| Tango01 | 14 Feb 2015 11:03 p.m. PST |
…Armed Forces. "Maybe Canada¡¦s Armed Forces are fighting a Wendigoƒş infestation no one knows about. Perhaps they¡¦re engaged in a secret war against Bigfoot and his moose army for control of the Northwest Passage. There's also the reality that Canada is a NATO partner and fights regular wars overseas; Canadian troops fought alongside American ones in Afghanistan from 2001 until March 2014. Well, to make Canada ready to take on their next foe, Colt Canada just released a video demonstration of a new prototype gun for the Canadian military. And it looks ridiculous" link From here
link Amicalement
Armand |
| FoxtrotPapaRomeo | 15 Feb 2015 12:27 a.m. PST |
Many militaries successfully use a bullpup design (eg.,UK, AUS, FRA) as their standard individual weapon. And fight alongside US troops with nary a whimper about them not being real weapons. The grenade launcher sounds like metal storm or similsr technology (an electric signal sets off the stacked charges/projectiles – would explain the "not manually fireable" note). Not sure about the extra "trigger guard"'s purpose. |
| skippy0001 | 15 Feb 2015 12:30 a.m. PST |
Obviously, it's for combat exoskeletons/powered armor. |
| FreddBloggs | 15 Feb 2015 6:11 a.m. PST |
I suspect the not man firable bit, it to let people know it is a mock up for visual purposes. Looks like a nice compact design. |
| Jamesonsafari | 15 Feb 2015 9:30 a.m. PST |
still in development
I suspect a lot of the extra crap around it is for test firing. |
| Brother Jim | 15 Feb 2015 10:25 a.m. PST |
I'm gonna guess the extra large trigger guard is so the gun can be handled and fired when wearing mittens. It gets cold up North. |
| Halifax49 | 15 Feb 2015 10:41 a.m. PST |
It gets cold up North Thanks, Captain Obvious
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| zoneofcontrol | 16 Feb 2015 9:25 a.m. PST |
Oh, lookie, lookie! Its Son of Zardoz. |
troopwo  | 16 Feb 2015 4:36 p.m. PST |
There is a committee responsible for throwing money at Colt Canada. I understand that Colt Canada would happily drop this into a smelter at first opportunity. Strangely, most of the ideas were already trialled by Colt USA in the late fifties and early sixties under such things as project Salvo and others. The opportunists hiding out at defense hq, never got the memo. |
| goragrad | 16 Feb 2015 5:04 p.m. PST |
Must say that that demo was less than overwhelming… |
is painting some ground targets as he needs them.
