Weapon Bays and Firing Arcs, Step 5: Add weapons, Ammunition and other Equipment, 194. TM says, you may group weapons of the same class(or different class but the same type of weapons if it is not fighter) in a weapon bay. Is it means, you may choose not to put the weapons on the weapon bay and instead use the weapon individually?
Also, can the fighters use the weapon bay as well, as long as the weapons are all the same?