Thanks for watching guys, check out our accompanying article for this video here - armourersbench.com/2023/05/05/canada-to-supply-ukraine-with-more-than-20000-rifles/ - Matt
I'm a Canadian who is happy we are supporting the Ukraine's with weapons but sad to say this same government is currently banning civilian ownership of similar rifles, pistols, and hunting rifles. On one hand they congratulate and laud civilians defending their country and on the other hand at home they take away firearms from their own civilians...
Stick your guns into your arses, burn them on a field or cry because you are not allowd to legally own one. But beeing happy to send these and millions of rounds to another country for WAR is just so freakin´dumb.
I would not be surprised if they were helicopter guns of some description. When the Brits leased Chinooks from the Yanks they came complete with solenoid spade grip M60s, which they retained as it was cheaper and easier than refitting pintle mounts for L7s.
Ukraine probably has enough GMPGs from other sources - be it Soviet stock or new Western deliveries. Either way, rifles are typically the most widely-distributed individual firearm - the category most in demand when equipping any force, including rear-echelon personnel and irregulars who can't use a GPMG efficiently.
@@eddietat95 the biggest thing i notice when watching combat footage is the seeming lack of suppressive fire from GPMG's. they dont seem to have anyone in the role of like a SAW gunner most of the time, occasionally something like an m240 can be seen or heard. suprising lack of DShK.
I think these will do Ukraine for the duration of the offensive but I will place money on the Bren 2 being licenced for domestic production in the end. I also think our own MOD will welch on the "Armalite" like rifle promise and do the same. Not that the controls are that different to start with. There's that and the fact that piston driven guns seem to be gaining favour with Western armies that have one eye on the more universal adoption of suppressors.
The field reports on the Bren 2 have been positive, but I haven’t seen any in action for a while. NATO piston action rifles are more expensive and need as much if not more maintenance than the AR-15 family. The main advantage of piston action is for rifles with barrels shorter than 14” can function reliably. Ukraine already tried license production of the Tavor, a piston driven rifle, and you don’t see those in use by Ukraine anymore. Also, Ukraine already had a small number of domestically produced AR-15 carbines before February of last year, though I don’t know if the production equipment survived. Of the NATO piston rifles I’ve seen recent videos of in action, mainly Polish GROT, and a surprising number of FN SCARs. I don’t see Ukraine leaning in one direction or the other at this point. I don’t see Canada and the US moving away from the AR-15 types, the value and versatility doesn’t justify a switch.
Nonsense. Ukraine has an encyclopedic collection of arms of all types in service. Their future service rifle, once the war is over, will be something they design and put into production. They won't mindlessly copy something. They can copy and manufacture any existing small arm now with no problem.
@@petesjk No one mentioned Canada or the US. The AR18 derived rifles are far simpler to manufacture than AR15s and easier to maintain. They don't require specialised armourers tools to fully rebuild as most are entirely hex bolt construction and they also lack consumable parts such as gas rings. You certainly do see Tavors in service still. I think you are forgetting the scale of the mobilisation and just how many people they have had to arm and you are using that as confirmation bias. Entire brigades are raised and domestic production can't keep pace with that.
I wonder why Canada is sending so little ammunition? That’s about 100 rounds per rifle, or half the normal amount issued per day to infantry in combat (which is normally seven magazines or 210 rounds) Does Canada have the same ammunition shortage that has been plaguing the US?
There is not really a shortage of 5.56 in the US or Canada. The only reason you are finding it hard to get 5.56 in the US is panic buying by paranoid loons of ammunition produced for the civillian market or foreign surplus imported for the same. You are also doing it to your self through flipping - people buying up ammunition as they are speculating upon the hyper inflation of ammunition prices caused by that very same panic buying. I do wish people would stop linking the two. Ukraine is receiving its 5.56 from NATO nations. That means European state factories that are churning out a million rounds per day. Those factories are also on the right side of the Atlantic.
I can tell you, that as an infantry soldier in the caf, we're not nowhere near out of 5.56 nor 7.62. We just blasted a range of about 30k 5.56 last week for about 46 shooters.
Le Canada n'a plus rien pour ce défendre 😅 bravo Justin Troudeau pour nous laisser s'en armes et équipements. l'Ukraine est t'il plus important que votre propre peuple.......
How is that ironic? You seriously can't tell the difference between private ownership and state-sponsored arms deals as a component of foreign policy? Like, you can disagree with Trudeau on his stance on guns, but that shouldn't somehow make it ironic to do something completely unrelated to another thing.
I think there's s certain level of irony in that at the beginning of the war, Ukraine was handing out rifles to civilians who were not enlisted. Not that these rifles will go to civilians though.
If they got that many C8's to donate, then fucking give the CF more C8's! We're fucking tired of doing CQB drills with a 20-inch barrel C7. fuck sake. And give us some modular furnitures like picatinny or M-LOK. it's like we're constantly stuck in the 90's.
the Canadian plant can make those barrels in a couple of weeks, and it is not like they run at max capacity all year..they would end up with hundreds of thousands of rifles in storage, as canada just doesnt have that many in service, nor need to replace them too often.....
That is good but you do realize Ukraine is going to have to pay it all back, just like how Britain did when they asked for weapons from the U.S. during world war 2
@@gregsutton2400 I know U.S. gave Russia weapons and stuff but I don't know if they paid the U.S. back but it could be possible that the weapons that are given to Ukraine would eventually have to come out of someone's pocket, after all "There is no such thing as a free lunch" but I could be wrong where Ukraine doesn't have to pay it back. Because alot of western media are saying its being "Donated" like I doubt a country would donate one of their finest tanks to the war effort for free, if that is happening, then that means your government is choosing to spend all your tax dollars on someone else and not focusing on you the people. Its like two guys fighting one of them has a brass knuckle and you gave the guy with a fist a knife, and you don't even know them besides seeing them from time to time.
@@imjustthere9343 It is in every free person in the worlds interest to foil the evil genocidal russian invasion of Ukraine. When something serves your interests, that is like payment. The only reason that Stalins evil empire got the weapons and resources to save them selves from Nazi Germany was for the same reason. It was not free.
I think it’s great that Canada is shipping Ukraine these weapons. It sounds like they are new or recently manufactured which is even better. Some of those Danish C8’s looked like they were rode hard and put away wet. I wish Canada would support its own military as well. We are far below the NATO required 2% of GDP allocated for defense (1.32%) and we actually have a greater potential of direct encounters with Russia than the US. We are pretty close arctic neighbours.
There is a hope more funding will come after the current round of base upgrades are complete. The Navy wants more newer subs so we will see what happens with funding.
Sounds like they’re not using that military equipment then. And like most of the rest of nato Canada relates pretty exclusively on America for it’s defense.
Canada doesn't really need a big military, if they ever got invaded the Monroe Doctrine would kick in and the US would get involved. Same reason why Mexico's military is almost all light infantry, they don't really need heavy stuff because the US would save them.
AGREEDThe CF has nothing to do with this aid except for when assholes and elbows are needed for logistics support. This is aid that the elitist intellectuals at DFAIT are basking in the glory of.
Yeah, our PM is a joke. Legal firearm owners are being targeted yet he send full auto and not tracked or registered to Eastern Europe where corruption never happens…
Record low enlistment is a symptom of a much wider societal loss of trust. Why defend a country that was just sold out from underneath you? Why defend a government that hates the majority of it's own country? Someone wants these golden geese dead.
Thats nice of our government. But i would like to know, would my semi auto AR-15 that is now banned be possible to use something like that in ukraine? or is it too civilian(y)" and not enough "assualt rifle(y)" . Would seriously donate it if i could.
according to Trudeau, it is far too scary to have in your capable, trained, and licensed hands, so how could we expect Trudeau's moral signaling allow this "assault rifle" to be in the hands of a foreign stranger who is not even licensed ?
The April 4 aid package from the Pentagon is supposed to include either rotary or chain SPAAGs for the purposes of shooting down drones (possibly CIWS or M134).
For anyone asking about Canada itself. The military itseld is basically running on very little and honestly an embarassment to the rest of NATO, considering they can't even make the agreed upon defence spending, not because they can't, Canada has plenty of money (complicated) but it's being used for a lot of JT's political pandering. Even Canada's top general admitted if war ever happened, they are relying on the U.S to save them because they can't cover themselves. The soldiers of Canada though, are some of te best trained because they work with what they got, granted when they're not too busy fiddling each other.
Yup, any serving soldiers (airman, etc) are all stretched to a breaking point with old equipment and little funding. It couldn't do any peace missions or international mission if wanted to. Great people serving with a government that has no interest in them.
You mean that A) The Canadian populace doesn't really have the same relationship with firearms the US does & B) They really don't want to have anymore mass shootings such as what occured in Nova Scotia when Gabriel Wortman shot dead 22 people & injured another 3 before he was shot dead by the RCMP.
@blackpanther5086 Switzerland have had quite a few shootings and they have suffered a great deal of domestic murders with service weapons. You also forget that Switzerland has local laws and regulations for living your everyday life that would have you running home to mummy crying about the fascists fining you for not recycling properly. It's not the libertarian utopia you think it is. I might add that even stolen guns started life as legally purchased items. Once they are in circulation they remain a risk.
@Black Panther Have you bothered to read Canada's fire arms laws? The only thing removed from legal ownership were military style rifles, such as the AR15. Still quite legal to own pistols & bolt action hunting rifles for example. As for Switzerland, I'm quite sure that you're aware how the Swiss army works? Two years national service, everyone completing their national service is automatically a reservist & are expected to care for & regulary train with their rifle? Quite a different set up than Canada's military wouldn't you agree?
2 million rounds would only last a few days in heavy combat, the standard combat load for a US soldier is 7 mags & 210 rounds. Some factory is going to be stamping out a lot of magazine halves and making springs.
Ok so thats where the m4 are coming from is canada but why did they send those weapons when ukraine has there own ukrop weapons of there own style m4 there...thats whats kinda awkward to see
Also Canada has better rifles due to its use of cold hammer forged firearms which many AR15 manufacturers in the USA and elsewhere are reluctant to invest in
@Joe Morgan then the CAF would source more weapons from colt canada or purchase them from NATO allies. Even then the CAF has substantially more rifles than it does soldiers. My unit only had about 80 guys but we had 300 C7A2s, about 100 C8A3s and a good deal of c9s and c6s. Sourcing and sending weapons from a massive arms conglomerate isnt going to impact canada's defense capability. Even then, small arms play a relatively low role in the canadian defense strategy.
Canada under Castro`s lovechild have already bent the knee to the CCP so when it does kick off Justin`s masters will ensure he has enough weapons to fight for the new Axis Of Evil...
I'd rather current military stocks get shipped to Ukraine and our Forces, in turn, get reimbursed with the latest and greatest. Might as well upgrade and refresh military hardware so that everybody wins.
Aks are very good reliable guns but the m4 platform yea more uptodate but ukraine has already made there version of our m4 platform. Whats crazy is ukraines alligator rifle they have id like to see a episode on it
Looks more like Canada might be divesting itself of some surplus weapons, along with perhaps some pre-contracted factory over runs. Perhaps in order to justify new funding for new small arms for its front line units. I think there may have even been a internet rumor circulating a few months ago that Canada was looking at adopting the SIG Spear rifle that the U.S. has taken on or maybe even go to the HK 416/17 like France is supposed to be adopting in order to replace their FAMAS.
France is well on its way to replacing the FAMAS with the HK416F. Canada has just selected the SIG P320 as it's new pistol. No news yet on a new rifle. Few years away I think.
Canada's military should be getting the brand new rifles and their old stuff should go to Ukraine. Only Trudeau's Canada would do something as stupid as this. Depriving their own military of updated equipment while GIVING brand new stuff to other countries.
I have no knowledge in this area, but I assume these rifles were on the "books", and are basically akin to: shit either left in storage, or easily procured using existing armament suppliers/contacts
@@ether23-23 It sounded like the guns will have to be built by Colt, or assembled from parts or both. I also wonder why so little ammo, per rifle, is being sent. The Ukraines can equipe a large number of troops, but they better have a lot more for them to really be useful in combat.
Believe it or not most developed nations don't sit there stressing about their own military turning on them. That's paranoid nonsense of the highest order. Its an American obsession that does not apply to Canada.
@@Excalibur01 This is true, however, we are allowed to own firearms and many legally do. Just imagine lots of hunting and potentially target stuff (bolt-actions, pump-actions, wood stocks, etc.) especially in the rural communities.
@@Relyt345 oh yeah im sure there aren't any poor people in the world that could use some of that 8 billion..... better to give it to rich ass arms dealers!
For fark sake there's some sad people thinking that there smart. Put the hate away and respect just what the cooks teachers and road sweepers of Ukraine have highlighted for all to see. It all begs the question... Do their Nukes work ????
Prime minister Justin Trudeau will not do that. In the case of Donald Trump if he beats Biden in 2024 he's fine sending them to Putin's Russia because he's pro Kremlin since 2016 election. For Trump, his backchannel talks to Kremlin actually uses the Manafort Giuliani network in Ukraine via Party of Regions. Manafort Emails PoR.
Yah no. We do more because we are capable of doing more. And we haven’t done enough. We’re sending the equivalent of pocket change and the spare equipment we have in our closet. America puts so much into NATO because it benefits so much from it.
The least we Canadians can do is supply the goods while the Ukrainians supply the guts. Canada should send all of its current weapons to Ukraine, from CF-18s and submarines to pistols and every rifle, and 155mm round available. Russia's murderous, illegal and immoral aggression must be stopped. We can then buy the new equipment our forces need to remain effective.
@@zoiders we are not the US, we do not police the world because we don't stand to gain as much as they do. We gotta take care of our own before anyone else, what are you? A communist?
@@AlbertaHome87 have you looked at the way Canada is behaving right now? Yeah, I would definitely say they are currently trending towards Fascism. Limits on free speech. Limits on the exercise of religion. Going after peaceful protesters? Actual peaceful protesters, not the BLM thugs? Yeah? Castro's bastard child is definitely taking after his dad.
@@chrisr251 lol, well you’re clearly an idiot. Sorry but faux entertainment and tucker carlson aren’t reliable sources for what happens in Canada. And also please don’t try and pretend like you understand the freedumb convoy. And if you think the US wouldn’t have dealt with DC even harsher then you like all Americans don’t understand your own history. Also the freedumb convoy was not peaceful and it was just honestly stupid. Sure let’s protest the federal government over American entry requirements and provincial health orders and block major points of entry and strain our supply chains even further.
So once again second grade equipment that they cant really find a market for, rather than equipment directly from the factory. Not surprising, but i wonder how much longer NATO states can just donate old equipment or equipment they dont use before they actually need to start producing something.
Canada is expert in meddelling in others affairs, support movement of secession in India just cause of sikh vote bank in canada, sends armament to conflicts that has no connection to Canadian interest. On the other hand brutally supress Canadian truck drivers protest. Next time around would will be eager to finance destabilizing forces within canada.
Thanks for watching guys, check out our accompanying article for this video here -
armourersbench.com/2023/05/05/canada-to-supply-ukraine-with-more-than-20000-rifles/ - Matt
Great info! big fan of your service rifle videos!
Thank you, thanks for watching.
I'm a Canadian who is happy we are supporting the Ukraine's with weapons but sad to say this same government is currently banning civilian ownership of similar rifles, pistols, and hunting rifles. On one hand they congratulate and laud civilians defending their country and on the other hand at home they take away firearms from their own civilians...
Yah it’s a shame. Still at least the Canadian government does at least one thing right by helping Ukraine. 0:04
Well, you know how ol Justin works... They're even trying to ban airsoft rifles
Stick your guns into your arses, burn them on a field or cry because you are not allowd to legally own one. But beeing happy to send these and millions of rounds to another country for WAR is just so freakin´dumb.
@@haley746 but native Americans can still own guns the mohawk and cree and Inuit have a whole bunch of assault riflesNn
I hope that no one turns their guns in to the govt.
21,000 5.56 rifles, 38 7.62 mgs, what a weird ratio haha.
I thought that too...
80,000 full 5.56 30-round box magazines for the 20,000 rifles, means 4 magazines worth of ammunition with each rifle.
I would not be surprised if they were helicopter guns of some description. When the Brits leased Chinooks from the Yanks they came complete with solenoid spade grip M60s, which they retained as it was cheaper and easier than refitting pintle mounts for L7s.
Ukraine probably has enough GMPGs from other sources - be it Soviet stock or new Western deliveries. Either way, rifles are typically the most widely-distributed individual firearm - the category most in demand when equipping any force, including rear-echelon personnel and irregulars who can't use a GPMG efficiently.
@@eddietat95 the biggest thing i notice when watching combat footage is the seeming lack of suppressive fire from GPMG's. they dont seem to have anyone in the role of like a SAW gunner most of the time, occasionally something like an m240 can be seen or heard. suprising lack of DShK.
Would love to see an update when these rifles start appearing on the battlefield!
I will definitely be trying to keep an eye out for them when they arrive! Thanks for watching.
I think these will do Ukraine for the duration of the offensive but I will place money on the Bren 2 being licenced for domestic production in the end. I also think our own MOD will welch on the "Armalite" like rifle promise and do the same. Not that the controls are that different to start with. There's that and the fact that piston driven guns seem to be gaining favour with Western armies that have one eye on the more universal adoption of suppressors.
The field reports on the Bren 2 have been positive, but I haven’t seen any in action for a while. NATO piston action rifles are more expensive and need as much if not more maintenance than the AR-15 family. The main advantage of piston action is for rifles with barrels shorter than 14” can function reliably. Ukraine already tried license production of the Tavor, a piston driven rifle, and you don’t see those in use by Ukraine anymore. Also, Ukraine already had a small number of domestically produced AR-15 carbines before February of last year, though I don’t know if the production equipment survived. Of the NATO piston rifles I’ve seen recent videos of in action, mainly Polish GROT, and a surprising number of FN SCARs. I don’t see Ukraine leaning in one direction or the other at this point. I don’t see Canada and the US moving away from the AR-15 types, the value and versatility doesn’t justify a switch.
@@petesjk that’s because Ukraine has many of their most well armed and trained units in reserve.
I'm sorry, back up to _Bren 2_
Exsqueeze me? Bren 2?
Nonsense. Ukraine has an encyclopedic collection of arms of all types in service. Their future service rifle, once the war is over, will be something they design and put into production. They won't mindlessly copy something. They can copy and manufacture any existing small arm now with no problem.
@@petesjk No one mentioned Canada or the US. The AR18 derived rifles are far simpler to manufacture than AR15s and easier to maintain. They don't require specialised armourers tools to fully rebuild as most are entirely hex bolt construction and they also lack consumable parts such as gas rings. You certainly do see Tavors in service still. I think you are forgetting the scale of the mobilisation and just how many people they have had to arm and you are using that as confirmation bias. Entire brigades are raised and domestic production can't keep pace with that.
Heart warming
Best wishes from Budapest
Thankyou Canda for stepping up, this is quite a large donation. I hope they go a long in helping Ukraine.
I wonder why Canada is sending so little ammunition? That’s about 100 rounds per rifle, or half the normal amount issued per day to infantry in combat (which is normally seven magazines or 210 rounds) Does Canada have the same ammunition shortage that has been plaguing the US?
There is not really a shortage of 5.56 in the US or Canada. The only reason you are finding it hard to get 5.56 in the US is panic buying by paranoid loons of ammunition produced for the civillian market or foreign surplus imported for the same. You are also doing it to your self through flipping - people buying up ammunition as they are speculating upon the hyper inflation of ammunition prices caused by that very same panic buying. I do wish people would stop linking the two. Ukraine is receiving its 5.56 from NATO nations. That means European state factories that are churning out a million rounds per day. Those factories are also on the right side of the Atlantic.
I can tell you, that as an infantry soldier in the caf, we're not nowhere near out of 5.56 nor 7.62. We just blasted a range of about 30k 5.56 last week for about 46 shooters.
Yeah.i got thousands of rounds stashed so it doesn't get stolen from me
I live near a base in Canada, apparently the troops can't even do wargames cause all their ammo is getting sent away
@TH4L3G1TK1NG good maybe they can rectify that weakness
Thank you for another excellent video TAB
I really appreciate these videos
Le Canada n'a plus rien pour ce défendre 😅 bravo Justin Troudeau pour nous laisser s'en armes et équipements. l'Ukraine est t'il plus important que votre propre peuple.......
_"The good news, we got 20,000 of these Canadian rifles, with ammunition and Canadians intact, they really kick ass."_
Send Justin to Ukraine!!!
Go. Away.
Yes haha perfect solution 🤣🤘🇨🇦
Great idea maybe directly to Moskva❤😂
In some wish or aliexpress body Armour preferably.
Wearing a nice Ukrainan peasant girl dress....given his penchant for dressup.
Sock boy handing out actual assault riffles meanwhile banning ownership domestically, the irony
How is that ironic? You seriously can't tell the difference between private ownership and state-sponsored arms deals as a component of foreign policy? Like, you can disagree with Trudeau on his stance on guns, but that shouldn't somehow make it ironic to do something completely unrelated to another thing.
I think there's s certain level of irony in that at the beginning of the war, Ukraine was handing out rifles to civilians who were not enlisted. Not that these rifles will go to civilians though.
@@patliao556 I’m afraid nuance is extinct in the age of social media.
Yah gun bans suck but that really has no bearing in the subject matter here.
@@baneofbanes like fuck it doesn't
That's only a bit more than 100 rounds per rifle... I think they should give them more ammo than that.
When the war end. The Ukrainian Army should open a firearms museum. Would be cool to see who give them what.
If they got that many C8's to donate, then fucking give the CF more C8's! We're fucking tired of doing CQB drills with a 20-inch barrel C7. fuck sake. And give us some modular furnitures like picatinny or M-LOK. it's like we're constantly stuck in the 90's.
Why would they issue you all with shorty carbines in a country full of prairies, hills, forests and mountains?
IDK maybe if both plants run three shifts for a few months they could pull it off.
the Canadian plant can make those barrels in a couple of weeks, and it is not like they run at max capacity all year..they would end up with hundreds of thousands of rifles in storage, as canada just doesnt have that many in service, nor need to replace them too often.....
A big pressing need for the new Ukrainian brigades is modern body armor, I hope Canada steps up there too...
Yes it is needed. I think zelensky has mentioned it in the past but it needs bringing to light again
Probably used to belong to the citizens of Canada 🇨🇦
Doubt it they're all select fire rifles.
Fantastic! Thanks for making this video so quickly.
Would love to see an update when these rifles start appearing on the battlefield!
Great video! Thank you! Slava Ukraini 🇨🇦🇺🇦 Canada needs nore military funding and our guns not banned!
You like sending weapons to one of the most corrupt countries in the world who can't account for $400mil+??
As an American with family in Canada, we support your struggle!🇺🇸🇨🇦
@@nobodyyyyy556 I’m sorry but they’re not sending arms to Russia so you must be confused.
@@Callsignethiopia try harder ruski
ya no thanks, lets ban semi autos and all hand guns as well. Thank you. We do not need the crazy US atrocity culture here.
Wow 😮
Proud of our Canadian contribution and happy that the government is pragmatic about how to achieve the volumes that we want to be able to provide.
That is good but you do realize Ukraine is going to have to pay it all back, just like how Britain did when they asked for weapons from the U.S. during world war 2
@@imjustthere9343 did Russia pay back its lend lease in WW2. Do you know anything about anything?
@@gregsutton2400 I know U.S. gave Russia weapons and stuff but I don't know if they paid the U.S. back but it could be possible that the weapons that are given to Ukraine would eventually have to come out of someone's pocket, after all "There is no such thing as a free lunch" but I could be wrong where Ukraine doesn't have to pay it back. Because alot of western media are saying its being "Donated" like I doubt a country would donate one of their finest tanks to the war effort for free, if that is happening, then that means your government is choosing to spend all your tax dollars on someone else and not focusing on you the people. Its like two guys fighting one of them has a brass knuckle and you gave the guy with a fist a knife, and you don't even know them besides seeing them from time to time.
@@imjustthere9343 It is in every free person in the worlds interest to foil the evil genocidal russian invasion of Ukraine. When something serves your interests, that is like payment. The only reason that Stalins evil empire got the weapons and resources to save them selves from Nazi Germany was for the same reason. It was not free.
I think it’s great that Canada is shipping Ukraine these weapons. It sounds like they are new or recently manufactured which is even better. Some of those Danish C8’s looked like they were rode hard and put away wet. I wish Canada would support its own military as well. We are far below the NATO required 2% of GDP allocated for defense (1.32%) and we actually have a greater potential of direct encounters with Russia than the US. We are pretty close arctic neighbours.
There is a hope more funding will come after the current round of base upgrades are complete. The Navy wants more newer subs so we will see what happens with funding.
Meanwhile Canada is unable and unwilling to reach NATOs 2% goal, and the Canadian Armed Forces are basically dying at this point.
Sounds like they’re not using that military equipment then.
And like most of the rest of nato Canada relates pretty exclusively on America for it’s defense.
Canada doesn't really need a big military, if they ever got invaded the Monroe Doctrine would kick in and the US would get involved. Same reason why Mexico's military is almost all light infantry, they don't really need heavy stuff because the US would save them.
AGREEDThe CF has nothing to do with this aid except for when assholes and elbows are needed for logistics support. This is aid that the elitist intellectuals at DFAIT are basking in the glory of.
Yeah, our PM is a joke. Legal firearm owners are being targeted yet he send full auto and not tracked or registered to Eastern Europe where corruption never happens…
Record low enlistment is a symptom of a much wider societal loss of trust.
Why defend a country that was just sold out from underneath you? Why defend a government that hates the majority of it's own country?
Someone wants these golden geese dead.
Thank you so much, Canada!
Thats nice of our government. But i would like to know, would my semi auto AR-15 that is now banned be possible to use something like that in ukraine? or is it too civilian(y)" and not enough "assualt rifle(y)" . Would seriously donate it if i could.
No. Semi is far too dangerous. Soldiers are only trusted with full auto.
according to Trudeau, it is far too scary to have in your capable, trained, and licensed hands, so how could we expect Trudeau's moral signaling allow this "assault rifle" to be in the hands of a foreign stranger who is not even licensed ?
3:10 that's what I call a complete non-response
Great Video
AWESOME 👍👍👍👍 HOORAY HOORAY THANKS 👍👍👍👍
Kurwa, c'mon man. Where is video about MSBS Grot?
I believe these will go to elite units from paratroopers, marines or the foreign legion of Ukraine
Very likely yeah. No sign of them yet.
So glad to see an able and capable partner like Canada doing what it can. Love from America.
I have heard some news that 6 barrel Miniguns are to be sent. Can someone confirm or deny?
I dont think they are testing any airborne platforms right now? I'm like 40% sure.
The question being...why?
The April 4 aid package from the Pentagon is supposed to include either rotary or chain SPAAGs for the purposes of shooting down drones (possibly CIWS or M134).
That's 120 rounds per rifle.
Or 120 Russians if everything goes well
can they produce so many guns, to be delivered in a couple of months, that is a lot of machining.
For anyone asking about Canada itself. The military itseld is basically running on very little and honestly an embarassment to the rest of NATO, considering they can't even make the agreed upon defence spending, not because they can't, Canada has plenty of money (complicated) but it's being used for a lot of JT's political pandering. Even Canada's top general admitted if war ever happened, they are relying on the U.S to save them because they can't cover themselves.
The soldiers of Canada though, are some of te best trained because they work with what they got, granted when they're not too busy fiddling each other.
Yup, any serving soldiers (airman, etc) are all stretched to a breaking point with old equipment and little funding. It couldn't do any peace missions or international mission if wanted to. Great people serving with a government that has no interest in them.
weapon highly confused with the American M4A1 and its improved version with the early models of the German HK416
Put scopes on the FNC1’s and make them marksman rifles
But at the same time he doesn’t want his own citizens to have any access to firearms for self defense.
Trudeau is a punk just like the firme NZ prime minister.
You mean that A) The Canadian populace doesn't really have the same relationship with firearms the US does & B) They really don't want to have anymore mass shootings such as what occured in Nova Scotia when Gabriel Wortman shot dead 22 people & injured another 3 before he was shot dead by the RCMP.
@@markmaher4548 yes but still removed the event of self defense.
@blackpanther5086 Switzerland have had quite a few shootings and they have suffered a great deal of domestic murders with service weapons. You also forget that Switzerland has local laws and regulations for living your everyday life that would have you running home to mummy crying about the fascists fining you for not recycling properly. It's not the libertarian utopia you think it is. I might add that even stolen guns started life as legally purchased items. Once they are in circulation they remain a risk.
@Black Panther Have you bothered to read Canada's fire arms laws? The only thing removed from legal ownership were military style rifles, such as the AR15. Still quite legal to own pistols & bolt action hunting rifles for example. As for Switzerland, I'm quite sure that you're aware how the Swiss army works? Two years national service, everyone completing their national service is automatically a reservist & are expected to care for & regulary train with their rifle? Quite a different set up than Canada's military wouldn't you agree?
Hearing colt-CZ allways sparks national pride in me
happy to see that canada still upholds their old tradition, helping out europe in our time of need.
lots a love from the dutch
2 million rounds would only last a few days in heavy combat, the standard combat load for a US soldier is 7 mags & 210 rounds. Some factory is going to be stamping out a lot of magazine halves and making springs.
The carbine C8 is nowhere near as good as the british long barrel version (rare but incredible rifle)
Also..... 8x Leo 2 tanks
Ok so thats where the m4 are coming from is canada but why did they send those weapons when ukraine has there own ukrop weapons of there own style m4 there...thats whats kinda awkward to see
No, the actual M4s currently seen in Ukraine are from the US. Simply because they need a lot of small arms.
Also Canada has better rifles due to its use of cold hammer forged firearms which many AR15 manufacturers in the USA and elsewhere are reluctant to invest in
Colt-Clones! Perfectly good rifles. May they serve Ukraine well.
Compared to launchers and missiles these rifles are very cheap
Glad to see these brand new rifles delivered to help Ukrainians defend themselves
Diemaco makes good riles.
my concern is what happens when or if these countries need these weapons in emergency
the weapons are being sourced from colt canada, not from the military's stocks. it said that in the video.
The basis is already there with Colt Canada it's why the Canadian government pays expensive prices for small arms - to maintain the capability.
@@mixtapeWA I know video said that but in the future say Canada needed more weapons and didn't have enough is what I'm getting at
@Joe Morgan then the CAF would source more weapons from colt canada or purchase them from NATO allies. Even then the CAF has substantially more rifles than it does soldiers. My unit only had about 80 guys but we had 300 C7A2s, about 100 C8A3s and a good deal of c9s and c6s. Sourcing and sending weapons from a massive arms conglomerate isnt going to impact canada's defense capability. Even then, small arms play a relatively low role in the canadian defense strategy.
Canada under Castro`s lovechild have already bent the knee to the CCP so when it does kick off Justin`s masters will ensure he has enough weapons to fight for the new Axis Of Evil...
That's only 110 rounds per rifle. 😂
Roughy a combat load out. Anyway Ukraine had multiple sources of 5.56 ammo.
@@baneofbanes in what world is 110 rds per rifle a combat load out?
@@manvscancer1191 the real world.
20,000? Holy Moly.
Now, there's 9 rifles left in Canada. 1 for the defense of each province. Quebec doesn't count. 🤣
i am glad the rifles are not out of canadian military stocks.
Some of them will be ending up on the black market. It looks like boomtime for arms dealers everywhere.
I'd rather current military stocks get shipped to Ukraine and our Forces, in turn, get reimbursed with the latest and greatest. Might as well upgrade and refresh military hardware so that everybody wins.
Not like the Canadian army needs them anymore since it has shrunk to almost nothing.
@@Marvin-dg8vj yeah that how it generally goes whenever there’s a war.
Aks are very good reliable guns but the m4 platform yea more uptodate but ukraine has already made there version of our m4 platform. Whats crazy is ukraines alligator rifle they have id like to see a episode on it
Definitely have plans for a video on the SNIPEX rifles. Thanks for watching.
Looks more like Canada might be divesting itself of some surplus weapons, along with perhaps some pre-contracted factory over runs. Perhaps in order to justify new funding for new small arms for its front line units.
I think there may have even been a internet rumor circulating a few months ago that Canada was looking at adopting the SIG Spear rifle that the U.S. has taken on or maybe even go to the HK 416/17 like France is supposed to be adopting in order to replace their FAMAS.
France is well on its way to replacing the FAMAS with the HK416F. Canada has just selected the SIG P320 as it's new pistol. No news yet on a new rifle. Few years away I think.
Thats not even a single full load out of ammo for those rifles. 114rnds per rifle.
Ukraine own a lot more Soviet small arms... Although it's kinda outdated, it's still kills through body armour
Canada's military should be getting the brand new rifles and their old stuff should go to Ukraine. Only Trudeau's Canada would do something as stupid as this. Depriving their own military of updated equipment while GIVING brand new stuff to other countries.
Trudeau is the stupidest prime minister in Canadian history
Utterly bizarre models chosen to be sent.
Would make more sense to send existing Candian army rifles and then buy new for themselves.
I have no knowledge in this area, but I assume these rifles were on the "books", and are basically akin to: shit either left in storage, or easily procured using existing armament suppliers/contacts
@@ether23-23 It sounded like the guns will have to be built by Colt, or assembled from parts or both. I also wonder why so little ammo, per rifle, is being sent. The Ukraines can equipe a large number of troops, but they better have a lot more for them to really be useful in combat.
Do we have that many rifles
No, got to call on US Colt for parts too.
20,000 rifles and 2,000,000 rounds… Aprx 100 rounds per rifle… wtf that’s a tease…
That’s a bout a standard load out for a soldier.
@@baneofbanes That's half (~3 mags) a minimum combat loadout per day.
They're probably gonna use half of that to calibrate the sight.
Good on you Canada.
Next up. We send "New Canadians".
10-20 million souls.
Diversity is our strength.
What?
@@baneofbanes
Did I say that out loud? Sry.
@@jaypee389 ok buddy
@@baneofbanes sry. It's not the British empire enymore
Racism. Classy guy.
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Considering how de-armed the Canadian people are, their military could afford to be disarmed a bit
Believe it or not most developed nations don't sit there stressing about their own military turning on them. That's paranoid nonsense of the highest order. Its an American obsession that does not apply to Canada.
Far from de-armed a lot of firearms from the USA end up in places like Toronto & Norinco supplies us with cheap firearms like the Type 81.
speaking as a leaf
we have no guns in the army either please don't also take those
@@TY-pf6vb Aren't you not allowed to use your guns in self defense in any form?
@@Excalibur01 This is true, however, we are allowed to own firearms and many legally do. Just imagine lots of hunting and potentially target stuff (bolt-actions, pump-actions, wood stocks, etc.) especially in the rural communities.
Good for Canada
Yes send Justin to the front
Muskets😅
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But there is no reason for ANYONE to have weapons like that!!
These people are at war. You are going to Wendy's while larping. These are not the same things.
@@zoiders No shit??? LOL I was making fun of anti-gun rights Canadians. BTW what would you know about larping vs war??? Have you ever been in combat??
@@darkgardener9577 You still don't actually need one. Larper.
@@zoiders Why not? How am I a Larper?? You just sound triggered I'm clowning the anti-civil and human rights leftoids.
@zoiders
No one "needs" a car either, but they should still have the right to own one.
I was wondering where the assault rifles they confiscated were going to.
Save your own guns canada. Youll need them to defend yourselves from your own government
real
Cough...bullshit.
The average Canadian doesn't seem to think so, they're not gun nuts for starters.
@@markmaher4548 yes, we are.
@@gfin4576 You aren't Canadian.
Our government on occasion does good deeds ❤️🇨🇦
Feathers McGraw attacks! Hijacks the shipment!😮 😮😮
Just like hoi
Donating weapons allows a write off to buy new weapons keeping the military industrial complex going since the Afghan cash cow stopped
You say that like it’s a bad thing…
Canada’s small arms production continuing is not what’s wrong with the world.
@Relyt345 sending weapons to a proxy war is the solution 👌
@@Relyt345 oh yeah im sure there aren't any poor people in the world that could use some of that 8 billion..... better to give it to rich ass arms dealers!
Those cash cow industries are on life support. It's like milking a stage-four cancer ridden cows.
@bob2233445
Poor people?
Like the poor people of Ukraine, who have homes, entire cities and towns levelled into nothing?
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Appreciate it!
@@TheArmourersBench You're welcome.
Die for Zog
Yeah they took them all from their civilians
Nope.
Got some surplus Ukrainian rifles for sale; never been fired and only dropped once.
Ha ha. If that's the case the Russians must be truly incompetent since there into month 14 of their six week "special operation".
For fark sake there's some sad people thinking that there smart. Put the hate away and respect just what the cooks teachers and road sweepers of Ukraine have highlighted for all to see.
It all begs the question... Do their Nukes work ????
should give them to Russia, won't matter tho
Prime minister Justin Trudeau will not do that. In the case of Donald Trump if he beats Biden in 2024 he's fine sending them to Putin's Russia because he's pro Kremlin since 2016 election. For Trump, his backchannel talks to Kremlin actually uses the Manafort Giuliani network in Ukraine via Party of Regions. Manafort Emails PoR.
No they shouldnt be given to Russia.
Yet they’re leaving their own citizens defenseless
clown
Ah! Tru - anon!
Against what threat?
@@RovingTroll never been downtown toronto?
@@RovingTroll Polar bears.
We could have sent tens of thousands of C1A1 rifles which were paid for with very old money but . . . .
Canada can do what it wants, we (the US) have done enough. Much like with nato it’s time others pulled their weight.
Some countries have done a lot like for example Poland or Finland. Then there's Hungary that is basically a Russian fifth column.
Yah no. We do more because we are capable of doing more. And we haven’t done enough. We’re sending the equivalent of pocket change and the spare equipment we have in our closet.
America puts so much into NATO because it benefits so much from it.
living under a rock you are?
Wtf , they neglect their service members then do this shit
The least we Canadians can do is supply the goods while the Ukrainians supply the guts. Canada should send all of its current weapons to Ukraine, from CF-18s and submarines to pistols and every rifle, and 155mm round available. Russia's murderous, illegal and immoral aggression must be stopped. We can then buy the new equipment our forces need to remain effective.
Oh grow up. Ukraine getting military aid has nothing to do with the budget for service veterans.
@@zoiders we are not the US, we do not police the world because we don't stand to gain as much as they do. We gotta take care of our own before anyone else, what are you? A communist?
Yeah they’re actually doing something good for once.
Well, it's not like Canada is using them. Besides, anything that takes guns away from the Fascist regime up there is a good thing.
What is your definition of "fascist regime"?
@@AlbertaHome87 have you looked at the way Canada is behaving right now? Yeah, I would definitely say they are currently trending towards Fascism. Limits on free speech. Limits on the exercise of religion. Going after peaceful protesters? Actual peaceful protesters, not the BLM thugs? Yeah? Castro's bastard child is definitely taking after his dad.
@@AlbertaHome87 Justin Trudeau!
@@chrisr251 lol, well you’re clearly an idiot. Sorry but faux entertainment and tucker carlson aren’t reliable sources for what happens in Canada. And also please don’t try and pretend like you understand the freedumb convoy. And if you think the US wouldn’t have dealt with DC even harsher then you like all Americans don’t understand your own history. Also the freedumb convoy was not peaceful and it was just honestly stupid. Sure let’s protest the federal government over American entry requirements and provincial health orders and block major points of entry and strain our supply chains even further.
@@AlbertaHome87 turdeau literally passed a hitlerian enabling act to jail trucker protesters without trial, and freeze bank accounts.
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So once again second grade equipment that they cant really find a market for, rather than equipment directly from the factory. Not surprising, but i wonder how much longer NATO states can just donate old equipment or equipment they dont use before they actually need to start producing something.
Did you watch the video? They're brand new rifles manufactured by Colt and Colt Canada and assembled in Canada.
Oh wow…😂that’s like 100+ rounds per rifle…. worthless but a sign of good faith
Canada is expert in meddelling in others affairs, support movement of secession in India just cause of sikh vote bank in canada, sends armament to conflicts that has no connection to Canadian interest.
On the other hand brutally supress Canadian truck drivers protest. Next time around would will be eager to finance destabilizing forces within canada.
Knowing j turd he will send them without the firing pin
Too bad ukraine doesn't have any men left to hold them.
Not sure about that. Thanks for watching.
Yes deary. There there. Let's put you to bed.
Seems that the Ukrainian men are handing the Orcs their collective asses to me.
Not a problem. The newly formed Chopin mercenary group is looking to hire 20,000 Polish ex-military personnel.
@@robp2545 OH, come on. You planning on conquering all of Ruzzia now? All you need is a couple hundred Boy Scouts and a few MREs to take out the orcs.
Canada doesn’t need them LMAO
More wasted $ and arms for an unwinnable war, and more poking the bear
The bear is a spent force.
The bear can’t even take a small town without suffering 20+k kia.
What bear? You mean the ruzzian Koala bear? The only bear in this fight are the Ukrainians who were trained by the Canadian polar bears.
They'll send them ammo for those guns next.... Instead of the shelves near you. Bruh no cap ukraine can get effed idc
But I thought these guns were all banned in canada?
Only for civilians, it's a government to government contract.
Are you guys just mentally challenged and can’t understand the concept of trade between governments?
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Are those strykers operational in Ukraine?
What does that mean?