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You know the C20, eh?

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The Colt Canada-produced C20 semi-automatic Intermediate Sniper Weapon is being acquired for the Canadian Army in small numbers.

Produced domestically by Colt Canada in Kitchener, Ontario, the semi-automatic C20 has an 18-inch barrel with a 1-in-10 twist and is reportedly pretty friggen accurate. Testing showed the rifle to fire 8,000 rounds with no stopping and deliver an average of .66 MOA over 144 five-round groups using 175-grain Federal Gold Medal Match.

The overall length on the C20 is 38-inches while weight is 9.1-pounds. It has a 46-slot continuous MIL-STD-1913 top rail and a handguard with M-LOK accessory slots in the 3-, 6-, and 9-o’clock positions. (Photo: Colt Canada)

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Canada Offically Has a SF unit…

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It would seem that Canada disclosed they had a SF unit in a big way in  a recent exercise, complete with the Prime Minister showing up fpr the photo op. Up until 1992 the the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) was responcible for Canuk CT. Then, in 1993, with a hundred men of the Canadian Airborne Regiment and Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, JTF2 was formed.

Highly classified and under the radar for the past 19 years, JTF2 has been involved all over the world and now has over 600 operators.

From CTV Canada, ” Members of Joint Task Force 2, an elite group praised for its  counter-terrorism operations around the world, participated in a complex simulation exercise in Hudson Bay and Churchill, Man., in front of cameras for the first time, as Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Defence Minister Peter MacKay looked on.

The simulation was part of Operation Nanook 12’s annual summer exercises and involved dropping Joint Task Force 2 operators from Griffon helicopters on a “vessel of interest,” played in the scenario by an oil-and-gas exploration ship from Cape Breton. Other soldiers,
clad in black, surrounded the ship on inflatable boats.”