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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: The FN MAG entered service in 1964 with the Defence Forces and is in use with all service branches and a number of Army Corps.
The Irish Army (Irish: an tArm) is the land component of the Defence Forces of Ireland. [5] As well as maintaining its primary roles of defending the State and internal security within the State, since 1958 the Army has had a continuous presence in peacekeeping missions around the world. The Irish Army is organised into two brigades.
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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 ...
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A 105mm light gun shoot (Army Reserve) Aeronautics Defense Systems Orbiter Mini UAV System drone operated by the Artillery Corps. The Artillery Corps (ARTY) (Irish: An Cór Airtléire) are the artillery corps of the Irish Army. The Corps provides fire support to other sections of the Army. [1] The Corps was first founded in 1924.
Irish Army pipe band in uniform. Army Bands wear a black ceremonial uniform with red facings and red stripes on the trousers and a forage cap as headwear. [10] The Cavalry corps ceremonial escort of honour wears a new dress uniform since 2010.
British licensed-built L7 version captured from a British Army unit in Tyrone in 1992. [90] M2 Browning.50 BMG: Heavy machine gun United States: First publicly displayed by the IRA in 1977. [91] IRA believed to have smuggled at least two examples into Ireland and used in several attacks on British helicopters in the 1980s. [90]