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List of weapons used by the Irish National Liberation Army during The Troubles (1969–1997).

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Obtaining arms was one of the greatest difficulties faced by the INLA in its early years. Their Marxism made them beyond help from Catholic Irish-America, who had traditionally been a lifeline for funds and weapons for Irish republicans engaged in armed struggle. At a time when the Provisional IRA seemed replete with Armalites, the INLA was mainly armed with shotguns, which the rank and file wryly took to calling "Costello-ites" after their leader. The INLA's main source of arms early on was from sympathizers in the Middle East, from where they imported a contingent of AK-pattern rifles in 1978 and later much larger shipments of arms via a French contact.

Small arms

Model	Image	Caliber	Type	Origin	Details
Pistols
PA63		9×18mm Makarov	Pistol	Hungary
Browning Hi-Power		9×19mm Parabellum	Pistol	Belgium
CZ 75		9×19mm Parabellum	Pistol	Czechoslovakia
Walther P38		9×19mm Parabellum	Pistol	Germany
Webley Revolver		.455 Webley	Revolver	United Kingdom
Walther PPK		9×17mm Short (.380 ACP)	Pistol	Germany	Stolen from an off-duty Royal Irish Regiment soldier's car in Dublin in 1994.
Rifles
Lee–Enfield		.303 British	Bolt action rifle	United Kingdom	Used in a sniper attack as late as 1989.
M1 carbine		.30 Carbine	Semi-automatic Carbine	United States
M1 Garand		.30-06 Springfield	Semi-automatic rifle	United States
Ruger Mini-14		5.56×45mm NATO	Semi-automatic rifle	United States
SKS		7.62×39mm	Semi-automatic rifle	Soviet Union
AR-15		5.56×45mm NATO	Semi-automatic rifle	United States
FN FAL		7.62×51mm NATO	Battle rifle	Belgium	Intercepted as part of an arms shipment in 1995.
Springfield Armory M1A		7.62×51mm NATO	Semi-automatic rifle	United States
Gewehr 43		7.92×57mm Mauser	Semi-automatic rifle	Nazi Germany
Assault rifles
AK-47		7.62×39mm	Assault rifle	Soviet Union
AKM		7.62×39mm	Assault rifle	Soviet Union
AK-63		7.62×39mm	Assault rifle	Hungary	Intercepted as part of an arms shipment in 1995.
M16		5.56×45mm NATO	Assault rifle	United States
CAR-15 Commando		5.56×45mm NATO	Assault rifle	United States	Imported around 1985.
Sig 540		5.56×45mm NATO	Assault Rifle	Switzerland	Reportedly taken from an INLA arms cache by the IRA in 1984. Also reported in the possession of the INLA in Newry in 1986. "Swiss-made automatic weapon" reportedly used in attack on UDR soldier in Armagh in 1987.
RK 62		.223 Remington/5.56×45mm NATO	Assault rifle	Finland	Several used in INLA attacks in mid-1980s, including abortive assassination attempt targeting Ian Paisley. A single example seen at INLA funeral in 2019. Possible civilian version with long barrel and different muzzle brake, chambered in .223/5.56.
Submachine guns
M3 submachine gun		.45 ACP	Submachine Gun	United States
Sterling submachine gun		9×19mm Parabellum	Submachine Gun	United Kingdom
Uzi		9×19mm Parabellum	Submachine Gun	Israel
Sanna 77		9×19mm Parabellum	Submachine Gun	Rhodesia
Škorpion vz. 61		9×19mm Parabellum	Submachine Gun	Czechoslovakia
MP5		9×19mm Parabellum	Submachine Gun	Germany	Stolen from a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) vehicle in May 2000.

Explosives

Model	Image	Type	Origin	Details
IED		Improvised explosive device	Ireland	Often using Gelignite or a Soviet-made plastic explosive, possibly Semtex.
Molotov cocktail		Incendiary device	Ireland
Various models of Chinese and Soviet-made hand grenades		Hand Grenade	Soviet Union  People's Republic of China

References

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