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Historical Irish Army armoured vehicles, including Landsverk L180 (registration ZC5839) of the Irish Army Museum at the Curragh. Ireland ordered its first 2 Landsverk L180s in 1937 and were delivered the following year. 6 more were then ordered and they were delivered in 1939. A further 5 were ordered but could not be delivered because of the ...
The AI 92 Sniper Rifle entered Irish Army service in 1992. [2] Accuracy International AWM United Kingdom: Sniper rifle: 8.6×70mm (.338 LM) The AWM entered service in 2011. The Irish Army version is chambered for the .338 Lapua Magnum round. [3] Machine guns; FN MAG Belgium: General-purpose machine gun: 7.62×51mm NATO
This is a list of World War II weapons of Ireland. Throughout World War II, Ireland held a policy of neutrality . Ireland prepared for invasions from both Britain and Nazi Germany.
These vehicles had the Swedish-version of Landsverk Lynx turret with the Bofors 20 mm akan m/40 automatic cannon, instead of the Madsen automatic cannon on Irish vehicles or the more common turret armed with a Bofors 37 mm gun. [3] Soviet Union; Probably the armored cars from Estonia and Lithuania were captured during the Soviet occupation of 1940.
The Irish Army (Irish: an tArm) is the land component of the Defence Forces of Ireland. [5] The Irish Army has an active establishment of 7,520, and a reserve establishment of 3,869. Like other components of the Defence Forces, the Irish Army has struggled to maintain strength and as of April 2023 [update] has only 6,322 active personnel, and ...
The Irish Army took delivery of three Churchill Mk VI tanks in 1948 and a fourth in 1949. These were rented from the British War Office as trials vehicles until 1954, when they were purchased outright.
During the initial phase of the Troubles (1969-1972), the Provisional IRA was poorly equipped and primarily used weapons from World War II. Beginning in the 1970s, the Provisional IRA began importing modern weapons from the United States, Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, and arms dealers in mainland Europe, the Middle East, and elsewhere.
List of equipment used in World War II; List of armoured fighting vehicles of World War II; List of prototype World War II combat vehicles; Military equipment of Germany's allies on the Balkan and Russian fronts (1941–45) List of U.S. Signal Corps Vehicles; G-numbers; Hobarts Funnies