C6 Rifle with spare barrel

Infantry Weapon 2025 – C6 Rifle

C6 Rifle – the standard weapon for infantry soldiers. C6 with spare barrel

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 generally belt-fed from the left. Restricted to firing in full-automatic mode from the open bolt position, the C6 machine gun can fire from 750 to 1,100 rounds per minute.

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Era
2000 – 21st C.
Location of artifact
Case 50/51 Modern Era
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