"Dummy" ? GAR-1

[DEADLINE222]

How were these full size, no moving parts, things utilized?

Some sort of training/classroom?

I have seen another just like it, but it was an AIM-4.

 

[HAZORD]

They are used to train pilots to fly with Inert Ordnance on the plane, to train loaders and unloaders, so they don't damage the costly real ones, and to develop launch rails and bomb carts, and other interface equipment among other uses.

 

[DEADLINE222]

Awesome. Do these have actual nomenclature? Are there any TMs that mention them? Is it safe to assume they were made by Hughes Aircraft along with the "flight models"?

 

[US-Subs]

Much of it depends on the specific item under discussion. There may have been 5-6 different types of trainers, a different one for each group needing training. Ground crew training, loading training, flight training etc. Sometimes there were EOD trainers as well. Whether they show up in manuals usually depended on how detailed they were. The simpler trainers required little mention, other than that they existed. If there were specialized training components involved with a model then the liklihood of mention in a document increased. Your best luck is in a training document for an AF aircraft ammunition loader (461, 2 or 3 - ? never could keep them straight). A general document for the full-up missile is not as likely to mention it in any detail, if at all.