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3 .
Th e armor-platin ;
4 .
Ths possibili ty of sinkino the vessel with on e hit or more
a s cvel l a s Lhe amo un t o f dau a e c a us e d ;
5 .
Th e c ha nc es o f s c or i n ; hi t s ;
o .
Th e bomb pa y l o ad c a pa bi l i t y o f t 'r e ai r c r a f t ;
7 Th . e n e e d t o ne ut r a ] i .
z e t h e a i a[
° x ° i i s s l y s a l l - ca l i b er
bombs or a i rcraft weapons before th e rincipal attack which
is supposed to be carried out xiti laroe bombs and torpedoes .
$ .
If th e available forces are insufficient to score a sinki ng ,
a r e duc t i on i n t i: e s pe e d o f t he e ., em ,
y v es s e l may be c ons i de r e d
as a success because it caa thus be made an easy prey of
f r i e ndl y na l
un i t s o r o t h er f r i e ndl y a i r f or c e s .
9 .
All other circumstan ces aṇ d condition s , such as th e range of
t h e ai r cr a f t ,
t h e we a t h er ,
t 'n e t i me o f t he da y ,
t h e de f ens i ve
situa tion , etc.
Accordin to earlier poi ts macie i n this stuciy , all warships
l ar ;er than and includin ; heavy cruisers should be attacked
simultaneously with arrnor-pierciu and h i h -explosive bombs .
But
the use of torpedo- l aun ching aircra ft 5houl a lso e comnined
i t h t i e dr o pp i n o f borabs i n o r de r t o a chi e ve qui c s s i nk .
i n s ,
par ticularly amon tue laroe ships.
Tiie minimum altitudes for arror-yierciu bombs for hi h -
evel attacks m s t ue observed in
arder io produce th e essen tial
penetra tive powc:r .
If the low level of the cloud ceilin wiZl not
permit such ac 'tion , one can attacK
only in a cive fli gh t in order
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