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ender
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posted 06 March 2021 18:20

I heard we're supposed to have the C8 carbine instead of the C7.
Do you think that's ever going to happen?

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McG
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posted 07 March 2021 00:37

The C8 is for vehicle crews. The C7 is the weapon of the Field Engineer. Don't forget it is also our role to fight as infantry, so we don't want to be short changing ourselves on the personal weapons side of things.

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ender
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posted 07 March 2021 21:33

I am aware that the C8 was intended for vehicle crews, (and that engineers are manifestly not vehicle crews)

the local weapons guy at our unit (who usually goes to CFSAC) was saying that the c8 was supposed to be better because you can put it over your shoulder and build a bridge.

I personally would rather stick with the c7, but if we did go with the c8, would it compromize our infantry skills?

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posted 07 March 2021 23:05

to oversimplify the situation: the range to which the rifle is accurate is related to barrel length. As the barrel gets longer the range increases up to a certain point and then it begins to decrease. We will ignore the math except to say that the relationship is not linear.

When designing rifles the barrel length is optimised in favour of maximum range, while for a caribine range is sacrificed for compactness. You can look up more on the C7/M16 and the C8/M4 at:

Evolution of the AR-15

The Engineer section is armed very much like an Infantry section. When we have two C9 LMG's does it make sense to worry about how compact the rifle is?

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ender
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posted 08 March 2021 15:13

you're probably right. (not to mention the c6)
Then again, the army is not know for being logical.

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RCA
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posted 11 March 2021 13:07

Understand the implications of carrying C8 over C7 while doing your job.

The artiilery are in the same boat and I think we should have C8s as our pesonnal weapon. If we have to fight ther infantry battle at the gun position they are already too close and range isn't the issue anymore

PS don't anyone take this post too seriously, I was just bored and needed to write something.

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ender
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posted 11 March 2021 15:55

it's not quite the same thing as with engineers though. Our secondary role is as infantry, where as artillery only fights as infantry as a last resort...

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Yard Ape
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posted 12 March 2021 10:37

You engineers also are working infront of the infantry a lot. We can't get tanks and apc's through an obstacle you haven't cleared. I have also noticed that you typically carry all the Pl weapons that are carried by the infantry (except maybe the Eryx, I think you still use the Carl G).

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ender
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posted 13 March 2021 20:16

Thanks Yard Ape. (first in last out)

Since I don't know what an Eyrx is I don't think we use it (at least the reserves). What is an Eyrx?

We do use the Carl G though.

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Yard Ape
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posted 14 March 2021 12:51

Have a look at "Why the Eryx?" from this site, and "The Eryx" from the Land Forces homepage.

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pat
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posted 18 March 2021 16:31

Well here I go, I belive that engineers should stay with the C7. Yes it is a pain no matter what task we do. As for weapons, engineer troops are set up the same way as an engineer Plt, that is why we have the same weapon compliment less motar and eryx. If you are looking for some thing that is small and compact, you might as well just give us pistols.

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