User:Sirroj/sandbox/Swedish Air Force weapons

This is a list of Swedish Air Force weapons.

Designating a weapon

Most weapons were called by an m/xx number that normally showed the weapon's acceptance into service by the armed forces. Missiles were designated with two digits after the "Rb" designation, which is short for "Robot", the Swedish word for missile. With air-to-air missiles odd numbers indicated radar seekers like the Rb 71 or Sky Flash, even numbers indicate IR seekers like the Rb 98 or IRIS-T off-boresight air-to-air missile.

Current

Air-to-air missiles

• Rb 74: Swedish designation of the AIM-9L Sidewinder, sometimes called the Rb 24L
• Rb 98: Swedish designation of the IRIS-T
• Rb 99: Swedish designation of the AIM-120 AMRAAM

Air-to-surface missiles

• Rb 75 Maverick TV-guided air-to-surface missile corresponding to the AGM-65A/B

Anti-ship missiles

• Rb 15F: Air-launched version of the RBS15 anti-ship missile

Bombs

• GBU-49 Paveway II
• GBU-12 Paveway II

Surface-to-air missiles

• Rb 67 Hawk surface-to-air missile
• Rb 70 short-ranged surface-to-air missile developed by Bofors, laser beamrider.

Historical

Air-to-air missiles

• Rb 321: Experimental missile meant to arm the J 35 Draken but didn't enter production.
• Rb 24 Sidewinder: The air force's first operational air-to-air missile.
• Rb 24J: Swedish designation of the AIM-9P3 Sidewinder.
• Rb 27: The Hughes Falcon GAR-3A missile in Swedish service equipped with new proximity fuze, and used on the J 35F/J Saab Draken.
• Rb 28 Hughes Falcon GAR-4 IR seeker in a GAR-2 body.
• Rb 71 The British Sky Flash semiactive air-to-air missile operated by the JA 37 Viggen.

Air-to-surface missiles

• Rb 05 A joystick-controlled air-to-surface missile developed by Bofors for the AJ 37 viggen

Anti-ship missiles

• Rb 04: Swedish-built anti-ship missile in use since the early 1960s in C/D/E versions

Guns

• 30mm ADEN gunpods

Rockets

• 135 mm rocket pods made by Bofors
• 70mm Air-to-air rocket pods

Bombs

• 120 kg m/71 high explosive bombs made by Bofors

Surface-to-air missiles

• Rb 68 Bristol Bloodhound mk2 high-altitude surface-to-air missile.
• Rb 69 Redeye Manpad

See also

Swedish Air Force

Sources

• "Bofors 350 år"
• "Viggen" - Sven Stridberg
• "Flygande Tunnan" - Lennart Berns
• "JAS 39 Gripen" - Lindqvist Widfeldt
• "Svenskt Militärflyg" - Bo Vidfeldt / Åke Hall