Modern vehicles of the Irish Army

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This is a partial list of the modern vehicles of the Irish Army (and other Irish Defence Forces).

Current vehicles

Name Origin Type Number Image Notes
Armoured fighting vehicle
Mowag Piranha IIIH[1]   Switzerland Armoured Personnel Carrier 80[2] Irish Army Mowag Piranha.jpg * 45 APC's 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 40mm grenade machine gun in a Kongsberg Protector
* 6 Medium Reconnaissance Vehicles armed with Oto Melara 30mm autocannon
(9 APC's were converted to CRV's in 2014-2015)[citation needed]
RG-32M Light Tactical Armoured Vehicle (LTAV)[3][4]  South Africa Light Tactical Vehicle 27 Irish Army RG-32M Light Tactical Armoured Vehicle LTAV (4520429843).jpg Armed with pintle mounted 7.62mm machine gun or Kongsberg Protector RWS with the 12.7mm machine gun or 40mm grenade machine gun.
Scorpion CRV(T)[5]  United Kingdom Reconnaissance vehicle 6 (14) 120px Armed with 1x76mm gun, co-ax 7.62mm machine gun and 7.62mm anti-air machine gun. Only 6 actually serviceable.
Sisu XA-180  Finland Armoured Personnel Carrier 2 Retired 2012
General service vehicle
Mitsubishi Pajero  Japan Off-road vehicle 120px
Nissan Patrol[6]  Japan Off-road vehicle
Land Rover Defender  United Kingdom Off-road vehicle Field ambulances and funeral gun carriage tractor.
Ford Ranger  United States Off-road vehicle
Isuzu D-Max  Japan Off-road vehicle
Troop carrying vehicle
Scania R 420 6x6[7]  Sweden Troop carrying vehicle 120px
Iveco EuroCargo 4x4[8][9]  Italy Troop carrying vehicle
Mercedes-Benz 1117 4x4[9]  Germany Troop carrying vehicle 60
Leyland DAF T244 4x4  United Kingdom Artillery gun tractor and Troop carrying vehicle 55 120px
Ford Transit Minibus  United States Minibus
Logistics
Scania P124CB 8x8 DROPS[10]  Sweden DROPS truck 120px
Iveco Astra M320.42 W BAD 8x8 DROPS  Italy DROPS truck 120px One fitted with a EKALIFT 2500 recovery body.
Other
Mowag Duro III   Switzerland Explosive Ordnance Disposal vehicle Armoured and unarmoured variants
Bandvagn 206  Sweden Air defence support role 7 120px Fitted with GIRAFFE Mk IV radars
ACMAT VLRA  France Long range special reconnaissance 3 120px Used by Army Ranger Wing
Ford F350 SRV  United States RECCE vehicle 12 120px Used by Army Ranger Wing
Aardvark MK4  United Kingdom Mine flail
DOK-ING MV-4  Croatia Remote mine flail 2 Tracked remote control mini flail
EOD Duro II   Switzerland Tactical military lorry
Unmanned aerial vehicle
Aeronautics Orbiter UAV  Israel Miniature UAV 3 (6) 120px Used by Artillery Corps. Two systems were acquired in 2006 each system has 3 Orbiter UAV's. Two were destroyed in crashes and one was lost and never recovered.

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 Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Maritime patrol
CASA CN-235 Spain maritime patrol MPA 100 2[11]
Transport
Learjet 45 United States VIP / air ambulance 1[12]
Surveillance
Britten-Norman Defender United Kingdom police air support Defender 4000 1[11] flown for the Garda Air Support Unit (GASU) [13]
Cessna Reims FR172 H France surveillance / utility 5[14] based on the Cessna 172[15]
Helicopters
AgustaWestland AW139 Italy utility 6[11]
Eurocopter EC135 France utility EC135 P2+/T2 4[11] two P2+s are flown for military purposes,[16] with two T2s for the GASU[17]
Trainer
Pilatus PC-9 Switzerland advanced trainer / CAS PC-9M 7[11] armament option include heavy machine gun or rocket pods.[18][19]

Gallery

  • Panhard AML-20 (retired in 2013)

  • Aras An Uachtarain St. Patricks Day 2011 (5539244411).jpg

    Honda ceremonial escort motorcycles of 2 Cavalry Squadron

See also

References

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  19. ↑ IrishAirPics.com - Description of live fire training exercise
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