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* 45 armoured personnel carriers armed with 12.7mm machine gun & co-ax 7.62mm machine gun * 8 command vehicles armed with 12.7mm machine gun & co-ax 7.62mm machine gun * 2 ambulances * 1 recovery vehicle * 18 close reconnaissance vehicles armed with the 12.7mm machine gun or a 40 mm automatic grenade launcher in a Kongsberg Protector (RWS)
Irish Army RG-32M (Outrider) light tactical vehicles. The Irish Army has 27 RG Outrider light tactical vehicles from BAE Systems with the first 2 delivered in April 2010. One of the first two delivered is armed with a FN MAG 7.62mm machine gun fitted to the roof opening and the other is fitted with a Kongsberg Remote Weapon Station (RWS) armed ...
Irish Army Transport Corps logistics lift at night. The Transport Corps (TPT) (Irish: An Cór Iompair) is a combat service support corps of the Irish Army, a branch of the Defence Forces of Ireland. The role of the Transport Corps is to provide the Defence Forces with a heavy lift transport and logistics capability.
Army Ranger Wing on patrol in Chad Piranha IIIH Medium Reconnaissance Vehicle armed with a 30 mm autocannon. The Army is the land warfare branch of the Irish Defence Forces and consists of two brigades, a training centre, providing training to all the defense forces, and other units, including musical units.
The Army has light armoured vehicles, with the primary vehicle being the MOWAG Piranha, armed with machine guns. Its artillery capabilities consist of 120mm mortars and 105mm light guns. The Army Ranger Wing (ARW) are the special forces of Ireland.
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 ...
Cavalry Corps MOWAG Piranha IIIH Medium Reconnaissance Vehicle (MRV) on a shoot in the Glen of Imaal. The Cavalry Corps (CAV) (Irish: An Cór Marcra) is one of the combat support corps of the Irish Army. In peacetime, the Cavalry carries out various duties in Aid to the Civil Power, such as: Border operations supporting Gardaí.
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 ...