This is a partial list of the equipment of the Irish Army, the land component of the Irish Defence Forces.

While the Army Ranger Wing has access to a wider variety of specialist weapons, the modern weapons in use within the Irish Army includes the following:

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Name	Origin	Type	Caliber	Photo	Notes
Pistols
Heckler & Koch USP	Germany	Semi-automatic pistol	9×19mm		The USP entered service in 2007 as the Defence Force's standard service pistol, replacing the Browning Hi-Power.[1]
Assault rifles
Steyr AUG	Austria	Assault rifle	5.56×45mm		The Steyr AUG is the Defence Force's standard service rifle. It entered service in 1989 and is in use with all units of the Defence Forces.[2] Operational units are issued an enhanced rifle fitted with an ACOG 4x32 optical sight starting to enter service in late 2014, known as the Model 14 or MOD 14.
Rifles & Sniper rifles
FN FAL	Belgium	Battle rifle	7.62×51mm		The FN FAL was previously the standard service rifle for the Defence Forces. Older FAL rifles were upgraded with an adjustable butt stock, Picatinny-style rail hand guard, a bipod, and a Schmidt & Bender sight for use as sniper support weapons.[3] In January 2021, the Defence Forces stated a replacement was being sought.[4][better source needed]
Accuracy International 92	United Kingdom	Sniper rifle	7.62×51mm (.308)		The AI 92 Sniper Rifle entered Irish Army service in 1992.[2]
Accuracy International AWM	United Kingdom	Sniper rifle	8.6×70mm (.338)		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		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. It is deployed both with bipod or in a sustained fire (SF) role mounted on a tripod by the Infantry. Both the Infantry and Cavalry use the MAG mounted on its armoured vehicles and the Infantry and Artillery use it in the air defense role.[2]
M2 Browning .5 Heavy Machine Gun (HMG)	United States  Belgium	Heavy machine gun	12.7×99mm (.50)		The M2 Heavy Machine Gun entered service in the 1970s. It is in use with all service branches and a number of Army Corps. The Infantry use it in the sustained fire role, air defense role and mounted on its MOWAG APCs. The Artillery use it in the air defense role and the Cavalry use it mounted on its armoured vehicles.[2]
Grenades
Mecar M72 HE Grenade	Belgium	Fragmentation hand grenade	n/a
Grenade launchers
Diemaco M203 grenade launcher	Canada	Grenade launcher	40×46mm		The M203 is in use with the Defence Forces. It is mounted to the Steyr AUG rifle and employs its own separate sighting and trigger mechanism.[2]
Heckler & Koch GMG	Germany	Automatic grenade launcher	40×53mm		Used fitted to MOWAG APCs and Army Ranger Wing vehicles.
Anti-tank weapons
AT4 Short Range Anti-Armour Weapon (SRAAW)	Sweden	Anti-tank weapon	84 mm		The AT4 entered service in 1997. The SRAAW is a recoilless, preloaded disposable weapon.[2]
Carl Gustav 84mm Anti-Armour Weapon	Sweden	Anti-tank weapon	84 mm		The Carl Gustav 84mm is a recoilless, breech-loaded anti-armour weapon.[2]
Javelin Anti-tank guided weapon	United States	Anti-tank weapon	127mm		The Javelin is a fire-and-forget anti-armour weapon system and entered service in 2003.[5]
Mortars
Denel Vektor M1 60mm Mortar	South Africa	Mortar	60mm		The Vektor 60mm Mortar entered service in 2003 with the Infantry. The 60mm mortar can also be fired in a commando role by removing the bipod and baseplate and fitting a special small baseplate and attaching sighting unit/handgrip.[2]
Hotchkiss Brandt 81mm Mortar	France	Mortar	81mm		The 81mm Mortar uses the C2 AI Sight Unit and a Morfire Fire Control Computer.[2] (In total 84 mortars in active service)[6]
RUAG M87 120mm Mortar	Switzerland	Mortar	120mm		Used by Artillery Regiments heavy mortar batteries. (In total 24 mortars in active service)[6]
Autocannons
Mk44 Bushmaster II	United States	Autocannon	30×173mm		Fitted to Cavalry Mowag Medium Reconnaissance Vehicle's (MRV).
Artillery
Ordnance QF 25-pounder	United Kingdom	Field gun	87.6mm		48 ex-British Mark IIIs acquired in 1949. Withdrawn from the Army in 1981 and from the Reserve in 2009. Six have been retained for ceremonial gun salutes.[7]
105mm L118 light gun	United Kingdom	Howitzer	105mm		Along with the L119, these are used as the primary artillery support weapon. (In total 17 guns in active service)[6]
105mm L119 light gun	United Kingdom	Howitzer	105 mm		Along with the L118, these are used as the primary artillery support weapon. (In total 6 guns in active service)[6]
Air-defence
Bofors 40 mm L/70	Sweden	Anti-aircraft autocannon	40mm		Paired with eight Flycatcher (KL/MSS-6720). (24 guns in active service as of 2003)[8] (Removed from service in 2012)[citation needed]
RBS-70 Missile system	Sweden	Man-portable air-defense system	106mm		A number of launchers and a simulator were acquired in 1981. Upgraded in 2006 and "more than a dozen" upgraded in 2014 for €4.4 million to include deliveries of improved firing units, new simulators, night vision equipment and associated weapons support.[9] (In Total 6 launchers in active service)[8]
Army Ranger Wing (special forces)
SIG Sauer P226	Switzerland  West Germany	Semi-automatic pistol	9×19mm
Heckler & Koch MP5	West Germany	Submachine gun	9×19mm
Benelli M4	Italy	Semi-automatic shotgun	12 gauge
Steyr AUG A2	Austria	Assault rifle	5.56×45mm
Steyr AUG A3	Austria	Assault rifle	5.56×45mm
Heckler & Koch HK416	Germany	Assault rifle	5.56×45mm
FN Minimi Para	Belgium	Light machine gun	5.56×45mm
Heckler & Koch HK417	Germany	Sniper rifle	7.62×51mm		[10]
Accuracy International AW50	United Kingdom	Anti-materiel rifle	12.7×99mm (.50)

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This is a partial list of the modern vehicles in use within the Irish Army.

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Name	Origin	Type	Number	Image	Notes
Armoured fighting vehicles
Mowag Piranha IIIH[11]	Switzerland	Armoured personnel carrier Armoured reconnaissance vehicle	80[12][13]		* 45 armoured personnel carriers 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 a 40mm automatic grenade launcher in a Kongsberg Protector (RWS) * 6 medium reconnaissance vehicles armed with Mk44 Bushmaster II 30mm autocannon (9 armoured personnel carriers were converted to close reconnaissance vehicles in 2014–2015)[14]
RG-32M Light Tactical Vehicle (LTV)[15][16]	South Africa	Light tactical armoured vehicle	27[15]		Armed with pintle-mounted 7.62mm machine gun or Kongsberg Protector RWS with the 12.7mm machine gun or 40mm automatic grenade launcher.
Special operations forces
ACMAT VLRA	France	Long range special reconnaissance	3[17]		Used by Army Ranger Wing (ARW) as a 'mothership' to resupply Ford F-350 SRV.
Mowag Eagle	Switzerland	Light armoured vehicle			Used by Army Ranger Wing soldiers[18] conducting a field human intelligence role for MINUSMA as part of a German task force.[19]
Ford F350 SRV	United States	Special reconnaissance vehicle	12[17]		Used by Army Ranger Wing as a special reconnaissance vehicle for long-range reconnaissance patrols. Left hand drive.
General service vehicles
Toyota Landcruiser	Japan	Off-road vehicle			280 ordered for delivery 2019-2023. [20] Replacing older vehicles.
Toyota Landcruiser /Centigon Fortress 200 Intervention	Japan	Off-road vehicle			Armoured Utility Vehicle. 24 ordered in 2018. 28 in 2020[21][22][23]
Nissan Patrol[24]	Japan	Off-road vehicle			The Defence Forces maintains a small fleet of 'discreet' armoured SUVs for high-risk and IED-threat missions.[25]
Mitsubishi Pajero	Japan	Off-road vehicle			32 Mitsubishi Pajero vehicles are fitted for radio (FFR) - VHF.[26]
Isuzu D-Max	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. Left hand drive.
Honda NC750X	Japan	Motorcycle	48		Contract awarded in 2019. Ceremonial escort[27]
Troop carrying vehicle
Iveco EuroCargo 4x4[28][29]	Italy	Troop carrying vehicle
Mercedes-Benz 1117 4x4[29]	Germany	Troop carrying vehicle	60
Scania P 370B 4x4[30]	Sweden	Troop carrying vehicle			120 ordered for delivery 2020-2023. Replacing older 4x4 troop carriers[31]
Scania R 420 6x6	Sweden	Troop carrying vehicle			36 ordered in 2006.[32]
Scania R 420 8x4[32]	Sweden	Miscellaneous	2		Delivered 2006. One in naval service
EOD Duro II 6x6	Switzerland	Tactical military lorry (truck)	6		Delivered 2003 [33]
Leyland DAF T244 4x4	United Kingdom	Artillery gun tractor and troop carrying vehicle	55
Ford Transit Minibus	United States	Minibus
Logistics
Iveco Astra M320.42 W BAD 8x8 DROPS	Italy	DROPS truck			One fitted with an EKALIFT 2500 recovery body.
Scania P124CB 8x8 DROPS[34]	Sweden	DROPS truck			Tender for 20 new DROPS vehicles issued in 2021.[35]
Air defence/radar
Flycatcher (KL/MSS-6720)	Netherlands	Air defence radar	8		Each Flycatcher radar system controls 3 Bofors 40 mm guns.[36] (Removed from in service 2012)[citation needed]
Bandvagn 206	Sweden	Air defence support role	3		Fitted with Saab GIRAFFE Mk IV radars for search & track for RBS 70 MANPADS missile system.
Explosive Ordnance Disposal
DOK-ING MV-4	Croatia	Remote mine flail	2		Tracked remote control mini flail
MAN HX60[14]	Germany	Armoured EOD trucks	3 or more		Initially Delivered 2011. Two additional ordered 2016.[37]
Mowag Duro III	Switzerland	Explosive ordnance disposal vehicle			Armoured and unarmoured variants
Aardvark MK4	United Kingdom	Mine flail
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Aeronautics Orbiter UAV	Israel	Miniature UAV	14[38]		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. €2m was spent on 12 new UAVs in 2016/17.

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Note: All Irish Aircraft are operated by the Irish Air Corps. Main article: List of aircraft of the Irish Air Corps

• The remaining Panhard AML-20 armoured cars were retired in 2013
• Honda ceremonial escort motorcycles of 2 Cavalry Squadron
• 14 Scorpion CVR(T) tracked reconnaissance vehicles were in use from the 1980s until their retirement in 2017.^[51]

• Modern Irish Army uniform
• Armoured fighting vehicles of the Irish Army