- Modern vehicles of the Irish Army
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Aardvark MK4 - identical in design to Irish DF vehicle
IAC AW139This is a partial list of the modern vehicles of the Irish Army (and other Irish Defence Forces).
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Defence Forces land vehicles
Number Make/Model Role Armament/notes 54 Mowag Piranha IIIH[1] Armoured Personnel Carrier Armed with 1x12.7mm HMG machine gun, co-ax 7.62mm machine gun, 8x 66mm smoke dischargers 8 Mowag Piranha IIIH Armoured Command Vehicles Armed with 1x12.7mm HMG machine gun, co-ax 7.62mm machine gun, 8x 66mm smoke dischargers 2 Mowag Piranha IIIH Armoured Ambulance 1 Mowag Piranha IIIH Armoured Recovery Vehicle 9 Mowag Piranha IIIH Close Recce Vehicle Armed with the 12.7mm or 40mm H&K GMG Kongsberg RWS 6 Mowag Piranha IIIH[1] Medium Recce Vehicle Armed with Oto Melara 30mm cannon 19 Panhard AML 90 Cavalry/scout vehicle Armed with 1x90mm gun, co-ax 7.62mm machine gun, 4x66mm smoke dischargers. 20 purchased - one destroyed by fire in Lebanon.[citation needed] 24 Panhard AML 20 Cavalry/scout vehicle Armed with 1x20mm cannon, co-ax 7.62mm machine gun, 4x66mm smoke dischargers. A conversion of the Panhard 127 and AML 60CS. 14 Scorpion 440 CVRT, Light recce Tank. Armed with 1x76mm gun, co-ax 7.62mm machine gun, 4 x66mm smoke dischargers.[2] 2 Sisu XA-180 Armoured personnel carrier Used at the Curragh's United Nations Training School[citation needed] 25 RG-32M (RG Outrider) LTAV[3] Light tactical armoured vehicles The first BAE RG-32M light tactical armoured vehicles were delivered in early 2010.[4] N/A Nissan Patrol Troop transport 4x4 FFR vehicles.[5] N/A Ford Transit Troop transport N/A LDV Minibus Troop transport N/A MAN 14.240 FAEG 4x4 Troop transport 55 Iveco Astra 8x8 Troop carrying transport vehicles 60 Mercedes-Benz 1117 Troop carrying vehicle (TCV)[6] N/A Scania R124 8x8[7] DROPS heavy lift vehicle 21 Iveco EuroTrakker[8] DROPS heavy lift vehicle Complement includes 1 heavy recovery variant 36 Scania AB 6x6[9] General transport trucks N/A Land Rover Defender Field ambulances N/A Mowag Duro III Bomb disposal unit vehicles Armoured and unarmoured variants 7 Bandvagn 206 Air defence support role 16 ACMAT VLRA Troop transport vehicle and gun tractor Used as gun tractor in limited role for 105mm and 120mm mortar artillery 10+ Ford F350 SRV RECCE vehicle Used by special forces/ARW N/A Aardvark MK4 Mine flail 2 DOK-ING MV-4 Remote mine flail Tracked remote control mini flail N/A Bedford Vehicles TK Troop carrier/lorry N/A EOD Duro II Tactical military lorry N/A Crossley 25/30 Tender (historical) Historical/display N/A Kronenburg MAC11-7114 Airport crash tender Mitsubishi Pajero 4x4 Internal security role Delivered March 2010.[citation needed] Toyota FJ40 Staff cars Various Transport vehicles / staff cars The Cavalry Corps, Military Police and Communications Corps are equipped with various staff cars, motorcycles all terrain and road going motorbikes and ATVs UAV
Number Make/Model Role Notes 3+ Aeronautics Orbiter UAV Miniature UAV Most recently used by EUFOR Tchad/RCA contingent[citation needed] Defence Forces aircraft
- Note: All Irish Aircraft are operated by the Irish Air Corps. Main article: List of aircraft of the Irish Air Corps
Aircraft[10] Origin Type Versions In service Notes AgustaWestland AW139 
ItalyTransport Helicopter (M-L) AW139 6 Sometimes armed with door mounted GPMG CASA CN-235 
SpainMaritime patrol CN-235M-100P 2 Upgraded by EADS-CASA in 2008 Cessna 172 
FranceSurveillance & Monitoring FR172H 5 Reims-built Eurocopter EC-135 
GermanyTrainer Helicopter EC135P2 2 Also used to support the Army when not in pilot training Gates Learjet 45 
United StatesVIP Transport 45 1 Grumman G1159C Gulfstream IV United StatesVIP Transport G1159C 1 Pilatus PC-9M 
SwitzerlandTrainer Aircraft PC-9M 7 8 delivered, one crashed in 2009.[11] Sometimes equipped with HMG or rocket pods.[12][13] In addition, the IAC operates on behalf of the national police force's Garda Air Support Unit: Britten-Norman Defender 4000 
United KingdomGASU reconnaissance and patrol BN2T-4S 1 Eurocopter EC 135T2 GermanyGASU EC135T2 2 Gallery
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DOK-ING MV-4 remote control mini flail
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Irish Army Ford 350
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FV101 Scorpion
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Piranha with 40MM GMG mounted on RWS#
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RWS firing M2 .50 HMG
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Scania DROPs truck
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EOD Duro II
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Panhard AML-20
See also
References
- ^ a b Military.ie (Official IDF site) - Irish Army Vehicles - Mowag APC
- ^ Military.ie (Official IDF site) - Irish Army Vehicles - Scorpion Armoured reconnaissance vehicle
- ^ ""South African firm wins Irish Army vehicle contract"". Irish Independent. December 14, 2008. http://www.independent.ie/national-news/south-african-firm-wins-irish-army-vehicle-contract-1574429.html.
- ^ "2010 Estimates for Defence and Army Pensions and Annual Output Statement" (Press release). Department of Defence. 17 June 2010. http://www.defence.ie/WebSite.nsf/Speech+ID/82678304702CA70F80257745004E80DD?OpenDocument. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
- ^ Military.ie (Official IDF site) - Irish Army Vehicles - General Service Vehicle
- ^ Martin, Karl (2002). Irish Army Vehicles, transport and armour since 1922. Karl Martin. ISBN 0-9543413-0-9.
- ^ Scania.ie - News - Irish Defence Forces Scania 8x8 (August 2005)
- ^ Iveco Defence Vehicles - Military Vehicles and Trucks
- ^ Scania.ie - News - Irish Defence Forces €6 million order to SCANIA (September 2006)
- ^ Defence Forces - Air Corps Fleet
- ^ RTÉ News - Two pilots die in Air Corps crash - 13 October 2009
- ^ Official Defence Forces site - Pilatus PC-9M Statistics
- ^ IrishAirPics.com - Description of live fire training exercise
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