Canada will provide Ukraine with 11,000 Colt C7 and C8 rifles: what is known about weapons (photo)
According to some reports, the C7 rifle is created on the basis of American M16A2, but there is information that Canadians have bought a license for one of the export options - Colt Model 715. Despite the external similarity of C7 and Colt Model 715, Canadian rifle has unique features that distinguish it from which distinguishes that distinguishes it, which distinguishes. other samples.
The rifle is equipped with gas automation and rotary shutter, similar to M16, and is fire -fired by ammunition of 5. 56x45 mm NATO from stores with a capacity of 30 cartridges. Weapons have several firing modes, including semi -automatic and automatic. In addition, it is often equipped with an optical Elcan 3. 4x sight, which increases its accuracy. C7 is used as a standard rifle in the Canadian Armed Forces, and has several modifications, including a sniper version.
The C8 rifle was created on the basis of Colt Model 725 and is designed to perform more specific tasks, especially for special units. A distinctive feature of the C8 rifle is its compactness - it is shorter, lighter and ergonomic than C7, which makes it ideal for use in limited space. C8 has a lot to do with C7, including a cartridge of 5. 56x45 mm NATO, 30 ammunition shops and firing modes.
However, it is mostly used by Canadian special units and other units that require more compact and universal weapons. The rifle has a number of modifications - C8A2 with a weighted barrel, C8 Special Forces Weapon with a pre -installed Kac RAS, C8CQB with a 9. 8 inches, Sneuperia C8CT, and export C8 iur. Recall that the Czech weapons presented the CZ Scorpion Evo 3 s2 micro Micro under 9 × 19 caliber.