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  2. List of historical equipment of the Canadian military - Wikipedia

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    only in service with Canadian Rangers.455 Webley United Kingdom: no longer in service: 7.62 × 51 mm NATO United States: 5.56×45mm NATO: 1984–present Belgium: 9×19mm Parabellum: 1944–present Austria-Hungary.50 BMG United States: Used by Canadian snipers to set the longest distance kill record: 12 Gauge United States: 5.7×28 mm Belgium

  3. Canadian peacekeeping - Wikipedia

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    The Canadian delegation to the United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco, May 1945 [16]. Canada's foreign policy of peacekeeping, peace enforcement, peacemaking, and peacebuilding has been intertwined with its tendency to pursue multilateral and international solutions since the end of World War II.

  4. Uniforms of the Canadian Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    Most of the Canadian Army's ceremonial embellishments emerged from a simplified system ordered by the Monarch of Canada in 1902, and later promulgated in the Canadian Militia Dress Regulations 1907, and Militia Order No. 58/1908 for non-commissioned officer. [2] Full dress uniforms in the Canadian Army (Regular and Reserve Force)

  5. List of equipment of the Canadian Army - Wikipedia

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    Delivery completed in March 2024 of 16,500 new C22 pistols for the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and Royal Canadian Air Force, and 3,200 more compact C24 pistols for the Military Police Group. [53] [54] [55] Submachine guns Heckler & Koch MP5 West Germany: Submachine gun: 9×19mm NATO MP5-N [56]

  6. Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal - Wikipedia

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    The Canadian peacekeeping Service Medal was designed by Bruce W. Beatty and is in the form of a 36 millimetres (1.4 in) diameter disc with, on the obverse, the words PEACEKEEPING • SERVICE DE LA PAIX, separated by maple leaves, surrounding a rendition of the three Canadian Peacekeeper figures that top the Peacekeeping Monument in Ottawa; one is an unarmed United Nations Military Observer ...

  7. CANEX - Wikipedia

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    The Canadian Forces Exchange System, or CANEX, is a commercial service of the Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services. [1] First established in 1968, [ 2 ] it is tasked with supporting the Canadian Forces operational effectiveness, contributing to morale, esprit de corps and unit cohesion.

  8. Blue beret - Wikipedia

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    UN blue beret being worn by Luís Carrilho, head of the United Nations Police Canadian peacekeeper in 1976 wearing the distinctive UN blue helmet. A blue beret is a blue-colored beret used by various (usually special) military and other organizations.

  9. Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Canadian Heraldic Authority, which grants armorial bearings (coats of arms), flags, and badges to Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and corporate bodies, forms a part of the Canadian honours system; the granting of arms is regarded as an honour from the monarch, via the governor general, and thus are bestowed only on those whom the ...