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Colt Canada C7 vs M16A4: how to tell them apart

Two versions of the same family. Name the wrong one in Spotrep and you still get family points, but the exact model scores most.

Colt Canada C7, rifle from Canada

Colt Canada C7

Rifle, Canada. In service since 1984

What gives it away

Full-length AR rifle: fixed stock, 20-inch barrel and a long handguard; Danish M/95s are mostly seen with the Royal Life Guards and Home Guard.

Used by

Canada, Netherlands, Denmark

Photo: Comm at English Wikipedia (Original text: Comm (talk)), Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
M16A4, rifle from USA

M16A4

Rifle, USA. In service since 1997

What gives it away

Full-length AR-15 pattern rifle with a fixed buttstock, a 20-inch barrel, a flat-top rail and a long railed handguard.

Used by

USA, Philippines, Iraq and many others

Photo: Jan Hrdonka, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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