Editing Colt Canada C7 and C8 (section)

{{Short description|Canadian assault rifle, introduced 1984}}
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{{Infobox weapon
| name            = Colt Canada C7
| image           = C7A1 with IronSights.JPG
| caption         = Colt Canada C7A1 with [[bayonet]] attached
| type            = {{UBL|C7 ([[Assault rifle]]) | C8 ([[Carbine]]) }}
| service         = 1984–present
| wars            = {{ubli|[[United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda|Rwandan Civil War]]|[[United Nations Protection Force|Yugoslav Wars]]|[[Operation Deliverance|Somali Civil War]]|[[British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War|Sierra Leone Civil War]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Certain Death in Sierra Leone: The SAS and Operation Barras 2000|series=Raid 10|publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]]|first=Will |last=Fowler|date=10 Apr 2010 |isbn=9781846038501|pages=24–25}}</ref>|[[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]]|[[Iraq War]]|[[Syrian civil war]]|[[War in Iraq (2013–2017)]]|[[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]}}
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| designer        = 
| number          = {{gaps|250,000+}}
| length          = {{ubli|{{convert|1006|mm|abbr=on}} (C7/C7A1/C7A2 stock extended)|{{convert|929.8|mm|abbr=on}} (C7A2 stock collapsed)}}
| action          = [[Gas-operated]], [[Closed bolt|closed]] [[rotating bolt]], [[Direct impingement#Stoner bolt and carrier piston system|Stoner bolt and carrier piston]]
| image_size      = 300
| origin          = Canada
| is_ranged       = Yes
| used_by         = See ''[[#Users|Users]]''
| design_date     = 
| manufacturer    = {{ubli|[[Diemaco]] (1982–2005) |[[Colt Canada]] <span style{{=}}"white-space: nowrap">(2005–present)</span>}}
| production_date = 1982–present
| variants        = 
| weight          = {{ubli|{{convert|3.3|kg|abbr=on}} (C7, unloaded) |{{convert|2.68|kg|abbr=on}} (C8, unloaded)}}
| part_length     = {{convert|508|mm|abbr=on}}
| crew            = <!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->
| cartridge       = [[5.56×45mm NATO]]
| rate            = 700–950 rounds/min
| velocity        = {{ubli|{{cvt|945|m/s|ft/s}} (C7) | {{cvt|870|m/s|ft/s}} (C8)}}
| range           = {{ubli|{{convert|400|m|yd|abbr=on}} (iron sights)|{{convert|550|m|yd|abbr=on}} (magnifying optical sight)}}
| max_range       = {{ubli|{{convert|3000|m|yd|-1|abbr=on}} (C7) | {{convert|2350|m|yd|abbr=on}} (C8)}}
| feed            = [[STANAG magazine]]
| sights          = {{ubli|[[Iron sights]] | [[C79 optical sight]]}}
}}

The '''Colt Canada C7''' is the Canadian military’s adoption of [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt's]] Armalite AR-15 platform, manufactured by [[Colt Canada]] (formerly [[Diemaco]]), having similar design and function to the [[M16 rifle#M16A3|M16A3]].

The C7 and its variants have been adopted as the standard-issue rifle by the militaries of [[Canadian Armed Forces|Canada]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Government of Canada|first=National Defence|date=2013-03-08|title=C7A2 Automatic Rifle - Canadian Army|url=http://www.army-armee.forces.gc.ca/en/equipment/weapons/c7a2-assault-gun.page|access-date=2022-02-16|website=www.army-armee.forces.gc.ca}}</ref> [[Forsvarets Spesialkommando|Norway]] (special forces only), [[Danish Defence|Denmark]] and the [[Netherlands Armed Forces|Netherlands]]. Following trials, C8 variants are general-issue firearms for the United Kingdom's [[United Kingdom Special Forces|Special Forces]]. The C8A1 is also the standard firearm of the [[Royal Netherlands Air Force]] and other specialist users within the Dutch and British militaries. It has been used in various combat deployments by Canadian, [[British Army|British]], [[Norwegian Armed Forces|Norwegian]], [[Royal Netherlands Army|Dutch]], and [[Royal Danish Army|Danish]] forces in [[Afghanistan]], [[Iraq]], and [[Mali]].