Colt Canada, New Designs! MRR C7/C8 Upgraded

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From the RCMI Speakers dinner in march with Jeff MacLeod of Colt Canada. Skipped to the 15 minute mark to see the MRR and what it's upgrades will be in 'the near future'. Too bad we can't have that integral suppressor, but I am looking forward to this new setup. I don't recall having seen this info posted before, so if it has, C'est la vie.

Here is a picture for the impatient. Powered rails and digital sighting ... going to the US Marine Core in the fall. Interesting modern advancements, you really need to watch the video.

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The SWORD program is for real and Canada has leading the way for many years. I'm not sure that many are aware of this at all, or that fact that these systems are already being provides ti foreign governments in various forms. Integrated data and sensor systems are phenomenal. I cant say im thrilled about it being IP Bluetooth and wifi though.
 
Basically some sort of GPS jammer and radio jammer will need to be a platoon level asset in the future, to fend off all these mini UAVs and any other gadgets that try to locate and drop fire power.

The heart of these new systems is the miniaturized UAV, sensors and the amount of data bandwidth over the air - if anything, electronic warfare capabilities are more important than ever. We are way behind the Russians in the area of offensive electronic warfare in ground warfare. If we are fighting a near peer army like the Russians, we cannot expect consistent availability of weapon systems that are driven by GPS and datalink over the air.

While I love to see advance in small arms, I am way more worried about by little UAVs of all sizes flying over my head. This presentation just proves it to me even more. Both passive and active defenses against UAVs, down to platoon level, are needed. A few 40mm is not too bad, but it is a big worry to be on the receiving end of something like MLRS and precision guided artillery shells.
 
Oh, I can agree with that. I like the augmentation and data abilities with sensors, and can think of tons of ideas where platoon level comms and logistics and weapon accessories would work well. I would envision less smart things like purpose built embedded processors and sensors for; gps, vitals, team coordination, ir detectors, range finders etc.. not smart artillery and much smaller personal UAV for recon. I have no clue what the Russians have, but it'll be interesting to read up on.
greentips said:
Basically some sort of GPS jammer and radio jammer will need to be a platoon level asset in the future, to fend off all these mini UAVs and any other gadgets that try to locate and drop fire power.

The heart of these new systems is the miniaturized UAV, sensors and the amount of data bandwidth over the air - if anything, electronic warfare capabilities are more important than ever. We are way behind the Russians in the area of offensive electronic warfare in ground warfare. If we are fighting a near peer army like the Russians, we cannot expect consistent availability of weapon systems that are driven by GPS and datalink over the air.

While I love to see advance in small arms, I am way more worried about by little UAVs of all sizes flying over my head. This presentation just proves it to me even more. Both passive and active defenses against UAVs, down to platoon level, are needed. A few 40mm is not too bad, but it is a big worry to be on the receiving end of something like MLRS and precision guided artillery shells.
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Its going to be expensive for the civilian version. lol


Amazing the tech they are doing. Would love to see it in action especially with those bullets
 
I really like the look of the grip shape, with the lower rear bulge. Anyone know if that's a product already available for sale somewhere?
 
greentips said:
Basically some sort of GPS jammer and radio jammer will need to be a platoon level asset in the future, to fend off all these mini UAVs and any other gadgets that try to locate and drop fire power.

The heart of these new systems is the miniaturized UAV, sensors and the amount of data bandwidth over the air - if anything, electronic warfare capabilities are more important than ever. We are way behind the Russians in the area of offensive electronic warfare in ground warfare. If we are fighting a near peer army like the Russians, we cannot expect consistent availability of weapon systems that are driven by GPS and datalink over the air.

While I love to see advance in small arms, I am way more worried about by little UAVs of all sizes flying over my head. This presentation just proves it to me even more. Both passive and active defenses against UAVs, down to platoon level, are needed. A few 40mm is not too bad, but it is a big worry to be on the receiving end of something like MLRS and precision guided artillery shells.
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I think this kind of gadgets, while cool, are only useful against poor countries. Any war against a serious adversary,like Russia, or China, will most likely start with wide area EMP attacks. All this toys will be just dead weight once the electronics are fried.
I doubt any of this are shilded against EMP. Heck, in Canada and USA, not even the power grid is protected against EMP.
One well placed device and we are back to 1800.

That Case Telescoped Ammo they are working on is what i find the most exciting.
 
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Where to buy

Colt brought something like this to Stittsville 3 weeks ago REALLY nice build. They said it would be available through Odel tactical in June but google shows up nothing. I highly recommend this AR!!

Where can I buy it?
 
I don't think caseless ammo will ever be fielded in mass. Case telescoped ammo is pretty far ahead of caseless ammo.
The LSAT program is going forward pretty fast, with 5.56mm and 7.62mm ammo and machine guns, the 6.5mm carbine is in development right now, and the brits are already fielding 40mm case telescoped guns in their new IFV.
On the other hand, the electromagnetic rail gun and direct energy weapons are being tested and even deployed on ships.
I can see the polymer case telescoped ammo being fielded on large scale and then jump straight to rail guns or direct energy weapons, completely bypassing the caseless technology.
 
Jaws said:
I don't think caseless ammo will ever be fielded in mass. Case telescoped ammo is pretty far ahead of caseless ammo.
The LSAT program is going forward pretty fast, with 5.56mm and 7.62mm ammo and machine guns, the 6.5mm carbine is in development right now, and the brits are already fielding 40mm case telescoped guns in their new IFV.
On the other hand, the electromagnetic rail gun and direct energy weapons are being tested and even deployed on ships.
I can see the polymer case telescoped ammo being fielded on large scale and then jump straight to rail guns or direct energy weapons, completely bypassing the caseless technology.
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The US pulled the plug earlier on the LSAT cased telescopic ammo LMG due to funding - that thing packs the the fire power of the C9/M249/Mini in a 10 lb package.

We should design the LMG first, and then use the ammo as a requirement to design the rifle. Rifle is just a close weapon for self defence, CQ fight and defending the LMG and GPMG.

In all honesty, I don't really care about spending tons of money on revolution in the rifle . Light weight(and compact) LMG and GPMG that come with lighter ammo, longer period of sustained fire and smaller dispersion are more useful than a new rifle.
 
Civi side I am super stoked about the MRR. Mil side the SWORD system is fufilling a vision I have had since I started playing Close Combat 2.

Small UAV+SWORD+M2 plunging fire=Awesomeness. The ability to first round hit targets at the max range of a weapon system, out of sight of a moderatly trained user, makes me happy in my mean place. On the blue side, being able to coord/communicate more effectively during a mass cas/active shooter events will save some lives.
 
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