New batch of machine guns for Canadian military to be delivered in December
David Pugliese | Ottawa Citizen | January 28, 2020 | Updated January 29, 2020
The Canadian government is buying a little more than 3,600 machine guns to replace aging weapons in its stocks.
An earlier batch of new machine guns have already been delivered to some of the troops.
For this latest contract, the government is purchasing 3,626 new C6A1 FLEX General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMGs) from Colt Canada of Kitchener, ON. First deliveries of this batch of new GPMGs are anticipated in December 2020, with final deliveries in July 2023, the Department of National Defence noted in a news release. The value of the contract is $96.97 million but that includes taxes.
The guns feature a durable polymer butt stock instead of the current wooden style, according to the Department of National Defence.
David Pugliese | Ottawa Citizen | January 28, 2020 | Updated January 29, 2020
The Canadian government is buying a little more than 3,600 machine guns to replace aging weapons in its stocks.
An earlier batch of new machine guns have already been delivered to some of the troops.
For this latest contract, the government is purchasing 3,626 new C6A1 FLEX General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMGs) from Colt Canada of Kitchener, ON. First deliveries of this batch of new GPMGs are anticipated in December 2020, with final deliveries in July 2023, the Department of National Defence noted in a news release. The value of the contract is $96.97 million but that includes taxes.
The guns feature a durable polymer butt stock instead of the current wooden style, according to the Department of National Defence.