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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.
Battle rifle Belgium: Intercepted as part of an arms shipment in 1995. [14] Springfield Armory M1A: 7.62×51mm NATO: Semi-automatic rifle United States [15] Gewehr 43: 7.92×57mm Mauser: Semi-automatic rifle: Nazi Germany [16] Assault rifles AK-47: 7.62×39mm: Assault rifle Soviet Union [17] AKM: 7.62×39mm: Assault rifle Soviet Union [18] AK ...
Sligo Rifles (Duke of Connaught's Own) – converted to artillery 1877; No 68 Brigade Depot was formed in April 1873 at Galway. Although often referred to as brigades, the sub-districts were purely administrative organisations, but in a continuation of the Cardwell Reforms a mobilisation scheme began to appear in the Army List from December ...
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.
The South Armagh Sniper is the generic name [5] given to the members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army's (IRA) South Armagh Brigade who conducted a sniping campaign against the British Army from 1990 to 1997. The campaign is notable for the snipers' use of .50 BMG calibre Barrett M82 and M90 long-range rifles in some of the shootings.
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. Escort duties - cash, explosives, VIP, prisoner. Patrolling Government installations.
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 ...