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FIRST READING: Denmark to procure state-of-the-art Canadian assault rifle before Canada does

Canadian procurement is infamously slow, but usually not when the equipment is manufactured at home

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FIRST READING: Denmark to procure state-of-the-art Canadian assault rifle before Canada does Back to video

Despite the Department of Defence touting its new “fast-tracked” procurement strategy, a new Canadian-made assault rifle is already equipping Danish soldiers months before a Canadian will ever see one.

The C8 Modular Rail Rifle, first unveiled at an Ottawa military trade show in 2024, is lighter, more accurate and stealthier than the C7 assault rifle currently in Canadian Armed Forces service.

Although it’s made in Kitchener, Ont., the tiny Danish military has managed to secure the rifles first, in larger quantities, and on a faster timeline.

It was last August that the Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition first announced a contract with Colt Canada to buy 26,000 of the rifles, which Danes are calling the Gevaer M/25.

In February, the order was then expanded to 50,000, with the additional rifles to be delivered by 2027.

As of press time, the rifles are already in Danish service. In January, the Danish government published photos of large crates of the guns, shrouded in bubble wrap, arriving from Canada.

The Government of Canada, by contrast, inked its contract to buy the C8........

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