List of World War II weapons used in Ireland

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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.

Contents

Small arms

Rifles

Sidearms

Machine guns

Grenade

Submachine Guns

Sniper Rifles

Shotguns

Melee Weapons

Anti-Tank Weapons

Artillery

Mortars

Field artillery

Anti-Aircraft Guns

Coastal Defence Guns

Armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs)

Armoured cars

Tanks

AFV Armaments (not including small arms used as armaments)

Marine Service vessels

Other vehicles

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