New rifles on the way for Canada's soldiers as defence spending ramps up (www.cbc.ca)

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A program intended to replace the entire stock of the Canadian military’s aging assault rifles is being sped up, CBC News has learned.

An internal Department of National Defence presentation references a move to quickly order the first tranche of weapons under the Canadian Modular Assault Rifle program.

A Defence Department equipment briefing, dated July 2025, says the plan is to order up to 65,401 modern rifles with the possibility being left open to increase the delivery up to 300,000 should the government proceed with a plan to drastically scale up the size of the military supplementary reserve.

The Canadian Modular Assault Rifle is intended to replace the current stock of C7 and C8 rifles, which date from the Afghan war almost two decades ago.

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[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Canadian Made, by Colt Canada a US subsidiary. :(

I hope that one day Canada will learn the lesson of dual purpose industry. Have Canadian owned and made small arms on principle of sovereignty and defence.

When military production is not required due to peacetime, convert production to civilian models. This can scale up and down a few production lines as needed. Ammunition is included here too. The civilian operations subsidize the cost of maintaining a permanent defense industrial footprint.

Use that civilian infrastructure as a recruiting tool for the military as sports shooters may be more inclined. You also generate a population base of trained marksmen to draw upon should conflict arise. The swiss model can be drawn upon for inspiration.

Canada's liberals have been on a gun hunt since forever. They say they will cut the civil service to save money while expanding on past obscene expenditures for gun grabs. They wage war on civilian firearms industry, and the sports shooting community while also claiming to support domestic industry, especially defense, is such a raging case of suck and blow at the same time their heads are going to implode.

[-] Gleddified@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

If it makes you feel better, Colt seems to be owned by a Czech company now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_CZ_Group

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

Actually, it does make me feel better. Thanks. :)

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I thought Colt Canada had gone tits up, I didn't realize CZ bought them. Good on them, CZ makes excellent products.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

The civilian operations

should be very small. Hunters and gun-clutchers.

[-] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

The liberals are the friendly-face nanny-state fascists, the conservatives are the scary-face anti-everything fascists, they're two sides of the same coin. They're both starting to swing fascist authoritarian, don't be deceived because they wear different costumes.

[-] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I've seen where the modern right wing takes us. It's orange, it's bloviating, it's anti-intellectual, it's corrupt to the core. The slovenly worship of the least deserving person on the planet, the self-owns, all so they can cause pain to people they don't like. The destruction of the global order and denial of reality.

I prefer the liberal version. There just isn't a 'both sides' to this.

[-] ArmchairAce1944@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Dude, have you been paying attention to the gun ban situation? The past 5 years have seen almost all rifles being banned and now they are turning their eyes on shotguns.

Eventually the old 'a bolt action rifle with 5 rounds and a double barreled shotgun fowling piece' claim this is all civilians should have won't exist. Because they will ban almost all bolt guns (because now they are targeting all rifles with detachable magazines, and most bolt action rifles have those. They won't let ww2 bolt guns or recreations thereof be around since those are 'military' guns). For shotguns I guarantee you they will look at a double barrel and also realize it automatically extracts/ejects the shells after opening and say this reloads too fast. They will insist on single barrel guns that would be primitive by 1880s standards.

They are declaring war on sport shootings and despite them using hunting as a baseline most of rhe experts have no fucking idea how hunting works for different game types. And don't get me started on dangerous game. I am not a hunter, but I talk to them. Sport shooting is my game and this fucking sucks. They want to make the sport as hard as possible to get into and as unpleasant as possible to actually do.

Banning guns by action or by name is stupid.

[-] ArmchairAce1944@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The gun ban shit is stupid, and expensive and pointless. The licensing scheme was all that was needed and it worked very well. They could even remove the non-restricted/restricted distinction and just have long gun/handgun, and the handgun freeze crap needs to go to hell. Also pocket pistols should be relegalized again. A person that can be trusted with a glock 19 can be trusted with a glock 43.

Edit: I have a fuckload more to say but I haven't the time or energy for this shit.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

You've barely worked yourself into a lather.

Amateurs who can't be trusted with a glock 43 maybe shouldn't have a glock 19.

[-] ArmchairAce1944@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

It isn't the gotcha you think it is. To get a handgun you absolutely need to know how to use it properly (at least they did before the handgun freeze), and most handgun shooters are better shots than your average Canadian police officer. You are acting like they handed out RPALs to people who use pistols to scratch their heads or something. If anything I would say many cops shouldn't be walking around with a badge and a gun, but many do, and I have heard of accidental discharges from them so stupid that it is amazing they only get a stern talking to. If I had an accidental discharge even close to what they did I would go to jail for years and be fucked for life.