AIM-9B & AIM-9J Sidewinder

[pzgr40]

You're welcome

 

[ArsenioTheMissileMan]

PZGR, I don't suppose you have higher res versions of these cutaways?
I'll happily trade 24MP shots of my AIM-7 for nice resolution shots.

 

[Magii]

I actually scanned the manuals from the AIM-9B, C, and D at the Archives at College Park

Ordnance Pamphlet 2309 (Second Revision) Sidewinder Guided Missile Mark 2

OP 2309 (Volume 1, Third Revision) AIM-9B Description and Operation

OP 2309 (Volume 4, Third Revision) AIM-9B Preflight Checkout

OP 3351 Guided Missile AIM-9C

OP 3352 AIM-9D Guided Missile

OP 3353 Pilot's Handbook for Sidewinder 1C (AIM-9C and AIM-9D)

OP 2630 Sidewinder Exercise Head

All missing volumes were not available.



Also, I visited the offbase China Lake Museum back in 2022 (tiny, huge disappointment, really hopping they get all the good stuff offbase soon/.actually let people visit the base). Anyways, according to the museum, the well-known "AIM-9 as antitank weapon" picture of the missile about to hit a tank was actually a laser-guided Sidewinder used to prove the concept of laser guidance