User:MFIreland/Irish Army 1942-1945
Divisions
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Army HQ
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I Division
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II Division
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Army Equipment
[edit]Infantry Equipment
- Small arms and Support weapons
- Lee-Enfield .303 Rifle - The standard weapon of the infantry.
- Springfield .300 rifle - Stocks of this weapon were received from the US in 1940 and were distributed to the LDF for use. Main problem with this weapon was a lack of ammunition for the type.
- Vickers .303 Medium MG - The standard heavy machine gun of the battalions.
- Light MG's:
- Lewis .303 - An aging weapon which became difficult to maintain but which constituted the main light MG for the army.
- Hotchkiss .303 - Another older weapon described as obsolescent but which had to be used for lack of suitable replacement.
- Bren .303 - The modern and favored weapon, of which only small numbers could be obtained.
- Mortars
- Brandt 81mm - The standard battalion mortar until 1943, which gave the battalions a semblance of mortar support.
- 3" mortar - A stock of these weapons doubled the battalions mortar support but still left it some what deficient in numbers.
- Boyes 0.55" Anti tank rifle - This large calibre weapon constituted the armies only anti armour weapon in any numbers, a weapon which was useless against all but light armour.
- Artillery
- 18 Pounder
- 3.7 Inch
- 4.5 Inch
- 75mm
| Item | Holdings 31/03/1940 | Rec'd 40/41 | Rec'd 41/42 | Rec'd 42/43 | Rec'd 43/44 | Rec'd 44/45 | Total | Notes |
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| 0.303" Lee-Enfield Rifle | 42413 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42413 | Inf - Standard Infantry Weapon |
| 0.300" USA Rifles | 0 | 19971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19971 | Inf - Issued mainly to LDF |
| 81mm Brandt mortar | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Inf |
| 60mm Brandt mortar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Inf |
| 3" Mortar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 50 | Inf |
| 0.5" Vickers MG | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Inf |
| 0.303" Vickers MG | 478 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 508 | Inf |
| 0.303" Lewis LMG | 803 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 803 | Inf |
| 0.303" Hotchkiss LMG | 44 | 200 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268 | Inf |
| 0.303" Bren LMG | 103 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 253 | Inf |
| 0.450" Thompson SMG | 21 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 3 | 0 | 123 | Inf |
| 9mm Bergmann SMG | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | Inf |
| 9mm Neuhausen SMG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Inf |
| 0.55" Boyes AT Rifle | 41 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | Inf |
| Verey pistols | 1640 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1640 | Inf |
| Automatic Pistols | 1500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500 | Inf |
| Revolvers | 5227 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5327 | Inf |
| 12pdr Naval & CDA | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | CDA and naval |
| 9.2" CDA guns | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | CDA and naval |
| 6" CDA guns | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | CDA and naval |
| 60pdr CDA gun | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | CDA and naval |
| 4.7" Naval | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | CDA and naval |
| 3pdr Hotchkiss Naval | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | CDA and naval |
| 18pdr gun | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | Artillary |
| 75mm gun | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Artillary |
| 3.7" How | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Artillary |
| 4.5" How | 14 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 38 | Artillary |
| 2pdr AT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Artillary |
| 57mm AT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Artillary |
| 20mm Madsen Cannon | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | Arm - Fitted to Landsverks & Leyland Armoured Cars |
| 0.303" Madsen LMG | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Arm - Fitted to Landsverks & Leyland Armoured Cars |
| 3" - 20 cwt AA gun | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | AAA |
| 3.7" AA gun | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | AAA |
| 40mm Bofors AA guns | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | AAA |
| 20mm Cannon (Air) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 | A - Fitted to Hurricane Fighters received by Aer Corps |
| 0.303" Vickers MG (air) | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | A - Aer Corps Inventory |
| 0.303" Lewis LMG (air) | 20 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 36 | A - Aer Corps Inventory |
| 0.303" Browning (air) | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | A - Aer Corps Inventory |