So a question came up regarding the ventral machine gun on the Ju-88 A-1 plane in regards to altitude rules. I understand that ventral machine guns can only fire against targets at a lower altitude. I also understand that when an airplane fires at a target that is one level of altitude higher or lower, short range shots use the long-range firepower value and long range shots are not possible. But in our example, a Ju-88 at altitude 4 was overlapping a target at altitude 3, but was in the ventral machine gun's firing arc. But then overlapping planes can not fire at each other. So this would mean that the Ju-88 could not fire at the overlapping target, even though it was one altitude higher and in the ventral machine gun's firing arc.
If this is the case, the Ju-88's ventral machine gun has very limited field of fire since measuring half ruler range from the center is just over the rear of the base and a target would have to be almost touching the base to be hit by the gun. I would think that ventral machine guns would ignore the overlapping planes restriction, but I can not find it written anywhere in the rules or in the airplane pack's rules.
Redhugh
