Editing CRV7 (section)

{{Short description|Canadian 2.75-inch rocket}}
[[File:Royal Military Museum Brussels 2007 138.JPG|thumb|A SUU-5003 bomblet dispenser adapted to fire four CRV7 rockets. Two rocket tubes are visible, while shackles for six practice bombs are located underneath. Given both stores, pilots can train rocket and bomb fire on a single sortie.]]

The '''CRV7''', short for '''"Canadian Rocket Vehicle 7"''', is a 2.75-inch (70&nbsp;mm) folding-fin ground attack [[rocket (weapon)|rocket]] produced by [[Bristol Aerospace]] in [[Winnipeg, Manitoba]]. It was introduced in the early 1970s as an upgraded version of the standard U.S. 2.75-inch air-to-ground rocket. It was the most powerful weapon of its class, the first with enough energy to penetrate standard [[Warsaw Pact]] aircraft hangars. The CRV7 remains one of the most powerful air-to-ground attack rockets to this day, and has slowly become the [[de facto]] standard for Western-aligned forces outside the United States. Beginning in 2021, 83,303 stored Canadian CRV7s are slated for disposal, having been removed from service from 2005 to 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-dundurn-crv-7-rocket-1.6104294 |title=In Saskatchewan, the story of a Cold War-era Canadian-designed rocket comes to an end |date=22 July 2021 |newspaper=CBC |first=Alexander |last=Quon }}</ref> In 2024 the Department of National Defence was considering donating the rockets to Ukraine as military aid to defend against the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]. An estimated 8,000 rockets have functioning warheads, while the remainder could be used for parts or modification.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Conservatives call on Canada to donate rockets to Ukraine — but not all are battle-ready |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/crv7-rockets-ukraine-canada-1.7103798 |last=Brewster |first=Murray |date=2024-02-02 |work=CBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Exclusive: Ukrainian general wants Canada’s 83,000 decommissioned rockets {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10271532/ukraine-general-canada-crv7-rockets/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}</ref>
In September 2024 Canadian defence minister Bill Blair announced Canada would be sending 80,840 rocket motors to Ukraine over the next months, in addition to the 2,100  already shipped, along with 1,300 warheads.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Canada sending rocket motors, spare parts to Ukraine in latest aid package |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ukraine-russia-canada-aid-package-f16-1.7314594 |last=Brewster |first=Murray |date=2024-09-06 |work=CBC News}}</ref>