The Irish Army is the ground component of the Irish Defense Force with approximately 28,000 active duty personnel and 16,400 reserve personnel. Since 1958 the Army has had a continuous presence in peacekeeping missions around the world as well as its maintaining its primary roles of defending the State and internal security within the State. The Irish Army uses a variety of equipment from around the world from various places including the British Empire, Canada, Japan, the ROC, and South Africa among others.
Equipment Used[]
Vehicles[]
- AS-90 (Self-Propelled Artillery)
- Aardvark JSFU (Mine flail)
- Bandvagn Bv206 (Air Defense)
- Bobcat (Armoured Personnel Carrier)
- FV101 Scorpion (Armoured Personnel Carrier)
- CM-32 Clouded Leopard (Armoured Personnel Carrier)
- Mowag Piranha (APC, Command Vehicle, Armoured Ambulance, Recovery Vehicle, Recce)
- Rooikat (Infantry Support Vehicle)
- Scania AB (General Transport Truck)
- FV4105 Valiant (Main Battle Tank)