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Daft Dog05 Jan 2017 2:26 a.m. PST

Can anyone point me towards information on (German Army) Observation Balloons in 1914?
I'd like to field one in 6mm…

Major Mike05 Jan 2017 7:51 a.m. PST

You could start here:

link

AICUSV05 Jan 2017 10:42 a.m. PST

Here is a good photo the basket early period, link

From what I can see the design of the balloon remain fairly constant during the war.

In the open weeks of the war, I'm not sure how much they used balloons as their advance was pretty quick.

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