Most weapons were designated by an abbreviation prefix followed by a model designation of m/xx, the digits normally being the last two digits of the weapon's year of introduction to service. 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.
The abbreviations used for some weapons are derived from the type of weapon, arak being short for "attack rocket", and akan being short for "automatic cannon".
Abbreviations
Swedish materiel abbreviations are used widely in the Swedish armed forces.
Akan: automatkanon - automatic cannon
Akankapsel: automatkanonkapsel - lit. automatic cannon capsule, meaning gun pod
Arak: attackraket - attack rocket
Rakkaps: raketkapsel - rocket capsule, meaning rocket pod
Srak: sprängraket - high explosive rocket
Övnrak: övningsraket - practice rocket
Air-to-air missiles
Rb 321: Experimental active radar homing missile, meant to arm the J 35 Draken. It never entered production, as the SAF instead opted for Sidewinder and Falcon missiles.
RB 24 Sidewinder: The air force's first operational air-to-air missile. Imported AIM-9B Sidewinder.
Rb 72: Experimental short and medium range infrared-guided air-to-air missile for the fighter-interceptor JA 37 version of the Saab 37 Viggen ("Jaktviggen").
RB 24J: Swedish designation of the AIM-9P3 Sidewinder. License-made with a Swedish-designed laser fuze.
RB 74: Swedish designation of the imported AIM-9L Sidewinder, sometimes called the Rb 24L. Carried by the JA 37 Jaktviggen, the AJS 37 upgrade of the AJ 37 and the JAS 39 Gripen.
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 101: The MBDA Meteor in service with the Swedish Air Force since 11 July 2016.
Air-to-surface missiles
RB 05: A joystick-controlled dual-mode missile developed by Bofors, primarily intended for the AJ 37 Viggen, but also fitted to the Sk 60B. The fuze could be set by the pilot to impact mode for ground targets, or proximity mode for attacking slow air targets such as bombers.[1]
RB 75: imported AGM-65A Maverick, a TV-guided, fire-and-forget air-to-surface missile. Used both in AGM and AShM roles. Carried by the AJ 37 Viggen and the later AJS 37 variants.[2]
RB 75T: Swedish domestically modified variant of the RB 75 with heavier warhead. Used in AShM role. The T denotes tung stridsdel, "heavy warhead". Carried by the AJ 37 Viggen and the later AJS 37 variants.
Rb 04: Swedish-built anti-ship missile in use since the early 1960s in C/D/E versions, carried by the A 32A Lansen and AJ 37, AJS 37, SH 37, and ASJH 37 variants of the Viggen.[1]
Rbs 15F: Air-launched version of the Swedish Rbs 15 anti-ship missile. Carried on the AJS 37 Viggen and JAS 39 Gripen.[1]
RBS 70: short-ranged surface-to-air missile developed by Bofors, laser beamrider.
Rb 98, as part of Eldenhet 98: short-range infrared surface-to-air system based on the air-launched IRIS-T missile.
Guns
20 mm akan m/45: Bofors cannon used on the Saab 21 family of fighter and attacker planes.
20 mm akan m/47B: Swedish designation for the Hispano Mk. V cannon, imported and carried on the J 28B, the Swedish-used variant of the de Havilland Vampire.
20 mm akan m/47C: Swedish designation for the Hispano Mk. V cannon, but license-made by Bofors for the Saab 29 Tunnan series of jet fighters and attackers.
20 mm akan m/49: Bofors cannon used on the A 32A Lansen attacker jet. Based on the earlier akan m/45.
30 mm akan m/55: Swedish designation for the ADEN cannon. Used as primary armament on the J 32B Lansen, J 34 Hawker Hunter, and J 35 Draken. Also carried in wing-mounted gunpods under the designation 30 mm akankapsel, carried by the Sk 60B and AJ 37 Attackviggen, as these had no integral guns.
30 mm akan m/75: Swedish designation for the Oerlikon KCA. Mounted only on the JA 37 Jaktviggen fighter-interceptor, in an integral conformal pod, carrying 150 rounds of HEI and/or SAPHE ammunition. Inert training ammunition was available for target practice. The 30x173 mm round is among the most powerful ever used in a primary gun on a dedicated fighter plane.
27 mm akan m/85: Swedish designation for the Mauser BK-27 27mm autocannon mounted on the JAS 39 Gripen.
Rockets
7,5 cm rockets were carried in 19-rocket pods designated rakkaps m/57, while the 13,5 cm rockets were carried with the 6-rocket pod rakkaps m/70.[3]
6,3cm övnrak m/70 - practice rockets carried by AJ 37, J 35, and SK 60
7,5cm srak m/57 - air-to-air rockets carried by J 35
7,5cm övnrak m/57B - practice rockets, developed from m/57, carried by J 35, AJS 37, and JAS 39
13,5cm srak m/56D - Bofors-made attack rockets, carried by J 35 and Sk 60
13,5cm srak m/70 - Bofors-made attack rockets, carried by Viggen and Gripen; both HEAT, HE, and HEF warheads available
14,5cm srak m 49/56 - attack rockets carried by J 35 and Sk 60; HEAT warhead
↑ Ammunitionskatalog, data och bilder. Del 4, M7779-002094, AMKAT DATA BILD FV FMV:VAPEN M77:27733/94 (in Swedish). Försvarets bok- och blankettförråd. 1994. pp.87–100.
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