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Mensaje: <blockquote data-quote="Brunner" data-source="post: 43021" data-attributes="member: 70">Volviendo al tema principal:<a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ira/inside/weapons.html" target="_blank">http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ira/inside/weapons.html</a>  Being a guerrilla organization of long standing that has endured a quarter century of armed activity, the IRA has sought to supplement imported war material by developing its own. The advantage of the latter is that supply is not dependent on the vagaries of smuggling into Ireland by air or by sea. The IRA can call on the services of a small number of experienced engineers to help it build weapons such as home-made mortars. The organization has also been making use of a new breed of volunteer: the university-educated computer expert who can construct sophisticated timing and remote-control mechanisms for use in bombs and mortars. It is believed that the IRA used the period of the ceasefire to upgrade such mechanisms and to develop techniques to combat British Army 'disruptive' radio signals by using radar guns and microwave receivers. (In 1993, the Garda uncovered an IRA workshop at Kilcock, Co Kildare, which was producing a wide range of advanced electronic detonators.)During the years of the 'Long War', IRA members have become skilled in making explosives from such substances as nitrobenzene and fertilizer, either for use in large bombs designed to blow up buildings or in smaller devices designed to be thrown at the North's security forces. Home-made weapons have included the nail bomb (an anti-personnel device) and the 'drogue bomb' (an anti-vehicle grenade consisting of about 230 g of explosive packed into a big baked bean tin attached to a throwing handle). Home-made explosives are known by such names as 'Anfo' (fertilizer and diesel oil mix) and 'Annie'.Intelligence sources in the Republic believe the IRA also used the period of the ceasefire to develop a 'Mark 17' mortar, which is said to be one of its most destructive weapons yet. It is believed that the mortar has already been tested in the Carlingford Lough area of Co Louth, just south of the border. Over the years, the IRA has deployed with some success its home-made 'throw-away' mortars - crude weapons that can have a devastating effect at short range. The mortar tubes are normally mounted on the back of a hijacked truck and are fired by a timing device after the bombers have made their getaway. During the 1980s, the IRA deployed its 'Mark 10' mortar, which fired a six-inch shell with 24 lb (10.9 kg) of explosive up to 300 m. This was the type used in the attack on 10 Downing Street during the Gulf War.  Type, quantity of arms Origin  Date  Comments  About 70 small arms: M1 carbines; M3 'grease guns'; some hand guns; 60,000 rounds of ammo USA 1969  Arms acquired originally for the 1950s campaign.Smuggled to Ireland by Harrison network.   Revolvers x 50  Spain c1970  Arms reported to have been supplied by Basque group ETA   9 mm pistols x 500 FRG 180,000 rounds   1969-70 Arms bought not for IRA but for defence groups inNorth, but IRA planned to seize them. Irish authorities foiled moves to import guns. Four later acquitted infamous arms trial.   Armalite AR-15 rifles  USA  1970 Consignment smuggled to Ireland by group of Republican sympathizersin Philadelphia.   Small arms and ammo  USA  1971  Six suitcases full of small arms and ammo seized by police at Dublin port after being landed by ship from USA.   4.5 tons of small arms  Czechoslovakia  1971  Shipment arranged by IRA leader Daithi O'Conaill; bought from Omnipol Prague; seized at Schiphol Airport.   Small arms  Libya  1972  Unconfirmed reports that two cargoes of arms from Libya reached Ireland.   RPG-7 rocket launchers  Europe  1972  Reported import of RPG-7s from unknown source in Europe.   M-16s and AR-15s  USA  Early 1970s  Smuggled to Ireland byHarrison network.   AK-47 rifles x 250,plus other materiel Libya  1973  Czech-made arms supplied by Col Ghadaffi; cargo aboard Claudia seized by Irish authorities. IRA boss Joe Cahill and others arrested.   100 rifles USA  1974  US Treasury Dept agents foil plot to smuggle toIRA cargo of arms bought at Maryland gun shop. Five later jailed in USA.  Small arms: AK-47s x 27; SMGs x 29; RPG-7 rocket launchers x 7; Bren Guns x 2; plus grenades, ammo & explosives  Middle East  1977  Arms supplied by Al Fatah section of PLO. Cargo sent by ship via Cyprus; seized at Antwerp. One IRA man arrested by Irish police. Arms believed to have come from Lebanon.   M-60 MGs x 6; M-16 rifles x c100  USA  1977  Arms stolen from US Army depot; smuggled by shipto Ireland by Harrison network.   Estimated 500,000 5.56 x 45 mm cartridges  USA  1973-78  Ammo stolen from US Marine base, Camp LeJeune, North Carolina. Believed sent toIreland by Harrison network.   Cargo of more than 150 guns and 60,000 rounds of ammo. Arms included: M-60 MGs x 2; M-16s x 15; M-14s;AK-47 x 1  USA 1979  Cargo smuggled by ship to Ireland by Harrison network; seized at Dublin port by police.   MAC-10 SMGs x 350; AK-47 x 12 USA  1981  Harrison network plot foiled in FBI 'sting'. Leads to break-up of network.   50 firearms and ammo; tone frequency switches USA  1982  US Customs find arms in truck at docks in Newark,New Jersey. Four members of IRA cell later jailed.   200 cases of mixed ammo USA  1982  Five men arrested entering USA from Canada; suspectedof plot to acquire ammo for IRA. 'Shopping list' for 200 cases found.   Explosives  USA 1983  FBI foils IRA bid to buy explosives in Wyoming. Man arrested.   Seven tons of arms, ammo and explosives  USA  1984  Cargo seized on fishing boat Marita Ann by Irish Navy. Men jailed in USA and Ireland. Arms procured by drugs gang in Boston.   Small arms  USA  1985  FBI foils IRA bid to buy small arms in Colorado.Irishman deported.   40 firearms, including: FN FAL rifles x 13; AK-47 x 1. Also: hand grenades x 2, drums of nitro benzene,70,000 rounds ofammunition  Netherlands  1986  Dutch police seize arms in raid on apartment in Amsterdam. Two well-known four IRA men arrested.  Heckler & Koch G3 rifles  Norway  1984-86  Irish police seize 10 G3 rifles in 1986 - part of batch of 100 stolen from Norwegian Reserve base near Oslo, 1984.   Redeye SAMs, M-60 MGs, M-16 rifles, MP-5 SMGs, bullet-proof vests x 11 USA  1986  FBI 'sting' foils plot to fly arms cargo by private jet from Boston to Ireland. Several convictions followed.  150 tons of arms: AK-47s, SAM-7s (reported), Semtex, RPG-7 rocket launchers, Taurus pistols, plusother materiel  Libya 1985-87  Four shipments of arms and explosives successfully landed in Ireland by boat skipper Adrian Hopkins. AK-47s x 1,000, SAM-7s x 20, RPG-7s, 2 tonnes of Semtex .  Libya  1987  French Navy seize cargo on Eksund, skippered by Adrian Hopkins, off Brittany. Five arrested   380 gallons of nitro benzene  Netherlands  1988  Cargo smuggled from Amsterdam aboard truck; seized by Irish police, Kells, Co Meath. Driver later jailed.   Small arms, described as 'high-powered rifles'  USA  1988  US Customs foil bid to buy rifles from gun dealer in Alabama. Two men jailed.   Detonators for bombs; anti-aircraft missile system  USA  c1982-88  Group of IRA supporters jailed in Boston in 1990 for trying to smuggle a home-made missile system to Ireland. Member of group is also believed to have supplied detonators in 1982-88.   Stinger missiles  USA  late 1980s/ early 1990s  FBI foils plot to acquire Stingers on black market in Miami. Several arrests made.      Type  Role  Quantity   Webley .455  Revolver  60   AK-47/AKM Assault rifle  650   Armalite AR-15  Assault rifle  a few dozen   Barrett M82A1  Sniper rifle  1  7.62 mm FN MAG  Machine gun  12   12.7 x 107 mm DshK  Heavy machine gun  20  RPG-7 Rocket launcher  40  SAM-7 (may not be serviceable)  Surface-to-air missile  1   LPO-50  Flamethrower  6   Detonators For use in bombs  600  Semtex Explosive  3 tonnes  NoteAs well as the arms listed above, it is believed the IRA has other weapons including Heckler & Koch G3 assault rifles, Taurus pistols and FN FNC assault rifles. Security forces have made estimates of the IRA inventory partly on the basis of material known to have been imported from Libya, from which has been subtracted material seized by the authorities north and south of the border as well as Semtex estimated to have been used in various bomb attacks.Sean Boyne is a Dublin-based journalist who specializes in defence matters and international affairs. Part 1 of this article, which dealt with IRA organization and strategy, was published in the July issue of JIR.</blockquote>

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