# List of weapons used by the Irish National Liberation Army

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

## Sources

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 | 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 | 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 | |