![]() ![]() Rifles used were of Chinese manufacture and had been originally supplied to the Palestinian Liberation Organization. Smuggled to Ireland by the Harrison Network. 303 rifles found by Irish security forces at an IRA training camp in Kilkelly, County Mayo, in 1985. Reportedly used in the killing of an RUC officer as late as 1976. In IRA inventory at the outset of The Troubles. Known to be used in some quantities from 1969-98. Several smuggled from the US following the IRA's 1994 ceasefire. Beginning in the 1970s, the Provisional IRA began importing modern weapons from supporters in the Republic of Ireland and the Irish diaspora within the Anglosphere, Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, and arms dealers in mainland Europe, the Middle East, and elsewhere.įirearms Handguns Model See also: Improvised tactical vehicles of the Provisional IRAĭuring the initial phase of The Troubles (1969-1972), the Provisional IRA was poorly equipped and primarily used weapons from World War II. ![]()
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