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Extensive discussion going on here:
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/65144.0.html
about old C7's going to arm the Afghan National Army. Not begrudging they need more updated equipment but it would have been nice to see some earmarked for the Canadian Army Cadets.
I'm sure Colt Canada (Diemaco) could have come up with a cheap mod to prevent automatic fire.
When I was a cadet we regularly used FNs on the range and even carried them in the field on exercise sometimes.
Even before the FNs were removed from Cadets there were plans in the works for a Cadet specific rifle, the C10. It was basically a semi-auto only C7, with a Plastic lower reciever in .22LR calibre. Never happened. In the UK the cadets have a version of the service rifle, the SA80, and it would be nice to see something similar here. There are even kits available for the M-16/AR-15/C7 so you can use .22LR ammo in it, making it useable on smaller ranges and at much lower cost.
Once again, the cadets get left behind. With the CF unable to keep up with the recruiting it needs, maybe encouraging youth more might be an idea.
Just my 2 cents.
Simon
An old, former Cadet.
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/65144.0.html
about old C7's going to arm the Afghan National Army. Not begrudging they need more updated equipment but it would have been nice to see some earmarked for the Canadian Army Cadets.
I'm sure Colt Canada (Diemaco) could have come up with a cheap mod to prevent automatic fire.
When I was a cadet we regularly used FNs on the range and even carried them in the field on exercise sometimes.
Even before the FNs were removed from Cadets there were plans in the works for a Cadet specific rifle, the C10. It was basically a semi-auto only C7, with a Plastic lower reciever in .22LR calibre. Never happened. In the UK the cadets have a version of the service rifle, the SA80, and it would be nice to see something similar here. There are even kits available for the M-16/AR-15/C7 so you can use .22LR ammo in it, making it useable on smaller ranges and at much lower cost.
Once again, the cadets get left behind. With the CF unable to keep up with the recruiting it needs, maybe encouraging youth more might be an idea.
Just my 2 cents.
Simon
An old, former Cadet.