Irish Army Artillery Corps

The Artillery Corps are the artillery section of the Irish Defence Force.The Corps provides fire support to other sections of the Irish Defence Force.^[1] The Corps was founded in 1924 and today consists of two main branches;

Field Artillery
Air Defence

Weapons[]

24 L118 & L119 105mm Howitzers (main artillery support weapon)
81mm mortar (infantry support company's)^[2]
71 Brandt 120mm heavy mortar

Air defence systems[]

RBS-70 Surface to Air Missile system
32 Bofors EL-70 40mm Air defence Gun^[3]
Browning .50 on Cobra mount (air defence role)

References[]

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[1] ttp://www.military.ie/army/organisation/army-corps/artillery

[2] ttp://www.military.ie/army/weapons/battalion

[3] ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_weapons_of_the_Irish_Army#cite_note-3

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