Thursday, October 1, 2020

Defense News: Danish Army chooses Colt Canada C20 as new sniper rifle

Danish Army chooses Colt Canada C20 as new sniper rifle

Light infantry and special patrol units will reportedly start receiving the weapon early next year

By Eyal Boguslavsky, Israel Defense, 29/09/2020

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https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/09/26/first-look-colt-canadas-c20-sniper-rifle/

The C20 rifle in use. Photo: Colt Canada

The Royal Danish Army has selected the Colt Canada C20 Designated Marksman Rifle as its new sniper rifle. The weapon that fires 7.62 × 51 mm NATO rounds is intended to replace the Heckler & Koch HK417S currently in service. It has been designated the "FINSKGV, K" in Danish.

New Colt Canada C20 7.62mm caliber sniper rifle for Canadian Army, May 13, 2020

The procurement organization of the Danish Ministry of Defense published last week on Facebook that the FINSKGV,K is expected to be issued from the first quarter of 2021 to light infantry snipers and the special patrol unit of the Danish Home Guard. The rifle comes with a carrying system, magazine bags and other comprehensive accessory packages, which are tailored to the needs of the individual units.

Colt Canada’s C20, 7.62 NATO, Semi-Automatic Sniper Weapon was developed to support the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) requirement for an Intermediate Sniper Weapon. In third party tests, the weapon provided better precision and reliability than other products available on the market and is now in the process of being adopted into the CAF small arms fleet. The C20 has been tested and proven to all relevant NATO D/14 standards for safety, functionality in extreme conditions, and endurance, having fired 8,000 rounds with no stoppages. In terms of precision, the C20 achieved an average of .66 MOA over 144 five round groups, collected throughout endurance testing. All groups were shot first round cold with suppressor, using 175gr Federal Gold Medal Match ammunition.