There are documented reports reports of the German flak batteries also firing AA illumination rounds up among the bombers at night to try and illuminate them along with the assistance of searchlights.
The flak shells explode launching a parachute flare which hangs and illuminates any bombers that fly near it. The flare then burns out long before it reaches close enough to the ground to illuminate the German positions.
Using the outstanding DR_flare done by Master Fox, we have redesigned it in to a AA gun, shell and effect. The new gun and shell have a muzzle blast with smoke and fire a large orange tracer flare ball that explodes at altitude. The shell explodes with a flash bang gunpowder effect with gray smoke and launches the parachute flare.
The flight crew reports indicated the flares were very distracting and disturbing during their night missions.
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The flak shells explode launching a parachute flare which hangs and illuminates any bombers that fly near it. The flare then burns out long before it reaches close enough to the ground to illuminate the German positions.
Using the outstanding DR_flare done by Master Fox, we have redesigned it in to a AA gun, shell and effect. The new gun and shell have a muzzle blast with smoke and fire a large orange tracer flare ball that explodes at altitude. The shell explodes with a flash bang gunpowder effect with gray smoke and launches the parachute flare.
The flight crew reports indicated the flares were very distracting and disturbing during their night missions.
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