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type bombs , as previously rentioned .
Amon these were the high -
explosive 'oo bs SC
50 aud the nul tiple-purpose bombs SD 50 , which
ha d mea nvrh i l e be e n r epl a c ed by SD 70 ' s i n t i e r r o duc t i on l i r . es .
I f : o SD j 0 's re r e r e a di l y a va i l a bl e , on e ha d t o t a .
ke t he SD 50 ' s ,
if raore fra a entation effect than explosive effect wIS des i red ,
and t h e Sc 5 0 ' s i f i t wa s t h e o t he r 7a y .
The SD 50u A groduced a rea t er number of frar;ments and had
aore explosive effect than the . :D 500 i ,
but did not have as much
power of penetration .
The FC 500 RS ras to b e used only against
i o r t i f i e d l an d t ar g e t s a a i ns t ;vh i ch i t s e:cpl os i v e e f f e c t was
considered as sufficient .
or the sa ne reason the PC 1000 was also
to be employed against correspondin tar ets on th e round ,
insofar
•
as it was the type of bomb that had bren produced of steel with out
bad
a l l o ys .
,'Ih en e ve r w i s i bi l i t y wou l d no t a dmi t t h e empl oy ment of
FC 11+00 X ,
the PC 1400 vras to be used in a dive- b ombing fli g ht .
There was only a limited number of PC 1600 's because these
weapons vrere produced from captured equipm ent ; they were remodell ed
French mortar
sh ells rsade of high - alloy steel .
In high altitude
a ttacks the SD 1700 was to 'pe preferred to the 5C
Z000 , especially
against large warships ,
if there was any prospect of penetrating
deeply .
The SC 1800 could be used up without disadvantabe in place
of the SC 2000 ,
if emp loyed withou delayed - action use .
It was
then to be used cainly against in dustrial targets .
Th e PC 1800 R S
was discontinu ed since the PC
1000 RS sufficed for all poss ibl e contingencies
.
The cement fragmentation bomb S Be 50 was to be used only in
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