Beginning in the 1970s, the Provisional IRA began importing modern weapons from the United States, Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, and arms dealers in mainland Europe, the …

Since September 1971, ATF has been involved in investigating Irish Republican Army (IRA) gunrunning activities in the United States. Numerous successful prosecutions of IRA …

The two main sources of weaponry for the IRA have been the USA and Libya. The main gun-running network in the USA was controlled by a veteran Irish Republican called George Harrison.

The following is a list of weapons used by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Troubles. See also: Improvised tactical vehicles of the Provisional IRA. During the initial phase …

Weapons Technologies and Usage At different points in its history, PIRA faced different constraints on its ability to ac-quire and use weapons technologies. When it began terrorist …

Jan 15, 1985 · Guns, ammunition, explosives, and money, aimed at keeping snipers and bomb-throwers as active as possible in Northern Ireland, have been regularly smuggled out of the …

List of weapons used by the Irish National Liberation Army; List of weapons used by the Provisional Irish Republican Army

Prior to the introduction of the AR15 Armalite rifle into the IRA's arsenal of weapons, the Thompson Sub-Machine Gun, had been the weapon most closely associated with the Irish …

IRA members smuggled small arms from America by sea on the Queen Elizabeth II from New York via Southampton through Irish members of her crew, until the network was cracked down …

Beginning in the 1970s, the Provisional IRA began importing modern weapons from the United States, Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, and arms dealers in mainland Europe, the …