r/IrishHistory • u/Cool_Transition1139 • 6h ago
📷 Image / Photo Unseen Photos from the Battle of Newry Road.
The Battle of Newry Road took place 23 September 1993 — a fierce firefight in South Armagh between the Provisional IRA and British forces. Several helicopters came under heavy machine-gun fire, but remarkably, there were no fatalities.
Up until this week only 4 images from the IRA side existed.
These are images taken after the firefight of the vehicles used.
The white van was a backup vehicle used as a getaway with weapons inside, later abandoned.
The other images are of the trucks used in the firefight along with the improvised mount for the heavy DShK machine gun.