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The M2 Heavy Machine Gun entered service in the 1970s. It is in use with all service branches and a number of Army Corps. The Infantry use it in the sustained fire role, air defense role and mounted on its MOWAG APCs. The Artillery use it in the air defense role and the Cavalry use it mounted on its armoured vehicles. [2] Grenades; Mecar M72 HE ...
In January 1933 the army examined options for a new armoured fighting vehicle capable of countering a tank attack, during the assumed scenario of a resumed war with Britain. The board looked at three new light tanks, considering two models built by Vickers, before deciding in favour of the L-60 built by AB Landsverk. The L-60 was significantly ...
Imported to Ireland in large numbers from 1970 onwards. [14] Still in widespread general use in early 1980s. [19] AR-15: 5.56×45mm NATO: Semi-automatic rifle United States: Smuggled to Ireland by the Harrison Network. [20] AR-180: 5.56×45mm NATO: Semi-automatic rifle United States: Semi-Automatic variant of the AR-18. [14] L1A1 Self-Loading ...
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The first Landsverk L60 was delivered in 1935 and joined Ireland's only other tank, a Vickers Mk. D in the 2nd Armoured Squadron. The second Landsverk L60 arrived in 1936. The Landsverk's were still in use up until the late 1960s. One L60 is preserved in running order and the other is in the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin.
In the early 1970s against the background of the escalating Troubles in Northern Ireland the Irish Government decided to expand the Irish Army. [1] In 1972 Séamus Timoney, a professor at University College Dublin (who had previously contributed to the design of the British FV601 Saladin and FV603 Saracen armoured vehicles) offered to design a new APC, based on requirements developed in ...
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This is a list of Irish military installations occupied by the Defence Forces (including Army, Air Corps, Naval Service and Reserve Defence Forces) in the Republic of Ireland by province and overseas. The Irish Defence Forces maintains approximately 20,000 acres of land for military training in the state. [1]