List of World War II weapons used in Ireland Facts for Kids

This is a list of World War II weapons of Ireland. Throughout World War II, Ireland held a policy of neutrality. Ireland prepared for invasions from both Britain and Nazi Germany. Some cooperation with the Allies did occur such as Plan W as well as allowing allied aircraft over Irish airspace through the Donegal Corridor and providing access to weather reports from the Atlantic Ocean which were used to help decide when D-day would occur. The IRA allied itself with Nazi Germany in pursuit of Irish republicanism as seen from Operation Dove. However they were not part of the Irish army and were not supported by the Irish government and so will be left out of this list. Of note is that Ireland got a lot of British WWI weapons due to conflicts with the United Kingdom just after WWI such as the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War when a lot of these weapons would have been captured by Irish forces in the fighting.

Small arms

Rifles

Short Magazine Lee–Enfield No. 1 MKIII - Standard issue

Springfield M1903 - Local Defence Force and Local Security Force
M1917 Enfield - Local Defence Force

Sidearms

Enfield No. 2

Webley MK IV Revolver - Standard issue
Mauser C96 - 295 in Army stockpiles

Machine guns

Vickers machine gun
Lewis gun
Bren gun
Madsen Machine Gun - vehicle use
Hotchkiss M1909 - vehicle use
Vickers.50 Machine Gun - vehicle use

Grenade

Mills bomb
MK3 Rifle Grenade
Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb (made and used during exercises)

Submachine Guns

M1921 Thompson -Army stockpiles left over from the Revolutionary period
Bergmann MP-18 - Army stockpiles put into commission

Sniper Rifles

Pattern 1914 (Scoped variant)

Shotguns

Winchester 1897
Unidentified 12 Bore Shotgun

Melee Weapons

Anti-Tank Weapons

Boys Anti-Tank Rifle
Vickers QF 2-Pounder Anti-Tank Gun
25 lb Anti-Tank mine (Irish made)
The 'De Valera' mine (Irish made)

Artillery

Mortars

Brandt Mle 27/31
ML-3 Inch
Brandt Mle 1935

Field artillery

QF 18-pounder gun
BL 60-pounder gun
QF 4.5-inch howitzer

Anti-Aircraft Guns

Bofors 40mm
QF 3-Inch 20-cwt
QF 3.7-Inch
QF 12-Pounder 12-cwt (modified for anti-aircraft purposes)

Coastal Defence Guns

BL 9.2 Inch
BL 6-Inch
QF 12-Pounder 12-cwt
QF 4.7 inch

Armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs)

Armoured cars

Rolls-Royce Armoured Car
Landsverk L180
Leyland Armoured Car
Beaverette
Universal 'Bren' Carrier
Ford MK V
Ford MK VI
Ford MK IV
Dodge MK VII
Dodge MK VIII
GSR Morris MK IV

Tanks

Landsverk L-60
Vickers MK. D

AFV Armaments (not including small arms used as armaments)

Madsen 20mm
QF 6-Pounder

Marine Service vessels

Muirchú

PAS Fort Rannoch

MTB-1

MTB-2

MTB-3

MTB-4

MTB-5

MTB-6
Various port control pilot boats

List of World War II weapons used in Ireland facts for kids

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