Denmark Signs Contract for 26,000 New Colt Canada Modular Rail Rifles
Denmark’s armed forces have used Colt Canada C7 and C8 rifles since the early 1990s, on 21 August, the Ministry of Defence's Materiel and Procurement Agency (Forsvarsministeriets Materiel- og Indkøbsstyrelse) signed a contract with Colt Canada for new rifles for the Defence Forces (Forsvaret) and Home Guard (Hjemmeværnet).
The Forsvarsministeriets Materiel- og Indkøbsstyrelse shared the news in a LinkedIn post with photos taken at a signing ceremony held at an Industry Day with the Head of the Land Division of FMI, Colonel Thomas Øgendahl Knudsen, CEO of COLT Canada, Sean Congdon, and Canada's Ambassador to Denmark, Carolyn Bennett, in addition to trade representatives from the FMI, in attendance.
Colt Canada shared the news saying:
“Since 1994 Colt Canada's C7 rifle and C8 carbine have provided the backbone of the Danish Armed Forces small arms fleet. This contract award affirms our commitment to providing excellence in performance, reliability, and lifecycle support to our customers.”
In Danish service the Colt Canada Modular Rail Rifle (MRR) will be designated Gevær M/25. The MRR, is the newest iteration of the Colt Canada C8. The Danes have procured the new rifles in two colors; Flat Dark Earth and Black. 13,000 of each colour will be purchased, with an option to buy additional rifles in the future. They will augment and slowly replace the Gevær M/10 A4, the Danish designation for the C8 IUR, which are currently in service.
The announcement doesn't comment on what barrel length the rifles will be procured in. The MRR is available in 8.5, 11.6, 14.5, 15.7 and 18.6 inch barrels. From the photos shared from the signing ceremony, assuming the rifle featured represents the configuration selected, appears to be a 15.7in barrel rifle with a 7 slot MLOK handguard. It’s topped with an ELCAN Specter® DR 1-4x optic and has a projecting Picatinny rail extension at the muzzle end.
Delivery of the first 26,000 rifles is expected to be completed by the end of 2026 with Colonel Øgendahl Knudsen noting on his personal LinkedIn that “Over time, the rifle will be partly produced in Denmark - and the first ones will be delivered already this year, which is really good.”
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To protect Greenland probably.
Canada restricts most guns from personal use so why are they so happy to be making these?
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