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Welcome to the Unofficial Canadian Army Home Page.
(DND PICTURE)
The C6 is a general purpose machine-gun developed in Belgium. It is a fully automatic, air-cooled, belt-fed and gas-operated weapon. This very versatile machine-gun is used by the Canadian Forces as a fire support weapon in the following roles: co-axial, sustained or light fire. In a co-axial role, the weapon is mounted in a vehicle turret beside the main armament. It would complement the 25-mm or 105-mm cannon as the antipersonnel weapon.
Crew: 1
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Calibre: 7.62 mm (NATO) |
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Weight : machine-gun: 11 kg barrel: 3 kg 220 round belt: 5.4 kg |
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Length : machine-gun: 1.255 m barrel: .679 m sight base: .848 m |
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Mode of fire: Automatic only |
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Cyclic rate of fire: 650 to 1,000 rounds per minute |
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Optical attachment: Night Image Intensification Sight (Maxi Kite sight) |
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Entered service in 1978 Quantity in Service: 1,870 |
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Notes: Cost $10,000 per unit |
Last updated: Jun-99
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