Next Generation Canadian Rifle

The Canadian armed forces presented a prototype assault rifle of the next generation , which implemented the most modern weapons (and not only weapons) technology.

The rifle uses ammunition of standard caliber 5.56 mm, plus an additional 18 mm and 40 mm grenades (three shells are being charged). It is equipped with a standard bus for powering and attaching additional modules, such as an electro-optical sight and position sensors. The rifle can receive information from the command center.

The prototype has been developed since 2009 as part of the Soldier Integrated Precision Effects Systems (SIPES) project. The goal was to create a lightweight, but powerful rifle, which is able to claim the role of the standard weapons of the Canadian armed forces for the next few decades. The priority was to optimize the design and reduce the overall weight.
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As a result, the total weight of the new assault rifle should be less than the weight of the current standard Colt C7 rifle with an M203 grenade launcher . To realize this goal, the designers revised every steel component of the structure.

Engineers introduced bullets into the rifle of a new lightweight design and conducted research in the field of technologies for automatic search for targets and guidance. In the next step, they are going to implement support for the guidance system in the style of the Linux TrackingPoint rifle .

To improve ergonomics, a number of tests were carried out: soldiers worked with weapons under the supervision of engineers from the Center for Defense Research and Development Canada (Defense Research and Development Canada).