Feb 16, 2021 · The C6 7.62-mm Medium Machine Gun is a critical weapon of the small arms fleet, and is used in a full range of operations by the Canadian Armed Forces. The C6 is a fully-automatic, air-cooled, gas- and spring-operated machine gun that is …

The C6 GPMG is also mounted on a variety of vehicles, including the G-Wagon LUVW, LAV III, Coyote, Leopard C2, and CH-146 Griffon helicopter. In these vehicles, the C6 GPMGs are co-axially and pintle-mounted and used to provide fire support to the infantry or for local defence of the vehicle itself.

The Government of Canada is procuring new C6 General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG) from Colt Canada. The new C6 is a modern and more reliable weapon that will replace the existing fleet of C6 machine guns, which were procured over 30 years ago.

The C6 and C6A1 7.62-mm medium machine guns are critical weapons in the small arms fleet, and are used in a full range of operations by the Canadian Armed Forces. View Specs. Capable of single or automatic fire, the C7A2 automatic rifle is the personal weapon used by the Canadian Armed Forces. View Specs.

The M240 machine gun, officially the Machine Gun, 7.62 mm, M240, is the U.S. military designation for the FN MAG, [6] a family of belt-fed, gas-operated medium machine guns that chamber the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. [1] The M240 has been used by the United States Armed Forces since the late 1970s.

The C6 is a general purpose machine gun (GPMG) and is issued in substantial numbers to combat arms units. The C6 is a fully automatic, air cooled, belt fed gas operated weapon that can be adjusted to fire between 650 and 1000 rounds per minute.

C6 General Purpose Machine Gun. Known in American service as the M240, and in other parts of the world as the FN MAG 58, this popular and robust weapon joined the new family of Canadian small arms along with the C7 and C9 in the mid 1980s.

The C6 GPMG is the Canadian designation of the FN MAG (Fabrique Nationale Mitrailleuse d'Appui Général), a machine gun chambered for the seven-six-two by five-one millimeter (7.62x51mm) NATO cartridge and is fed via a two hundred twenty round box.

A probability of hit (PHit) methodology has been developed to characterize the overall performance of the C6 General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) and 40 mm Automatic Grenade Launcher (AGL) Integrated on a Remote Weapon Station (RWS) Mounted on a Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (TAPV) Platform.

The C6 is a general purpose machine gun (GPMG) and is issued in substantial numbers to combat arms units. The C6 is a fully automatic, air cooled, belt fed gas operated weapon that can be adjusted to fire between 650 and 1000 rounds per minute. The army uses this weapon in a number of roles.