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Originally Posted by Icelander
Depending on how advanced 1940s insulated and heated clothing is, it might be worth using the Sealed ritual that is used for zeppelin airbags on one or more of the layers. The warming spells for heating the hydrogen might also be useful to make heated clothing, if the technology to do that is expensive or hard to work with at their level of technology and infrastructure.
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Simple heated clothing is straightforward: lead-acid batteries on a belt or in a backpack, and resistive heating wire in a layer of clothing. They can build that with no problem, but the batteries are heavy. They won't have the materials for plastic-cased gel packs: do they have a source of rubber? If so, they can make rubber water packs, which do the same, but are a bit heavier.
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Originally Posted by Icelander
Is it better to mount the lower velocity MG FF 20mm autocannons and the more powerful MK 108 30mm autocannon on the top of a lower structure?
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That depends on the expected threats. If the sky is the main source of attacks, then position all your autocannon for that. If ground-level attacks are plausible, then it's easier to keep the guns warm by firing them out of mounts on the sides of buildings. You do need to keep them warm, because they aren't made of serious low-temperature steel, and if you manage to fire them when they're at -80°C they will shatter.
Guns on the airship will likewise need keeping warm; I presume it has a warm-air heating system driven by the Elemental Furnace(s)?
Incidentally, the MK 108 is quite a low-velocity weapon, so it isn't powerful in that sense. However, its shells have a lot of explosive.