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		     PART V - ARMAMENT EQUIPMENT

                 92.  Releasing demolition bombs

                 (i)   Set:  Gun safety switch	SIGHT CAMERA RADAR
                             Sight dimmer		As required
                                control
                             Bomb release		AUTO RELEASE or
                                selector		  MANUAL RELEASE
                                        		  (as required)
                             Demolition bomb		ALL or SINGLE
                                selector
                             Fragmentation		OFF (otherwise demolition
                                bomb selector		  bomb selector is inopera-
                                        		  tive)
                             Bomb fusing switch	NOSE & TAIL or TAIL
                                        		  ONLY
                             Bomb/target wind	Set for proper target and
                                control		   wind conditions
                             Sight selector		BOMB
                                function lever
                 (ii)  Depress the electrical caging button before commencing
                       the dive.  Begin tracking run, release the caging push-
                       button, and for automatic bomb release, press the bomb
                       release button.  Track smoothly and keep the centre
                       dot on the target.  If on AUTO RELEASE, the bombs
                       will automatically drop as the graticule circle image
                       disappears.  If on MANUAL RELEASE, press the
                       bomb release button as the image disappears.

                 93.  Releasing fragmentation bombs

                 (i)   Set:  Demolition bomb	MANUAL RELEASE
                                  release selector
                               Fragmentation		ALL TRAIN or SINGLE
                                  bomb selector	  TRAIN (indicator light
                                        		  on)
                 (ii)  To release bombs, press the bomb release button and
                       hold in until the fragmentation bomb indicator light goes
                       out indicating that the last bomb has been released.

                 94.  Rockets
                       
                 (i)   Eight rockets may be carried under each wing on four
                       launchers each holding two rockets, one above the other.
                 (ii)  A rocket release selector (123) on the armament panel
                       has OFF, SINGLE and AUTO positions.  When at
                       SINGLE, one rocket is fired each time the bomb/rocket
                       release button is pressed; when at AUTO all rockets are
                       released in train (from each wing in turn) if the release
                       button is held in.  Automatic firing stops when the button

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