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on which the greatest effect can be scored .
Th e use of the
so-called nuisance fuses cannot be left to the field forces
but must be specially ord -,ed in accordance with detailed ans
prepared by the air force headquarters staffs .
In
calculating the quantities of bombs needed to destroy a
certain target on land and in es tablishing the distances to
be held in stick
bombing , one caa use th e data on effectiveness
of individual bombs given
3n Part III .
The above-mentioned
princip?es could not be adh ered to iạ every case in preparing
the ta bl es for ground ta•g ts contained in Part IV b ecause o th er
factors such as the rarticuliarities of the target ,
the effect
of the dropping altitude on
target accuracY ,
the various l oadin t
capabilities of the aircraft , etc ., played an important part .
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G enera l P r i nciples for A
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tt acking N aval Taroets
The main purpose sho ld be to produce Ruch
damag - that th e
attacked ahip will s 3ṇ k .
This will usually be ac ,
hieved onl y
by affecting thosp par ts of th e target that ar e under water .
To produce damages below th e waterline of Rhip requires
t ha t t h e bo mb de t ona ' e as l o•° a s pos s i ble i n t h e s h i p .
Bombs
`hat oxplode nPxt lo a ship -- so-called near misses -- and
he most effe•tive distances from the side of the hip are
expl a in ed in detail in Par t III ,
ta bl es incl»ded .
To be consider
d n this c nnection is the factar that thesA bombs
sho»ld not sink to to, low a level .
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