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not drop too 1ow before detonatinK , whereas the usual delays
of 0 .
05 an d 0 .
2 seconds wer e avail a ble for high and m edium
altitudes or small aad ?arge vessels , respectively .
The i mpor ta nc e o f r o pe r l y Re t t a nd s e l e c t i n . ,
t h e f us e
cannot be overemphasized , as pointed out in th e followin .
Unde = certain circumstances
entire fuse assembiies should be
exchanged for attacks on certain types of targets .
For instance ,
when
the previousl ,
y mentioned large high - explosive bombs were
us e d ,
f ue e C 2 8 ) B , wh i ch wa e no t s ui t a bl e f o r l ovr- ] e v el a t t a ck s ,
was exchanged against a ( 25 ) or (38) ,
if brid re founda t -
ons ,
dams ,
lock a tes or ships were to be attacked a t low levels.
In xeneral ,
the detonation of a bomb at the right tim e was
really more important thaṇ the tvpe and size of the bomb proper .
If ,
for instance , an
: i rcra ft ' as b een loa d ed with multiple-
' purpose bonbs of caliber SD 70 and -as to attack columns of
troops at h .
gh level ,
th e crews had to realize that t'-e succeRs
of the operation xould d pend on setting the fuse switchbox
at rondelav .
If tsey were set at delayed action ,
the bombe
wou ld penetra te into the oround and have little fragamntation
effect .
Even
lar ;er caliber bombs wo ld have less effect than
small but properly fused bombs .
In another instance , an attack on a major switching sta tion
m i ; h t ha v e b e en o r de r e d a nd raos t o f t he ai r c r a f t we r e a c c or di ng l ,
y
loaded with h igh - explosive SC 250 bombs tha t were to be dropped
with dela ed action .
Upon a_ nroaching the tar et ,
however ,
it
was establish ed thAt troops were detraining . I n
this case it
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