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Colt and Diemaco paired up for this weapon, they did not develop it seperately. They have both upgraded their weapons to include a flat top reciever and other features seperately, but the weapons remain essentially the same. Colt definitly has a 900 series model number for what they sell now as the "Colt Automatic Rifle," I just don't know what it is. To see further proof of this, all you have to do is go to Colt.com and look at the picture for the Colt Automatic Rifle. If you look close enough you'll notice the maple leaf on the reciever, and the picture is actually of a Diemaco produced LSW. Its also why the LSW is the only Diemaco weapon featuring A2 style rear sights, even if the detachable carry handle is distinctively Diemaco. -- Thatguy96 23:37, 7 November 2005
The LSW used by the Danish military features exactly the same fire selector as C7A1 and C8A2. It is not a full-auto-only weapon. Shorttail
The LSW is unpopular in the danish army:its not belt fed,has no possibility to change the barrel,eager to malfunction etc etc.So in afghanistan the good old (but heavy) MG3 is still used for a lot of tasks the LSW should be doing.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.129.26.73 (talk) 15:11, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
The links for "Diemaco Small Arms Systems" and "Colt Canada" go to the same place. Is that intentional? 64.231.13.72 01:38, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
Diemaco has been bought by Colt and renamed Colt Canada.
--Ng.j 14:38, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
The table is useful, but would be even more so if weights were listed.
--Ng.j 14:38, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Okay, I've not reverted this about a dozen times from more than one person and its still wrong. The origin of this weapon is Canadian in terms of the production only. Colt licensed the production of the two initial variants and even assigned them internal model numbers. The weapon's design is firmly American in origin, regardless of subsequent variants. Stop changing this. -- Thatguy96 20:51, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
The design is Canadian, but since the foundation is the M16 it would be appropriate to list American roots. My understanding is that the original C7 was modified from the M16A2. --Ng.j (talk) 08:10, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
99.237.93.61 (talk) 16:06, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
The merge has been done, with this edit. The article that was merged into this one was also renamed, from "C8 rifle" to "C8 carbine", so both of those now redirect to this article. In case anyone wants to see the article that was merged into this one, it's here. — Mudwater (Talk) 14:35, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
umm for C8 PDW I find 20 inches quite long, also need sources User:Kullwarrior
(C8A1) "The improved C8A1 (Diemaco C8FT) is essentially the same as the C7A1, just in carbine form, and is currently the best carbine in the world."
i dont edit wikipedia, but i think this is obviously a personal opinion. would someone take care of it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.53.251.82 (talk) 00:34, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Definitely personal opinion, doesn't belong here. Fixed AnayaDa (talk) 14:23, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Given that of the nine forces mentioned, five of them are the four branches of the military of the Netherlands plua the Marine Corps, wouldn't it make more sense to combine these as 'military of the Netherlands', much like was done with Denmark? SeverityOne (talk) 06:58, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
I am the only one who notices the heartily unencyclopedic tone of the entire Foreign Armies section?--99.250.177.248 (talk) 04:32, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
The C7 was a joint Colt/Diemaco project, and as such is a joint U.S./Canadian venture, much like the SCAR is a Belgian/U.S. origin weapon and the HK416 is a German/U.S. origin weapon. Please stop removing the U.S. from the list of origin countries. It is very plain that both the U.S. and Canada had an equal share in the development and requirements of the C7. I'm pretty sure to continue to just flat out remove the U.S. from the list without discussing it here on the discuss page constitutes vandalism. Tominator93 (talk) 03:25, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
There is continuing vandalism on this page.
Is there any way to get a moderator involved? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.91.61.58 (talk) 22:32, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
I don't know who made the table of weapons and their designations, but the C9 is not a rifle developed or manufactured by Diemaco or colt nor is it part of the m16/C7/C8 family of weapons. The C9 is a light support weapon made by la Fabrique Nationale de Herstal in Belgium and is used by the Canadian Forces as a squad support weapon(like the m249 in the American Army). since this is the case, please delete the C9 part of the table in order to avoid confusion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.58.213.15 (talk) 01:26, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
No objections here.
And on the matter of the revert war about the origins of the C7, I actually agree that the best course of action might be to either list the country of origin as "N/A", or just remove the listing altogether.
What do you guys think of this?
Tominator93 (talk) 22:43, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
There. I cited it. In the WorldGuns article, it details how Diemaco purchased license to produce the rifle from Colt USA. Tominator93 (talk) 21:53, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
I've been hearing some noise about who is the design/engineering authority of the C7 rifle. It is Colt (USA). Diamaco had the license to build a version of the M16 called the C7. I was the Quality and Technical Services Officer, Canadian Armed Forced Technical Services Agency, 301st. Our detachment was located in Kitchener, Ontario and our sub-detachment was located in the Diemaco Plant. At one point, I was the Acting Detachment Quality Manager overlooking our group at Diemaco. One interesting difference between the M16 and the C7 was the barrel for the C7. It was chromed to increase life. The logistics of the rifle was to replace parts when they have worn out as quickly and effortlessly as possible. However, CAF has a history of making their materiel last as long as possible, hence, the chrome. Unfortunately, every 1000th round would disintegrate as it left the muzzle. Not good for friendlies standing nearby. I remember one afternoon sitting in the dark with a bunch of people watching a bore scope monitor as it inspected every single millimeter of a slowly rotating barrel from one end to the other looking for clues to this problem. Torontofred (talk) 20:19, 29 March 2010 (UTC)TorontoFred 29th March, 2010.
"The C7 has, like the M16A2, a semi-automatic fire mode and a fully automatic mode." The M16A2 does not have fully automatic mode. It has burst and semi only.--Senor Freebie (talk) 03:36, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
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The point you aim at, without a scope, and the point at which your bullet hits the exact point you aimed at is at 300 meters (330 yards / 900 feet), maximum effective (lethal) range is 1100 meters. the c79 scope can be set to 700 meters. and the luchtmobiele brigade (11th Dutch Air Manouvre Brigade) does use the Diemaco c8 / c8a1, its not standard issued but can be ordered if wanted.
For verification search the gun manuals, or the dutch militairy manual. The same stats are applied to all 50 cm / 20" barrels with 1/7 twist and the Colt Armalite receiver (afsluiter in dutch).
(I used to serve at the 11th) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.84.170.58 (talk) 19:02, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
The armament of the SOG is classified information therefore there are no reliable sources for this claim and the only weapons that have been shown in official pictures are the Swedish AK5 and the G36 therefore I'll remove it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.226.121.108 (talk) 04:55, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
"Concerns that Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry had with the C8 led to the creation of the C8FTHB."
I have found no source at all for this information after researching, so it is probably best for this section to be revised or removed unless someone can turn something up. Nick3111997 (talk) 00:10, 28 November 2014 (UTC)Nick3111997
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