Canadian tank crews small arms

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Originally Posted by chris vickery

but the Inglis stayed in service until most recntly.
I believe crew man would have a
Weapon.

The Inglis continues to serve, and will for a few more years until the CF PDW replacement program implements another. They are augmented currently by the SIG P226 and P229 for aircrew and MPs as well as some others. However the Inglis is still in plentiful supply and does what it is supposed to do: allow you to fight your way back to the rifle.

The current crew personal weapon is generally the C8 rifle, although there are variations to this gun now. It is basically a short barrelled M16 with a collapsible stock. Some have been converted to flat top to allow the use of scopes like Elcan.

I purchased a very large number of demilitarized Sten magazines which had come out of Cdn service. In the lot was a magazine for the M3 grease gun. It was my understanding that some of the tanks purchased from the US came with their small arms, resulting in a few anomolies to the normal Canadain army issue of weapons. In my day, everyone in a tank or armoured car crew had a weapon along with their crew served. You did not let the Seargent Major see you outside your vehicle without your personal weapon within arm's reach.