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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
Vz. 58 reportedly acquired by IRA later and used in incident in which an Irish Army soldier and Garda officer were killed at Derrada Wood, Ballinamore, County Leitrim in December 1983. [36] Six rifles found in a car stopped at permanent British Army checkpoint on the main Dublin-Road in 1988, Libyan connection suspected.
Stolen from an off-duty Royal Irish Regiment soldier's car in Dublin in 1994. [7] Rifles Lee–Enfield.303 British: Bolt action rifle United Kingdom: Used in a sniper attack as late as 1989. [8] M1 carbine.30 Carbine: Semi-automatic Carbine United States [9] M1 Garand.30-06 Springfield: Semi-automatic rifle United States [10] Ruger Mini-14: 5 ...
However they were not part of the Irish army and were not supported by the Irish government and so will be left out of this list. Of note is that Ireland got a lot of British WWI weapons due to conflicts with the United Kingdom just after WWI such as the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War when a lot of these weapons would have been ...
In May 1970, Irish politicians Charles Haughey, Neil Blaney, and John Kelly, Irish Army Captain James Kelly, and Belgian businessman Albert Luykx were acquitted during the Arms Crisis of smuggling weapons to the IRA during the beginning of the conflict. In 1971, the IRA receives its first consignments of Armalite rifles.
The Steyr AUG 1 entered service with the Irish Defence Forces in 1988. [100] In 2014, the Irish Army began a modernisation programme to upgrade their Steyr AUG A1s, which was possible due to the modularity of the AUG. The result was the Steyr AUG Mod 14, and on the same year the army began issuing the rifle to its operational units. [100]
The Irish state has a long-standing policy of non-belligerence in armed conflicts, including neutrality in World War II. Ireland's military capabilities are modest. However, the state has a long history of involvement in United Nations peacekeeping operations. Functions of the Defence Forces include:
Pages in category "Provisional Irish Republican Army weapons" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.