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.

Air-to-air missiles

Rb 321: Experimental active radar homing 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 72: Experimental short and medium range infrared-guided air-to-air missile for the interceptor version of the Saab 37 Viggen.
Rb 24J: Swedish designation of the AIM-9P3 Sidewinder.
Rb 74: Swedish designation of the AIM-9L Sidewinder, sometimes called the Rb 24L.
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.
Rb 98: Swedish designation of the IRIS-T air-to-air missile with IR seeking capabilities. Rb98 is also currently in use as a surface-to-air missile.
Rb 99: The US AIM-120 AMRAAM licensed and produced in Sweden for the Swedish air force under the name Rb99.

Air-to-surface missiles

Rb 05 A joystick-controlled air-to-surface missile developed by Bofors for the AJ 37 viggen
Rb 75 Maverick TV-guided air-to-surface missile corresponding to the AGM-65A/B

Anti-ship missiles

Rb 302: experimental diving anti-ship missile tested 1947-1955
Rb 315: anti-ship missile
Rb 04: Swedish-built anti-ship missile in use since the early 1960s in C/D/E versions
Rb 15F: Air-launched version of the RBS15 anti-ship missile

Surface-to-air missiles

Rb 68 Bristol Bloodhound mk2 high-altitude surface-to-air missile.
Rb 67 Hawk surface-to-air missile
Rb 69 Redeye Manpad
Rb 70 short-ranged surface-to-air missile developed by Bofors, laser beamrider.
Rb 98 short-range infrared surface-to-air system based on the air-launched IRIS-T missile

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

Sources

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