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Canadian Ammo Manufacturer Gone..
GD has bought out our ammo manuafacturer now and with the trade agreemants in place after 9/11 and the security issues with personel working is US armament industries,which agreements this Company now falls under,anyone with the wrong personal profile will not be able to work there..
And we will be lucky ,under the present trade agreements if we can even buy ammo from this US company , I can't remember the actual clause in the agreement but probably Clive would know the limiting clauses in these agreements .... This sale now brings us under US control what we can and can't buy for ammo. Quote:
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Now that we have sold GM Defence (also to General Dynamics), Diemaco (manufacturers of our Small Arms) to Colt and SNC-TEC to GD we don't have a lot of industry dedicated to the 'pointy end'.
I am not surprised that GD wanted our ammo manufacrurer as they cannot produce enough for on-going US Ops. I fear, as Alex has hinted, that once GD HQ tells their subsidiary what to do here in Canada DN will find itself sucking hind-teat to get deliveries to meet its operational needs. We already see the US attitiude in London at GDLS where they manufacture the LAV III and the US Stryker (along with Aust, NZ and Saudi versions). In those areas where there is Stryker manufacture, Canadians (including CF Officers) have been told that they do not have clearance and cannot enter.
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Didn't you know...
...Canadian soldiers are no longer called "soldiers" but "peacekeepers" and we only fight for the hearts and minds of the opposition (no longer called enemies) . So with the information that Canadians don't fight for anything getting out around the world, what would we need bullets for? Much better to build greenhouses and plant flowers to bombard non democratic governments with.
This is the message I keep seeing on tv and when I talk to people they have no idea what incredible soldiers we have. It seems most people think they are policemen . Sean
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Re: Didn't you know...
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I have always used surplus IVI in both my Inglis hi-power and Sterling police carbine SMG. Never once have I had a ammunition failure with the stuff. I like the extra ooomph thats in the military ammo. I am now down to my last couple of hundred rounds of IVI 9mm, and don't know where I am going to find more.
The real shortfall is on .303. Apparently IVI still makes up small batches for use by the rangers. Shame they cannot make more for the Cdn market. .303 from any country is just plain getting impossible to find. I never could figure out why a company that makes ammunition in a country can't sell to it's own citizens. |
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That does make for some funny situations at the factory as well as where the ballistic testing is done! This is all part of the game that is the defence industry. Stewart PS - thanks for the CD that you sent me - it is really appreciated! |
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This is what they said:
"General Dynamics entered an agreement with the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada that establishes the company's commitment to helping to ensure Canada's ability to develop and manufacture ammunition within its own borders; to continue assigning the highest priority to meeting the Canadian Forces' ammunition and explosives requirements, now and in the future; and to strengthening the organization's research and development capability in Canada." This is what they meant: |
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There's a reason we're 'lean & mean'....
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