Air-to-ground gunnery
When attacking ground targets with guns, the A-4 gunsight must be caged, and the sight’s reticle is
used as a fixed 100-mil aiming reticle.
1. Select Air-to-ground mode by pressing 7 . This will automatically move the GUNS-MISSILE
selector to the GUNS position and the caging lever to the CAGED position. The sight’s reticle
will be fixed.
2. Maneuver the aircraft to place the reticle over the target.
3. With the reticle tracking over the target for at least one second, press Space to fire the guns.
Note: The caged reticle does not provide a computed aiming solution. Assess and adjust the aiming
point by considering the bullet fall. Fire a short burst to check the aiming error, readjust aim as
needed, and fire the full burst for effect on target. The 50-caliber machine guns have a limited
maximum effective range of about 1,000 yards (~900 m).
AIM-9B missile employment
1. Select Air-to-air mode be pressing 6 . This will switch the GUNS-MISSILE selector to the
MISSILE position and cage the sight to have the sight’s reticle fixed.
100-mil fixed
reticle
mechanically
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