I believe it's just a matter of confusing Canadian and U.S. nomenclature for the weapon system. Most folks that have not been in or exposed to the C.F. are more familiar with the U.S. terms. Kind of like spelling cheque, colour, honour and centre wrong.
Tell me about the C7-A1.
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I believe it's just a matter of confusing Canadian and U.S. nomenclature for the weapon system. Most folks that have not been in or exposed to the C.F. are more familiar with the U.S. terms. Kind of like spelling cheque, colour, honour and centre wrong.
Whoa! Hang on soldier. I was just discussing the original C7 and C7A1, what I am experienced with from my service. Although I've seen pictures of the C7A2, I won't comment on what I know nothing about at all.
When I was talking A1/A2, I was meaning to discuss the stock types as known internationally as those from M-16A1 Vs. M-16A2. The original C7 that I carried, that was originally adopted for use in the CF, was a hybrid of parts selected between the M-16A1 and M-16A2, but with a much higher quality barrel using tooling bought from Steyr (the Deimaco hammer forged barrels). As I understand it, this used from the M-16A2:
Barrel profile
front handguard
rear buttplate
and from the M-16A1:
upper receiver (integral carry handle, rear sight aperture)
fire control (real full automatic, not the 3rd burst that American M-16A2's were issued)
buttstock (at least that's what I was led to believe, apparently I may be wrong on this)
I can't speak for the lower receivers, I don't know the differences that well between the two.
Like others have pointed out I'm referring to the M16A1 and A2 designations. When the americans came out with the A2 they increased the length of pull 5/8" or so. A change which people have been griping about ever since. They also changed the material to something more rugged and changed the rounded edges and smooth face of the buttplate to one with square edges and chequering.
When Canada adopted the C7 they wanted to have different lengths available to better accomodate all the soldiers, something they'd been doing since the Lee Enfield days I believe. The standard stock was identical to the A2, the "CS" stock was shorter by about 5/8", thus the A1 reference and the long stock had a spacer installed under the buttplate of a regular length stock.
The upper receiver was/is the same as the M16A1 with the addition of the "Brunton Bump" found on the A2 and a round forward assist.
The C7 was essentially an M16A2 that retained the simpler sights of the M16A1 and full auto.
