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COMMENTS:
Americans make good gear, and your dollar is so weak right now how can we resist?
Those moustaches give them away immediately...
umm the canadian dollar is worth less than the American dollar. A canadian dollar is worth about 80 American cents.
1. Canada voted not to go to Iraq until they were given evidence that Iraq had WMD(not just reassurances)
2. This is a picture of Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan.
3 The Canadian dollar is worth roughly 90 cent US.
nope I looked it up 80 cents on currency converter. Besides different places will tell you different things so it is hard to tell. What difference does it make where the picture comes from thats not the point.
"Is it just me or do the Canadian soldiers in this picture in IRAQ..."
I missed that one Iguana. It's pointless argueing with someone so ignorant isn't it?
yeah if you call me ignorant even though you have no idea who I am or where I come from I have the right to call you an asshole.
Canada has got a military??
USRocks
Look again.
It's hasn't been at 80 cent in over a year and a half.
InternalColonel
"Canada has got a military??"
I guess the ballot is doing a lot of educating, eh?
Personally, the only way I can tell a Canadian from an American is to ask both parties to say the word "about". And that doesn't always work.
You posted a ballot about Canadian soldiers in Iraq. I think I have the right to call you ignorant. Did the U.S. invade the Falklands? Did the U.K. fight in Vietnam? Comeon man, do some fucking research before you start posting these lame ass ballots just to get a rise from people.
Soldiers around the globe look similar. I saw a photo of Israeli troops being carried into battle riding on tanks, and if you didn't know who they were, you'd easily think they could have been Rommel's Afrika Corps.
shows what you know. the camo pattern is called cadpat, it's a canadian design. the american digital camo, marpat, is actually a copy. the rifle, the c7a1, is also a canadian design, which outperforms both the british l85a1 and the american m16a2. the helmet is different as well, doesn't stiuck out over the eyes as much.
"Personally, the only way I can tell a Canadian from an American is to ask both parties to say the word "about". And that doesn't always work."
of course not, that'd only identify an alberta farmer
and now that i look closer,USRocks, um__yeah is right, you said iraq, not afghanistan
Actually...to flog a dead horse into what is now probably a frothy paste...MARPAT was developed with the help of the Department of Defence (Canada) after the U.S. defense Dept showed keen interest in the technology, so CADPAT technology was shared with the U.S.; they (U.S.) then tweaked the actual disruptive pattern for their own use, as the technology was owned by the Canadian government.
i know I said Afganistan..so shoot me damnit. Both conflicts fall under the same command centcom. The question was geared towards the soldiers not the population so shutup already. O and the new U.S. helmets do not "stick out over the eyes" they look exactly like that. yes some of their equipment is different I never said Canada had a fully identical military. I will admit I was wrong about the camo. But it doesn't change the overall point. The "c7a1" is not a canadian design. It is almost an exact copy of the American rifle. the m16 was disigned to be able to snap on new features which is simply what the canadians did. I just don't get where they think they have the right to rename it.
well mostly wrong as proven by um_yeah
Are we altogether sure that it's not Canada in Iraq, pretending to be the USA? That could be the next conspiracy ballot!
O not to comment 3 times in a row but i take back when i called um_yeah an asshole..but when people call me ignorant I get pissed.
^ Yeah, but he is an asshole! So you're forgiven. :o)
An OK asshole though ;oP
"i know I said Afganistan..so shoot me damnit."
no, you said iraq.
"O and the new U.S. helmets do not "stick out over the eyes" they look exactly like that."
no, the canadian helmet is rounder, while the american one has a little ridge over the eyes, kind of like a visor.
"The "c7a1" is not a canadian design."
it's borrowed the same way as marpat is borrowed. but the SAS tested them, and it poutperformed both their rifle and the m16. also, american weapons arre designed not to use full auto, because american troops are badly trained and will waste ammunition.
^ Don't let it get ya down.
That's ok...being called an asshole on the internet is...well...kinda like fighting on rollerskates....what's the point of retaliating?
^For USROCKS
Neothe1 shut the hell up. American soldiers are trained badly? Thats probably why weve never won a war huh. oh wait. I dare your little punk ass to say that to a marine. And the United States has switched over to the M4 which is a smaller version of the m16 and is fully auto. So before you Canadians run your mouth please get the facts. The United States sells military equipment to countries worldwide thats how we make the big money.
The Canadians may have coppied our uniforms but dont worry there probably not even bullet proof. And they still cant afford bullet proof hummers and abrahm tanks. They probably ride around in jeeps.
What exactly is the point of this ballot?? It just looks like an American point-scoring exercise, trying to assert one's 'supposed' superiority over another nation. How sad.
The ballot maker is supposedly a Christian so I ask, where is the humility?
He also tends to make many boastful comments about how great America is - from what I've seen of his comments anyway.
kishkumen kiss my ass.
Voted : There is much difference
Know I don't Know about any of you but I was a Canadian soldier. I'm very glad to see that we are finally getting American equipment, it makes much more sense,especially if we are in the same theater of operations,parts and ammo are easier toget.The C7 is a spin-off of the M16 made in Canada under contract by Colt.I have worked with alot of troops from around the world and I tell you, if I had to pick troops to fight with, I'd have an American on my right and a Brit on my left because they are the best soldiers in the world. I would say that Canadian troop are not better train than American troops but have more training in different fields of the military.Our small numbers (20,000 in the army)makes it nessisary for us to be cross trained in more jobs than a U.S. soldier. Hope I shed a little bit of light on this subject for you.
Gunner O UBIQUE
Im not sure it comes down to cost. I mean look at the British pound.Its the strongest currency in the world. i mean if i had £20 that'd be worth anywhere between about 35 and 45 dollars, so we have an easily strong enough budget to buy US gear but the thing is we develop our own. I think some countries develop their own...i.e the US, UK, Russia, China etc and some choose to go for buying currently made dsigns and renaming them or adapting them. In this case the Canadian Diemaco C8. In fact our SAS and SBS actually use the Diemaco C8 as does the unit im with in alot of cases.
Having used the M-4 a couple of times recently in Helmand i opted out of using it as even with the highest cleaning standards we were still getting jams and stoppages at innapropriate times so switched to Dimaco C8 and our own SA-80 A2. Another weapon that found favour over the M-4 Was teh German H&K G-36 which performed superbly in firefights. It has to be the best Assault rifle out there right now bar none.
Give me the M-4 in the jungle environment though any day.
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