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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Yeah, Canada didn't really have a proper GPMG until the start of the 80's. we'll kinda in WW2 they used the Bren, the Victors and the M2, which iirc was an upgraded M19191, but the 1919 was used into the 70's.
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Originally Posted by peter12
That is legit incredible that Canadian infantry didn't have a belt-fed GPMG until the early 80s.
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We used the belt-fed GPMG, M1919A4, after WWII. Sometime during the Cold War, they were converted to 7.62mm from 30 calibre. We called it the C1 and C1A1. We then changed the name again to C5 and C5A1. It was affectionately known as the G Pig and I had to schlepp it around the Borden training area in the summer of 1990. When I arrived at my first posting, Jan 1991, the unit had the new C6s already. As per usual Canada turned what was a normally reliable weapon with 30-06 ammo into a temperamental 7.62mm nightmare.
