Swedish Air Force weapons

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Designating a weapon

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.

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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.

Air-to-air missiles

Air-to-surface missiles

Anti-ship missiles

Surface-to-air missiles

Guns

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]

Bombs

See also

List of equipment of the Swedish Armed Forces

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Annerfalk, Anders (1999). Flygvapnet: An Illustrated History of the Swedish Air Force. Aviatic Förlag AB. pp. 128–132. ISBN   9186642049.
  2. "Robot 75". robotmuseum.se. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  3. 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.
  4. "Sweden Invests in Mk82 Bombs to Strengthen Strike Capability of Its Gripen Fighter Fleet". Army Recognition. 29 Jan 2025. Retrieved 2025-02-18.

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