Link Related to Canada in some say

Canadian rifles may have fallen into Yemen rebel hands, likely via Saudi Arabia


World | 207050 hits | Feb 22 10:27 am | Posted by: Hyack
8 Comment

Canadian-made weapons may have fallen into the hands of Houthi fighters in Yemen’s civil war, raising new concerns about Canada’s arms exports to the troubled region, and to Saudi Arabia in particular.

Comments

  1. by avatar DrCaleb
    Mon Feb 22, 2016 6:49 pm
    I'm conflicted. I don't like the idea of Canadian business adding to global conflict . . . but they will likely be shooting at Saudis . . .

  2. by avatar Hyack
    Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:24 pm
    Any weapons used in a conflict have a chance of being captured and used by the opposing forces or passed down the line to others. Why should Canadian firearms be any different? Myself, I'm quite pleased the Canadian armed forces are using weapons made in Canada as opposed to importing them.

  3. by avatar BeaverFever
    Tue Feb 23, 2016 5:10 am

    I'm quite pleased the Canadian armed forces are using weapons made in Canada as opposed to importing them.

    Well, the Saudis are using them anyway. I believe the Army's .50 cal rifle is still the US-made McMillan Tac-50, which they acquired in the early 2000s. I believe the Army picked up the PGW Timberwolf for medium-range though...

  4. by avatar Hyack
    Tue Feb 23, 2016 6:18 am
    "BeaverFever" said

    I'm quite pleased the Canadian armed forces are using weapons made in Canada as opposed to importing them.

    Well, the Saudis are using them anyway. I believe the Army's .50 cal rifle is still the US-made McMillan Tac-50, which they acquired in the early 2000s. I believe the Army picked up the PGW Timberwolf for medium-range though...


    If you had taken the time to read the story you may have noticed the .50 cal is an LRT-3 sniper rifle made by Winnipeg-based PGW Defence Technologies.

    "They're so distinctive visually that there aren't many rifles that look like them," ARES director Nic Jenzen-Jones said of the LRT-3, a .50 calibre sniper rifle with a potential range of nearly two kilometres.

  5. by Khar
    Tue Feb 23, 2016 11:55 am
    "Hyack" said

    I'm quite pleased the Canadian armed forces are using weapons made in Canada as opposed to importing them.

    Well, the Saudis are using them anyway. I believe the Army's .50 cal rifle is still the US-made McMillan Tac-50, which they acquired in the early 2000s. I believe the Army picked up the PGW Timberwolf for medium-range though...


    If you had taken the time to read the story you may have noticed the .50 cal is an LRT-3 sniper rifle made by Winnipeg-based PGW Defence Technologies.

    "They're so distinctive visually that there aren't many rifles that look like them," ARES director Nic Jenzen-Jones said of the LRT-3, a .50 calibre sniper rifle with a potential range of nearly two kilometres.


    If you had taken the time to read the post you quoted ( ;) ) you'd have noticed he was talking about what our army is using, and not what was obtained from the Saudis through PGW. The only PGW weaponry currently employed by the Canadian army is the Timberwolf, which Beaverfever already mentioned. . about a move from our more well known McMillan Tac-50s to the C3A1 (using the McMillan stock through a British company, Parker-Hale), and possible plans to phase into new equipment from Accuracy International (British).

  6. by avatar DrCaleb
    Tue Feb 23, 2016 2:37 pm
    "Khar" said
    . . . and possible plans to phase into new equipment from Accuracy International (British).




    Their .50 is supposed to be one of the most accurate semi-auto rifles out there. Man, I'd love to learn how to shoot one. One day perhaps . . .

    Or that LRT-3. 8)

  7. by avatar BRAH
    Tue Feb 23, 2016 2:46 pm
    Canada's Fast and Furious. 8O

  8. by avatar BeaverFever
    Tue Feb 23, 2016 9:30 pm
    "Khar" said

    Well, the Saudis are using them anyway. I believe the Army's .50 cal rifle is still the US-made McMillan Tac-50, which they acquired in the early 2000s. I believe the Army picked up the PGW Timberwolf for medium-range though...


    If you had taken the time to read the story you may have noticed the .50 cal is an LRT-3 sniper rifle made by Winnipeg-based PGW Defence Technologies.

    "They're so distinctive visually that there aren't many rifles that look like them," ARES director Nic Jenzen-Jones said of the LRT-3, a .50 calibre sniper rifle with a potential range of nearly two kilometres.


    If you had taken the time to read the post you quoted ( ;) ) you'd have noticed he was talking about what our army is using, and not what was obtained from the Saudis through PGW. The only PGW weaponry currently employed by the Canadian army is the Timberwolf, which Beaverfever already mentioned. . about a move from our more well known McMillan Tac-50s to the C3A1 (using the McMillan stock through a British company, Parker-Hale), and possible plans to phase into new equipment from Accuracy International (British).

    ^ What he said.



view comments in forum
You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news.

 Share  Digg It Bookmark to del.icio.us Share on Facebook


Who voted on this?

Share on Facebook Submit page to Reddit
CKA About |  Legal |  Advertise |  Sitemap |  Contact   canadian mobile newsMobile