- Title:
- Czech Vz70 7.65 mm self-loading pistol, used by Irish Republican Army, 1978 (c)
- Object name(s):
- pistol, self-loading, 7.65 mm Vz70
- Brief description:
- Czech Vz70 7.65 mm self-loading pistol used by Irish Republican Army, 1978 (c). The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) directly purchased small arms from Czechoslovakia in the 1970s while Czech-made assault rifles and Semtex explosives were supplied to the organisation by Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi’s Libyan regime in the 1980s. The latter shipments were a result of Gaddafi's desire to strike at the British Government for their support and assistance during the US Air Force's bombing attacks on Tripoli and Benghazi in 1986.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Firearms
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- pistol, self-loading, 7.65 mm Vz70
- Object number:
- NAM. 1993-04-389-1
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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