Modern vehicles of the From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Irish Army Badge of the Irish .svg Components Irish Army Equipment Weapons Uniform and dress Vehicles and equipment Personnel Officer rank insignia Enlisted rank insignia This is a partial list of the modern vehicles of the Irish Army (and other Irish Defence Forces). Contents [hide] 1 Current vehicles 2 Defence Forces aircraft 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 References Current vehicles[edit] Name Origin Type Number Photo Notes Armoured fighting vehicle Piranha IIIH[1] Armoured Personnel Carrier 80 Irish Army .jpg * 54 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 * 9 Close Recce Vehicles armed with the 12.7mm machine gun or 40mm grenade machi ne gun in a Kongsberg Protector * 6 Medium Recce Vehicles armed with Oto Melara 30mm autocannon RG-32M Light Tactical Armoured Vehicle (LTAV)[2][3] South Light Ta ctical Vehicle 27 Irish Army RG-32M Light Tactical Armoured Vehicle LTAV ( 4520429843).jpg Armed with pintle mounted 7.62mm machine gun or Kongsberg Protec tor RWS with the 12.7mm machine gun or 40mm grenade machine gun. Scorpion CRV(T)[4] Reconnaissance vehicle 6 (14) Irish Sc orpion Tank.JPG 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 Irish Army New P ajero (4184292173).jpg Nissan Patrol[5] Japan Off-road vehicle United Kingdom Off-road vehicle Field ambulances and funeral gun carriage tractor. Ford Ranger Off-road vehicle Isuzu D-Max Japan Off-road vehicle Troop carrying vehicle Scania R420 6x6[6] Troop carrying vehicle Irish Army - Equ ipment loading prior to departure to (4109933072).jpg Iveco EuroCargo 4x4[7][8] Troop carrying vehicle Mercedes-Benz 1117 4x4[8] Troop carrying vehicle 60 Leyland DAF T244 4x4 United Kingdom Artillery gun tractor and Troop carrying vehicle 55 Irish army truck.jpg Ford Transit Minibus United States Minibus Logistics Scania P124CB 8x8 DROPS[9] Sweden DROPS truck Iveco Astra M320.42 W BAD 8x8 DROPS Italy DROPS truck Irish Ar my Iveco Astra M 320E D Trackway Variant (4703540529).jpg 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 Irish Army Bandv agn 206 Photo Review 2009 (4192578951).jpg ACMAT VLRA 3 Used by Army Ranger Wing Ford F350 SRV United States RECCE vehicle 12 Irish Army Ranger Wing F ord Special Recon Vehicle in Chad (4109830420).jpg 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 Miniature UAV 3 (6) Used by Artiller y Corps. Two systems where acquired in 2006 each system has 3 Orbiter UAV's. Two where destroyed in crashes and one was lost and never recovered. Defence Forces aircraft[edit] Note: All Irish Aircraft are operated by the . Main article: List of aircraft of the Irish Air Corps Aircraft[10] Origin Type Versions In service Notes AgustaWestland AW139 Italy Utility Helicopter AW139 6 Can be a rmed with cabin mounted FN MAG machine gun. CASA CN-235 Spain Maritime patrol CN-235M-100P 2 Upgraded by EADS -CASA in 2008 Cessna 172H France Surveillance & Monitoring FR172H 5 Reims-bu ilt Eurocopter EC-135 Germany Light Utility & Trainer Helicopter EC135P2 2 Also used to support the Army when not in pilot training Gates Learjet 45 United States VIP Transport & Air Ambulance 45 1 Grumman G1159C Gulfstream IV United States VIP Transport G1159C 1 Operation cost per hour (2012): 3,790.[11] Pilatus PC-9M Switzerland Trainer Aircraft & Close Air Support PC-9M 7 8 delivered, one crashed in 2009.[12] Sometimes equipped with HMG or roc ket pods.[13][14] In addition, the IAC operates on behalf of the national police force's Garda Air Support Unit: Pilatus Britten Norman Defender 4000 Switzerland/ United Kingdom GASU rec onnaissance and patrol BN2T-4S 1 Eurocopter EC 135T2 Germany GASU EC135T2 2 Gallery[edit] Panhard AML-20 (retired in 2013)

IAC AW139 See also[edit] Modern Irish Army uniform Modern weapons of the Irish Army References[edit] Jump up ^ "Irish Army Vehicles Mowag APC". Military.ie (Official site). Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Jump up ^ Lavery, Don (14 December 2008). ""South African firm wins Irish Army v ehicle contract"". . Jump up ^ "2010 Estimates for Defence and Army Pensions and Annual Output Statem ent" (Press release). Department of Defence. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2011 . Jump up ^ "Irish Army Vehicles Scorpion Armoured reconnaissance vehicle". Milita ry.ie (Official IDF site). Archived from the original on 11 July 2008. Jump up ^ "Irish Army Vehicles General Service Vehicle". Military.ie (Official I DF site). Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Jump up ^ "Scania.ie News Irish Defence Forces 6 million order to SCANIA". Septem ber 2006. Archived from the original on 30 November 2007. Jump up ^ "Irish Army Iveco EuroCargo 4x4". Flickr. ^ Jump up to: a b Karl Martin (2002). Irish Army Vehicles: Transport and Armour Since 1922. ISBN 978-0954341305. Jump up ^ "Scania.ie News Irish Defence Forces Scania 8x8". August 2005. Archive d from the original on 21 April 2006. Jump up ^ "Air Corps Fleet summary". Military.ie (Official Defence Forces websit e). Jump up ^ "St Patrick's Day trips cost 100,000". Irish Times. 2012-04-02. Jump up ^ "RTÉ News - Two pilots die in Air Corps crash". RTÉ News. 13 October 2009. Jump up ^ "Fleet - Pilatus PC-9M Statistics". Military.ie (Official Defence Forc es website). Jump up ^ IrishAirPics.com - Description of live fire training exercise Categories: Irish ArmyModern military equipment of the Navigation menu Create accountLog inArticleTalkReadEditView history Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Donate to Wikipedia Wikimedia Shop Interaction Help About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact page Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Wikidata item Cite this page Print/export Create a book Download as PDF Printable version Languages Edit links This page was last modified on 20 November 2014, at 17:07. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; add itional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and P rivacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, I nc., a non-profit organization. Privacy policyAbout WikipediaDisclaimersContact WikipediaDevelopersMobile viewWi kimedia Foundation Powered by MediaWiki