it was intercepted.

The Barracuda was armed with two .303 turret-

fairey swordfish

Despite the fact that it was considered obsolete at the

start of WWII, the Fairey Swordﬁsh is responsible

for many notable British naval successes during the

war, including the attack on the Italian ﬂeet at Taranto

and the damaging of the German battleship Bismarck,

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