Editing Colt Canada C7 and C8 (section)

==Users==
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*{{flag|Botswana}}: MRR15.7M and MRR11.6S Modular Rail Rifle used by the [[Botswana Defence Force]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.coltcanada.com/fleet-upgrades-licensed-programs-custom-builds/ | title=Fleet Upgrades Licensed Programs & Custom Builds - Colt Canada }}</ref>
*{{flag|Canada}}: Used by the [[Canadian Forces]]<ref name="miller2001">Miller, David (2001). ''The Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns''. Salamander Books Ltd. {{ISBN|1-84065-245-4}}.</ref> and law enforcement agencies including the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]],<ref>{{cite news | title = Kitchener plant to make new gun for front-line RCMP officers | newspaper = Canadian Press | date = 21 October 2011 | url = http://www.guelphmercury.com/news/canada/article/613061--kitchener-plant-to-make-new-gun-for-front-line-rcmp-officers | access-date = 22 October 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120406211719/http://www.guelphmercury.com/news/canada/article/613061--kitchener-plant-to-make-new-gun-for-front-line-rcmp-officers | archive-date = 6 April 2012 | url-status = live }}</ref> Vancouver Police Department,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/opinion/vancouver-police-carbine-rifles-colt-c8-1938049 | title=Here's the deal with those big guns the cops were carrying on Italian Day | date=11 June 2018 }}</ref> Halifax Regional Police,<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Halifax police firepower increased with C8 rifle purchases |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-police-firepower-increased-with-c8-rifle-purchases-1.2819252 |work=CBC News}}</ref> Dryden Police,<ref name="coltcanada.com">[http://www.coltcanada.com/pgallery-page%20police.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208131923/http://www.coltcanada.com/pgallery-page%20police.htm|date=December 8, 2009}}</ref> Halton ERT,<ref name="coltcanada.com" /> the [[Ontario Provincial Police]], [[Sûreté du Québec]] (Quebec Provincial Police), [[York Regional Police]] and [[Emergency Task Force (TPS)]].<ref>{{cite news |first1=John |last1=Lancaster |first2=Jennifer |last2=Fowler |title=Toronto police to get military-style assault rifles |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-rifles-1.3409707 |work=CBC News |publisher=CBC news |date=19 January 2016 |access-date=11 May 2024 }}</ref> It is also used by the [[Correctional Service of Canada]].
*{{flag|Denmark}}<ref name="miller2001" /> The entirety of the Danish M/95 rifle family were developed on the C7/8 platform M/95(C7), M/96(C8), M/04(LSW) and M/10(C8IUR)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hærens Operative Kommando |date=January 2012 |title=HRN 111-001 5,56 mm gevær M/95-familien |url=https://www.hjv.dk/AktivitetsModul/AktivitetsDokumenter/HRN%20111-001%205,56%20mm%20gevær%20M95-familien119489.pdf |journal=HRN 111-001 5,56 mm gevær M/95-familien |via=Manual}}</ref>
*{{flag|Iceland}}: Used by the [[Iceland Crisis Response Unit]]{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
*{{flag|Netherlands}}: Used by the [[Military of the Netherlands]].<ref name="miller2001" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defensie.nl/english/organisation/army/contents/materiel/arms/colt-c7-c8nld-5.56mm|title=Colt C7/C8NLD 5.56mm|access-date=15 November 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104200752/http://www.defensie.nl/english/organisation/army/contents/materiel/arms/colt-c7-c8nld-5.56mm|archive-date=4 November 2014}}</ref><ref>Bartocci, Christopher R. (2004). Black Rifle II The M16 into the 21st Century. Collector Grade Publications Incorporated. {{ISBN|0-88935-348-4}}.</ref>
*{{flag|Norway}}: In use with [[Forsvarets Spesialkommando]] ([[Norwegian Army]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/her-slar-norske-elitesoldater-tilbake-mot-taliban/63306853 |title=Her slår norske elitesoldater tilbake mot Taliban |publisher=Dagbladet.no |date=2012-04-15 |access-date=2019-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426171521/https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/her-slar-norske-elitesoldater-tilbake-mot-taliban/63306853 |archive-date=2019-04-26 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Marinejegerkommandoen]] ([[Royal Norwegian Navy]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://forsvaret.no/aktuelt/kabul-ti-aar-senere |title=Kabultid |publisher=Forsvaret.no |date=2018-10-01 |access-date=2019-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426171523/https://forsvaret.no/aktuelt/kabul-ti-aar-senere |archive-date=2019-04-26 |url-status=live }}</ref> Also in use with select agencies within the [[Norwegian Police]], including [[Delta (Norwegian police unit)|Delta]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=287131 |title=Paint-ball kan ha utløst politiaksjon - VG Nett |publisher=Vg.no |date=2005-08-17 |access-date=2013-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711011622/http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=287131 |archive-date=2012-07-11 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/ny-skyteepisode-i-oslo-politiet-har-pagrepet-n-person/68543341 |title=Ny skyteepisode i Oslo: Politiet har pågrepet én person |publisher=Dagbladet.no |date=2017-06-27 |access-date=2019-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426171524/https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/ny-skyteepisode-i-oslo-politiet-har-pagrepet-n-person/68543341 |archive-date=2019-04-26 |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[Royal Police Escort]] and the [[Norwegian Police Security Service]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.klikk.no/produkthjemmesider/vimenn/reportasje/politiets-livvakttjeneste-2670007 |title=Politiets livvakttjeneste - Vi Menn |publisher=Klikk.no |date=2015-06-09 |access-date=2019-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426171524/https://www.klikk.no/produkthjemmesider/vimenn/reportasje/politiets-livvakttjeneste-2670007 |archive-date=2019-04-26 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{ROU}}: In use with {{lang|ro|i=no|[[Detașamentul Special de Protecție și Intervenție]]}}<ref name="DSPI/DIR">{{cite web |url=http://www.presamil.ro/OM/2004/20/pag%2014.htm |title=Menirea Intervenției Rapide |language=ro |publisher=Presa Militara Romana |date=2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408033753/http://www.presamil.ro/OM/2004/20/pag%2014.htm |archive-date=April 8, 2009 }}</ref>
*{{UKR}}: Significant quantity of C7A2 were seen in the hands of Ukrainian forces during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ukrainian military received FN FAL PARA rifles |url=https://mil.in.ua/en/news/ukrainian-military-received-fn-fal-para-rifles/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Militarnyi |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tatarigama_UA on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/Tatarigami_UA/status/1661046652411559941 |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref> Some C8s/C8 SFWs used by Ukrainian SOF under the SSO. The rifles are actively being used with the Ukrainian Ground Forces, primarily with the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade and 47th Mechanized Brigade, both now part of the 3rd Army Corps. Rifles were also observed with Azov National Guard Brigade, and the Unmanned Systems Forcesʼ 14th Regiment.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://armourersbench.com/2023/01/22/canadian-small-arms-light-weapons-in-ukraine/ | title=Canadian Small Arms & Light Weapons in Ukraine | date=22 January 2023 }}</ref>
*{{flag|United Kingdom}}: C8SFW, C8IUR, and C8MRR Carbines are used by the [[British Army]] and SAS and are the standard-issues rifle of the [[Royal Marines]] under the designation of L119A1, L119A2 and L119A3<ref>{{cite web |title=Tactical Hearing Protection System (THPS) User Information |url=https://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Tactical_hearing.pdf |website=British Army |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014233713/https://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Tactical_hearing.pdf |archive-date=14 October 2017 |date=2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=De Los Santos |first1=Sgt. Kealiiholokaikeikio |title=Tactics and training across the Atlantic |url=https://www.marines.mil/News/News-Display/Article/3271149/tactics-and-training-across-the-atlantic/ |work=United States Marines Corps |access-date=15 March 2023 |date=18 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="Times2019">{{cite news |last1=Fisher |first1=Lucy |title=Green beret is the sole survivor as Royal Marines get a modern makeover |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/article/green-beret-is-the-sole-survivor-as-royal-marines-get-a-modern-makeover-phns5qmxk |access-date=16 March 2023 |work=[[The Times]] |date=4 November 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SAS - Weapons - C8 Carbine |url=https://www.eliteukforces.info/special-air-service/weapons/c8.php |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=www.eliteukforces.info}}</ref>

===Former user===
*{{flagcountry|Islamic Republic of Afghanistan}}: Donated weapons from Canada were previously used by the [[Afghan National Army]],<ref name="CBC"/> but the weapons were later returned to Canada in favour of American weapons.<ref name="ca.yahoo"/>