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Canadian Rangers with Lee–Enfield Rifle No. 4 rifles in 2011. Each Canadian Ranger is issued a red Canadian Ranger sweatshirt, CADPAT pants, combat boots, baseball cap, safety vest, rifle and navigation aids. They are expected to be mostly self-reliant regarding equipment.
The Colt Canada C19 is a licence-built, Finnish-designed Tikka T3 CTR bolt-action rifle modified for the Canadian Rangers.The C19 replaced the longer and heavier Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk.1.303" rifles which entered service with the Canadian Army in WWII and later, with the Canadian Rangers, when they were formed in 1947.
Lee–Enfield SMLE Mk.III: Service rifle: 1916-1943 United Kingdom: Lee–Enfield No.4 Mk.I: Service rifle: 1943-1955 Canada: Used by Canadian Rangers until 2016, replaced by Colt C-19: M1 Garand: Service rifle: 1944-1953 Canada United States: A small number of M1, M1C and M1D rifles, enough to equip a brigade, were issued to the Canadian Army ...
Delivery completed in March 2024 of 16,500 new C22 pistols for the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and Royal Canadian Air Force, and 3,200 more compact C24 pistols for the Military Police Group. [53] [54] [55] Submachine guns Heckler & Koch MP5 West Germany: Submachine gun: 9×19mm NATO MP5-N [56]
Match 16 - Canadian Ranger Open is open only to members of the Canadian Rangers and may be shot with either the current C7-series service rifle or with the .303 Lee–Enfield Number 4 Mark 1 bolt-action service rifle that is the standard-issue weapon of the Canadian Rangers.
Canadian Rangers use it for survival and polar bear protection. In 2015, the Canadian Rangers began the process to evaluate rifles chambered for .308 Winchester . The Canadian Department of National Defence has since replaced the previously issued Lee–Enfield No. 4 rifles with the Colt Canada C19 chambered as evaluated in 7.62×51mm NATO ...
An Afghan mujahid carries a Lee–Enfield in August 1985 A Rwandan soldier trains with a Lee-Enfield, 2011 Canadian Rangers, photographed in Nunavut, June 2011 The Lee–Enfield family of rifles is the second oldest bolt-action rifle design still in official service, after the Mosin–Nagant . [ 13 ]
The Rangers, upon enrolment are issued with their uniform that consist of red sweatshirt with the Ranger crest, red baseball cap, camouflage pants, boots, and Lee-Enfield.303 caliber rifle. Canadian Rangers are also provided up to 100 rounds of ammunition per Ranger per year.