Ireland Army Equipment |
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| 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2013 | 2015 | 2020 | 2025 | 2030 | ||||
| Personnel (In Thousands) | 26.95 | 26.79 | 23.8 | 23 | 23 | 11.75 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | |||
| Active | 11.2 | 10.9 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||
| Reserve | 15.75 | 15.89 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 4.55 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | |||
| Equipment | Source | Inventory | |||||||||||
| Armor | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | |||
| Light Tanks (> 20 tons) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | |||
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| 76mm | Scorpion | UK | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | |
| Armored Personnel Carriers | 70 | 72 | 59 | 42 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 | |||
| Wheeled | 70 | 72 | 59 | 42 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 | |||
| 12.7mm | Piranha IIIH1 | SWI | -- | -- | -- | 40 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | |
| 12.7mm | XA-180 | FIN | -- | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 12.7mm | Timoney APC Mk 6 | IRE | 10 | 10 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 7.62mm | M3 VTT | FRA | 60 | 60 | 47 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Light AFVs | 51 | 51 | 51 | 37 | 37 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | |||
| 90mm | AML-90 | FRA | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | |
| 60mm | AML-60 | FRA | 32 | 32 | 32 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 20mm | AML-202 | FRA / IRE | -- | -- | -- | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | |
| 12.7mm | RG-32 | SA | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | |
| Artillery, Towed | 60 | 60 | 60 | 66 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | |||
| 105mm | L118 | UK | 12 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | |
| 88mm | 25-Pounder | UK | 48 | 48 | 42 | 42 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Artillery, Anti-Aircraft | 26 | 26 | 26 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | |||
| 40mm | Bofors L/60 / L/70 | SWE | 26 | 26 | 26 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | |
| Recoilless | 540 | 540 | 540 | 444 | 444 | 444 | 444 | 444 | 444 | 444 | |||
| 90mm | PV-1110 | SWE | 96 | 96 | 96 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 84mm | Carl Gustav | SWE | 444 | 444 | 444 | 444 | 444 | 444 | 444 | 444 | 444 | 444 | |
| Anti-Tank Missiles | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | |||
| FGM-148 Javelin | US | -- | -- | -- | -- | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | ||
| Milan | FRA | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||
| Anti-Aircraft Missiles | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||
| RBS-70 | SWE | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||
1 - This total includes some number of subvariants, including ambulance and command post variants.
2 - Converted in Ireland from remaining AML-60s.
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