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bombers operate most effectively when loaded with bombs wei hiṇg
from 550 to 1 ,
1U0 1bs . F or space reasons i t is not possible to
fully load aircra ft with small^r caliber bombs, and loading them
with very h eavy bombs usua ll y reduces their range If .
the SC Z000
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exploded near the side of the " uEen Elizabeth" -- by accident --
it would have the same e ff ective target area ae
th e PC 1000 hitting
the deck
of that s hi p .
Th e SD 1?00 ,
however , would prob R l y succeed
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i n pene trating this same s hi p dvwn to the lower arrnor-plated deck .
As explained in the first part of this study in the section
dea li ṇb with genera l prin cipl es overn i ug a ttacks on naval targeta ,
large warships should always be atta c: ed simultaseously with 'igh -
explosive and e rmor-piercir bombs in
order to produce dama es
below th e wa ter line with the hi h explosives .
In a ttacks on nodern battleships and large aircraft carri ers
i t was u su a ll y aas t a ppropr i a te to em pl oy SC 2 000 bom b s an d d rop
th em ei th er fr om h igh a l ti tu des or ,
if cir cums t an c -s p ermi tted ,
i n l ow - l e ve l a tt a ck s or su rpri s e g l id es ou t of low cl ou d s .
Th e
SC lo oo is v f su ffici en t effec t aga ins t crui s er s .
Th e S D 1 700
as u sed wh en th e poss ibili ty ex i s t e d th a t on e cou l d p en e t ra t e
d e eper i n t o th e s h ip as w i th a n SC 2000 ,
tha t i s t o say eBp ec ia ll y
in th e ca s e of th e ol d er type ba ttle sh ips an d a ir cr a ft carri er s
u p to 2 5 , 0 00 - t on d i sp l a cem en t .
iow ever , a rm or -pi er c in g b ombs wo d
b e p r e f e r r a b l e f o r a t t a c ks o n a r mo r - pl a t e d s h i ps ; t h e y ro u l d h a v e
to form t wo- th i rds of th e an mu n i ti on employ e d , wh il e th e res t w ou l d
b e airc rA ft tor pe do es and h i g h - exp l os i v e b omb s .
far tim e exper i en ce
ha s s h ow n th a t th e sm a ll an d m edium hi g h - exp l os i ve b om b s h a d l i ttl e
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