The Indian Navy still operate Harrier 1 FRS51's & T4/T60 trainers.

Harrier FRS1 (intended use: combat air patrol)

AIM9L one each on the outer underwing pylons
The twin Sidewinder rail was a later development, started during the Falklands
conflict, but noit available to squadrons until later in 1982.
BL755 cluster bomb
2in rocket pod

Harrier GR3 (intended use: ground attack)

1000lb free fall/retarded fall

BL755 cluster

at Deccimomanu it was 1000lb on the inboard and Sneb on the outer

GR3s were rarely seen without the 100 gallon tanks on the inner wing pylons.
The other three pylons (Outer wing and centre line) could carry 1000lb bombs or
500lbs or BL755.
Twin stores carrier on the inner pylons with 2x 1000lb was also a possibility, but
not often seen (not much range!!)

from my memory of Bombing up at 233 OCU Wittering 1979/ 1981, If you want to do it
in a "everyday" scheme, for bombing training Two CBLS 100 on the outer wing pylons
with 4X 4Lb (later on 4 X 3 KG practice bombs) or sometimes 2 X 28 Lb proctice
bombs (Later 2 X 14 KG PB's) or if rocket training two M155 18 shot SNEB cans which
was, along with guns the norm for daily range training sorties.
Very occasionally 1000Lb Inert practice bombs (light blue) with No117 retard tails.
You would never see 1000lb practice and CBLS carriers together, and you never
carried Rocket pods and 1000lb together. The 4lb Practice bomb simulated the 1000lb
bomb release so the config was always 100gal tanks on inboard pylons, and either
CBLS, rocket pods, or 1000lb practice bombs on the outboard. Sometimes a single
1000lb prac would be carried on the centreline but with nothing on the outer
pylons. The only time you would really see a GR3 without 100 gal tanks would be on
Field deployment in Germany.
The 1000lb practice bomb replicates the 1000lb live HE bomb in mass and shape. It
would be Painted Deep Saxe blue ( a light blue in colour) but the tail unit would
be Deep Bronze Green, 4lb bombs were painted DSB overall. The CBLS were NATO green
in colour as were the rocket pods but you did see the occasional bare metal pod.

In Germany 1981-1983 4(AC) Squadron, Gutersloh, The same as above but with
Centerline Recce pod. Field deployments were no tanks and 4 X BL755 Cluster bombs,
always Drill weapons. (not flown)

The BL755 was classified as a soft skin weapon, and was stored in what was known as
a cage. This was a solid base that the bomb sat in and it was then covered by a
rubber cover that was slid into a slot on the base. The bottom of the rubber cover
had what I can only describe as an inflatable skirt (bit like a bicycle inner tube)
that was then inflated in the slot to give a good seal between the base and the
cover, and then the air was pumped out of the inside to "vacuum pack" the weapon.
the whole thing was then surrounded by a flimsy cage to protect it.
Sounds good but it was a bit of a pain to maintain, as they would leak
There was never a Practice BL755 the only ones you would see were Drill (painted
Oxford Blue and marked Not for flight)
In all my time as a GR3 armourer I personally never loaded a BL 755 to a Centreline
although it was possible. It was normally either two on the outboard pylons with
tanks, or four on the wings.

Some Falklands aircraft might have carried one, but only as a load of three (i.e.
with one on each outer pylon)

Live bombs (green)were never flown on squadron aircraft in peacetime, they did not
do practice drops with them as there was no range anywhere in UK ( or Europe IIRC)
that allowed you to drop them. The loading we did do was normally training loads
with Drill bombs (Oxford Blue). The Drill bombs were not for flight and never
flown.

The 3(F) Sqn GR3 probably has a Sidewinder on the starboard side. It's a Phase 6
aircraft and a mix of Phimat/AIM-9 was a fairly standard load-out, albeit on 4 Sqn
it was usually a recce pod on the centreline.

Live 1000lb bombs (center) with a proximity nose sensor (the cone shaped thing on
the nose) & live BL755 CBU's..

Falklands:
The GR3 sidewinder fit was to give it an air to air capability to supplement the
sea Harrier if required.
The GR3s carried AIM-9Gs after the ceasefire and AIM-9Ls by October 1982 - they
were wired to carry them before, but not carried during the fighting itself as Sea
Harriers covered the air defence role.
The thing on the centre pylon that looks like a small drop tank is a recce pod..
The Harrier used 2" Rockets (NOT 68mm SNEB) in the Falklands. They were used as the
SNEBs were not compatible with the electromagnetic environment on a carrier.
BL 755 Cluster bombs, 1000lb bombs, and 1000lb Paveway Laser guided bombs at the
end of the war.
Blue Eric was only carried by a few aircraft which arrived later in the war. Blue
Eric was carried by XV778, XW919, XZ133 and XZ992; all of which were also fitted
with ALE-40 chaff/flare dispensers. As all this equipment was fitted in one of the
gunpods the only way of telling was if the gunpod had the wooden "bung" in the
barrel opening.

To answer your questions;

1. Yes, they always carried 100gal tanks on the inner pylons.
2. 1000lb bombs and Paveways are different. 1000lb bombs are a free fall bomb.
Paveway (They used Paveway 1 in the Falklands) is a kit that you attach to the
British 1000lb bomb to make it into a LGB. They only used a few LGB's in the
Falklands without much success as they did not have a proper way of
designating/illuminating the target for the bomb. 600lb BL 755 cluster bombs were
used a lot as well.
3. The rocket pods were not SNEB pods, but Navy 2" rocket pods. SNEB could not be
used off carriers as the 68mm SNEB rocket was not adequately shielded, and the
emissions from naval radars could potentially fire the rocket motors in the pod on
deck,(not reccomended!) Twin store carriers were not used. In all the years I
worked on GR3/& T2/4. as an armourer, I never fitted, or saw a twin store carrier
fitted.
4. The centreline pylon would have either a bomb or a recce pod fitted.

Generally bombs & cluster bombs were carried in threes - one on each wing and one
under the fuselage, or in pairs.

The Falklands Harriers could carry a straight 1000lb "mud mover"Iron bomb on the
centre pylon. The 100 gal tanks would be carried when range issues were a problem
on the inners.
Paveway bombs were dropped during two sorties towards the end of the war and a
third mission was aborted as the Argentine forces surrended whilst it was in
flight. Paveway II (UK) LGBs were used in the Falklands with limited success,
mainly due to the batteries in the hand-held laser designators being flat most of
the time.
The Sidewinders were fitted for one day only, (possibly a combination of one AIM-9L
and one AIM-9G or two AIM-9Ls) before they concentrated on GA missions. They were
also carried by a few aircraft left behind on Ascension for local AD before the
Phantoms arrived. One of them could give you the interesting combination of the big
330 gal ferry tanks and Sidewinders.

There is a picture of XZ997 with a red '31' on the tail from No 1 squadron carrying
1000lb LGB's on the outer pylons with the drop tanks inboard prior to a mission.
There is a picture of an unidentified Harrier GR Mk.3 carrying a Recce Pod on its
centreline pylon and BL755 Cluster Bombs on its outboard pylons.
After the war some GR3s armed with two AIM9L Sidewinder missiles were based on
shore and to provide a limited air defence capability.

The BLACK BUCK sortie of 1 May had left a sizeable crater but there remained a
concern that the airfield could be
used as an FOB for Etendards or A-4 attack aircraft, and for re-supply at night by
C-130s. The use of cluster bombs against the runway surface almost certainly ruled
out the possibility of operating aircraft with high pressure tyres and, while we
hit the runway with retard 1,000 lb weapons, fusing errors resulted in the weapons
skipping before exploding with reduced effect. We also delivered free fall 1,000 lb
bombs from loft profiles flown in close formation with Sea Harriers, using their
inertial attack computer, but with uncertain results. Finally, and without the
availability of laser markers, we attempted to use the aircraft�s own LRMTS system
to guide free fall LGBs, unaware that the two systems were incompatible

Following the cease fire, a full site was built ashore at Port Stanley and on 4
July 1982, the GR3 Detachment, now armed with Sidewinders and in the air defence
role, went ashore and, despite atrocious conditions early on, maintained a presence
at RAF Stanley until May 1985.

In a period of just three months we had seen a step change in the operational
capability of the GR3: AIM-9L missiles, chaff and flares, an I-Band jammer and
precision weapons including LGBs and ARM.

Laser Target Markers were eventually deployed with land forces, and loft deliveries
flown against pinpoint targets on 12 June showed that we now had a precision weapon
for use against a variety of key facilities, be they command and control, storage
areas or runway surfaces. And so the RAF�s first operational use of PGMs was
achieved in the final throes of this short but intense war. Although not fired in
anger, we had also reached the point of being able to launch an attack with a
Shrike ARM. A small number of missiles crated in assembly form had been air-dropped
from a Hercules into the water alongside Hermes and my groundcrew � with no
previous experience � had completed the build from the instructions that came with
them. Although the pace of events did not allow us to employ the Shrike � for the
Argentinians surrendered the very day that we had our first operational round
assembled � this anecdote, typical of what was happening across the Force as a
whole, reflects the crucial nature of the Urgent Operational Requirement process
available to the front-line then, and indeed today, and the resourcefulness of our
personnel.

GR5/7
They developed a new 25mm for the GR5/7 etc, different from the one the USMC uses.
It was to have a similar configuration to the 30mm Aden used in the GR3 (i.e. 1
cannon per pod with 150 rounds of ammo each). Development was problematic and the
aircraft were delivered without the gun installled into the pods, with the plan
being to retrofit the gun into the brand new empty pods when it was ready.
Eventually the project was canned as it was getting expensive and was still
unreliable, so the GR5/7 ended up gunless! The empty pods are still fitted as they
improve lift in the hover - not as much as the strakes that can be carried in lieu
of the gun, but until the late 1990s we were so cash strapped we didn't buy many so
empty gun pods were the usual fit! Nowadays we have the strakes so they tend to be
a bit more common.

GR9:
TIALD at the moment but the SNIPER pod (also carried by some F15s and F16s) is
currently being trialed in Afghanistan. The main drawback of the TIALD pod is that
it lacks the field of view to clearly identify individual targets from medium to
high altitiudes hence the implementation of SNIPER. TIALD was rushed into service
for Op Granby in 1991.