Mounted Pewter Guns

The MP5 is a 9x19mm Parabellum submachine gun, developed in the 1960s by a team of engineers from the German small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K).

The MP5 is one of the most widely used submachine guns in the world, having been adopted by 40 nations and numerous military, law enforcement, intelligence, and security organizations.

The MP5 is known to have been used in Ireland by the Army Ranger Wing as well as the Garda ERU.

This 1:6 pewter model of the MP5 is presented with a 9mm round on an attractive wooden plinth and can be personalised with two Irish Defence Forces Challenge coins to be chosen from the drop down menus.

The Lee–Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle that served as the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century. The Lee-Enfield No1 MkIII/III* was used as the service rifle by the Irish National Army during the Civil War and later by Defence Forces, it was replaced by No4 MkII model in 1950’s and was finally retired from service in 1961 when it was replaced by the FN FAL.

This 1:6 Scale pewter model comes with a .303 round and two Challenge coins which can be personalised to represent the service career of any Irish Defence Forces Soldier.

The Thompson submachine gun is an American submachine gun invented by John T. Thompson in 1918 which became infamous during the Prohibition era, being a signature weapon of various organized crime syndicates in the United States.

The Thompson Submachine gun was used by the Irish Defence Forces during The Emergency.

The Thompson was favored by soldiers, criminals, police, FBI, and civilians alike for its large .45 ACP cartridge and high volume of fully automatic fire. It has since gained popularity among civilian collectors for its historical significance. It has considerable significance in popular culture, especially in works about the Prohibition era and World War II, and is among the best-known firearms in history.

The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a name primarily used to refer to the water-cooled .303 British machine gun produced by Vickers Limited, originally for the British Army. The machine gun typically required a six to eight-man team to operate: one fired, one fed the ammunition, the rest helped to carry the weapon, its ammunition, and spare parts. It was in service from before the First World War until the 1960s, with air-cooled versions of it on many Allied World War I fighter aircraft.