Ireland to replace aging armoured vehicles

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Ireland to replace aging armoured vehicles

Although the Republic of Ireland is not part of NATO and in theory remains militarily neutral, it does supply troops to United Nations peace keeping forces. With a military complement of well under 10,000 which covers Air Force, Army and Air Force it is just one of four European Union members that are not part of NATO. Despite its position of peaceful defence, the Irish Government recognises… Source

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In Ireland, according to press sources, the Dublin Government is carrying out evaluations relating to the renewal of the fleet of armored vehicles in service with the Army. Currently, the Irish Army has 80 GDELS-Mowag Piranha IIIH 8×8, of which 45 in the APC troop carrier version equipped with a 12.7 mm M2 turret and 7.62 mm MAG, 18 in the CRV close reconnaissance version equipped with RWS Protector for 12.7 mm M2 or H&K GMG 40 mm automatic gren…