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ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE WEAPONS SYSTEMS - 14023_432
BOMB BAY CONFIGURATION - 14023_434

Aviation Ordinanceman 2 & 3 - Aviation theories and other practices
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defining missile selection or deselection, warhead fusing, target range and relative bearing, attack and seeker modes, and aircraft true airspeed and altitude inputs. Data Processor Computer (DPC) The data processor is a digital computer that provides the digital communications link between the Harpoon Aircraft Command Launch Control System (HACLCS) and the Harpoon missile. Armament Subsystems The following text provides general information on the aircraft armament subsystems and components. WEAPON SYSTEM.— The weapon system consists of the equipment and accessories necessary for loading, carrying, and releasing of kill and search stores. There are two subsystems, the armament (kill store) subsystem and the ordnance (search store) subsystem. The armament system refers to carriage and delivery of weapons or stores from the wing and bomb bay stations. The ordnance system refers to equipment used for carriage and delivery of search stores. A maximum of 8 bomb bay stations and 10 wing stations are available for carriage of weapons. There are 48 unpressurized sonobuoy launch tubes (SLT), 3 pressurized SLT, and 1 free-fall chute used with the search store system (fig. 15-21). BOMB BAY SYSTEM.— The bomb bay has a Figure 15-21.—P-3 sonobuoy launch tube arrangement. eight basic stations are arranged in two layers; odd numbered stations in the upper layer and even numbered stations in the lower layer. This configuration limits the release of weapons from the upper layer until the interfering weapon on the lower level has been released. Bomb racks are attached to removable pylons with two types of pylons (primary pylon and 1,000- to 2,000-pound class store pylon). Bomb rack installations are assigned a number or a number maximum of eight stations available at one time. The followed by a letter (fig. 15-22). Figure 15-22.—Bomb bay weapons stations. 15-21







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