Swedish Sidewinder nomenclature

[Mick Drover]

Hi all.

 

I'm on the search for some information regarding the Swedish naming of the AIM-9 Sidewinder, in the Swedish case it's the Rb-24. I've got a photo of a jet armed with a blind round noted as an Rb-24E. Applying the same methodology from the AIM-9B being equivalent to the Rb-24B, I take that the Rb-24E version I'm looking at in the photo is an AIM-9E?

 

Any info from the rocket gurus would be appreciated.

 

Cheers,

Mick

[sanguin]

Mick,

 

This site may help with some of your questions (but not the Rb24E) :

 

http://www.robotmuseum.se/Mappar/0E/Robothistorik/09_Air-to-air/ARM_RB98.htm

 

Look around that site, Swedish numbering off their missiles isn't always as clear or logical as you may expect

 

This is worth looking through:

 

http://www.x-plane.org/home/urf/aviation/text/missiles/aam.html

 

Strangely. a Google quest makes no mention that I have found of an Rb 24E in Swedish service but that does not mean it does not exist!

 

John

Edited March 18, 2017 by sanguin
Additional information found....

[Mick Drover]

12 hours ago, sanguin said:

Mick,

 

This site may help with some of your questions (but not the Rb24E) :

 

http://www.robotmuseum.se/Mappar/0E/Robothistorik/09_Air-to-air/ARM_RB98.htm

 

Look around that site, Swedish numbering off their missiles isn't always as clear or logical as you may expect

 

This is worth looking through:

 

http://www.x-plane.org/home/urf/aviation/text/missiles/aam.html

 

Strangely. a Google quest makes no mention that I have found of an Rb 24E in Swedish service but that does not mean it does not exist!

 

John

Thanks for the information and sites John, I'll have a read and see what they say. In the meantime 'll check the image again to see what it says though I do have the saviour of them having the seeker head covers on so I might go with that.

 

You are right though regarding Google searches, they aren't yielding much in the way of results.

 

Cheers and thanks,

Mick

[scotthldr]

I think the E relates to it being a blind round? The only RB-27's I can find reference to much like yourself are the B and the and J.

[Bjorn]

In short:
 

RB 24B is AIM-9B, it was used by SwAF from 1960
RB 24J is almost the same as the export version AIM-9P-3 and is used by SwAF since 1977.
RB 74 is AIM-9L, used from 1986 (Initially called RB 24L)

However, I have not heard about RB 24E.

 

[Mick Drover]

Thanks for the reply gents. I went back to my source and found that it is actually an Rb-24B so an AIM-9B. Looks like a bit of a misinterpretation on my part. 

 

Thanks again.

Mick