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The Colt Canada C7 and C8 are a Canadian family of service rifles, manufactured by Colt Canada (formerly Diemaco), having similar design and function to the Colt M16A3. The C7 and its variants have been adopted as the standard-issue rifle by the militaries of Canada , [ 2 ] Norway (special forces only), Denmark and the Netherlands .
The Canadian company Colt Canada (formerly Diemaco) licensed production of a rifle (Colt Model 715) and carbine (Colt Model 725), but later went on to produce an entire line of AR-15/M16 pattern weapons developed independently. In May 2005, Colt's Manufacturing Company acquired Diemaco, and the name was changed to Colt Canada.
C8A3 is a mid-life upgrade to earlier C8 models, and is the standard-issue carbine of the Canadian Forces. [65] Patrol rifles Colt Canada C19 Finland Canada: Bolt-action rifle: 7.62x51mm NATO: Licensed-built version of the Tikka T3. Standard issue rifle of the Canadian Rangers. [66] [67] Shotguns Remington 870 United States: Pump-action shotgun ...
Colt Canada C7 and C8 This page was last edited on 28 September 2024, at 14:34 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ...
Colt ACR: Colt's Manufacturing Company: 5.56×45mm M855 or Duplex United States no 1982 Colt Advanced Piston Carbine: Colt's Manufacturing Company: 5.56×45mm NATO United States yes 2010s-present Colt CM901: Colt Defense: 5.56×45mm NATO 6.8mm Remington SPC 7.62×39mm United States c.2012–present Colt MARS Colt: 5.56×30mm Mars United States 1997
Colt Canada C7: Assault rifle Canada 1984–present Colt Canada C8: Carbine Canada: 1994–present Colt Canada C9: Light machine gun Canada: 1980s–present Licensed copy of the FN Minimi. Norinco CQ: Assault rifle China 1980s-present Unlicensed copy of the M16 rifle. QBZ-97: Bullpup assault rifle China 1997–present 5.56×45mm NATO variant of ...
Canadian soldiers training with C9A1 light machine guns equipped with a C79. Adopted in 1989, the Elcan C79 is the primary sighting system for the small arms of the Canadian Forces and is mounted on the Colt Canada C7 and C8 family of rifles, as well as the C9A1 Light Machine Gun.
Colt Canada (formerly called Diemaco), [1] located in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, is one of a group of companies owned by Colt CZ Group SE, based in Prague, Czech Republic. The facility produces small arms for the Canadian Armed Forces , Canadian law enforcement agencies [ 2 ] In addition, the company exports firearms internationally.