Colt Canada

American firearms manufacturer in Canada

Colt Canada Corporation

Company type| Private
Industry| Arms
Predecessor| Diemaco (1984) Inc., div. of Héroux-Devtek Inc.
Founded| May 20, 2005 (2005-05-20)
Headquarters| Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Products| Firearms

Number of employees

| 100
Parent| Colt CZ Group
Website| www.coltcanada.com

Colt Canada (formerly called Diemaco),[1] located in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, is one of a group of companies owned by Colt CZ Group SE, based in Prague, Czech Republic.

The facility produces small arms for the Canadian Armed Forces, Canadian law enforcement agencies[2] In addition, the company exports firearms internationally. Known foreign customers include Norway, Denmark and The Netherlands.

The company's main products are the C7 rifle and derivatives which are manufactured under licence from Colt Defense USA, and the EAGLE side-loading 40mm LV grenade launcher. Colt Canada describes itself as the Canadian government's "centre of excellence for small arms" and the Canadian Forces' sole supplier of the C7 family of rifles despite its non-affiliation with the Canadian government.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Canadian Trade Index". Owen Media Partners Inc. Retrieved 15 Apr 2009.
2. ^ "CADSI Colt Canada Corporation Details". Canadian Association of Defense and Security Industries. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 7 Apr 2011.
3. ^ "Colt Defense LLC to Host Investor Conference Call on 2010 Year End Financial Results". Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 7 Apr 2011.

## External links

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* Official homepage
* Profile Industry Canada

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Colt's Manufacturing Company

Revolvers|

| 19th century|

* Paterson
* Walker
* Pocket Percussion
* Dragoon
* M1851 Navy
* Model 1855
* M1860 Army
* M1861 Navy
* Open Top
* Open Top Pocket Model
* House revolver
* Single Action Army
* New Line
* M1877
* M1878
* M1889
* M1892

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20th century|

* New Police
* Model 1905
* New Service
* Official Police
* Police Positive
* Police Positive Special
* M1917
* FitzGerald Special
* Detective Special
* Buntline
* Trooper
* Cobra
* Python
* Diamondback
* King Cobra
* Anaconda

Semi-automatic
pistols|

* M1900
* M1902
* Model 1903 Pocket Hammer
* Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless
* Model 1908 Vest Pocket
* Model 1909
* Model 1910
* Woodsman
* Colt 2000
* Mustang
* Mustang XSP

* M1911
* Kongsberg Colt
* Ace
* Commander
* Officer's ACP
* Double Eagle
* Delta Elite
* SSP
* OHWS

SMGs, PDWs|

* SCAMP
* 9mm SMG

Rifles|

* Ring lever
* M1839 carbine
* Revolving rifle
* Burgess
* Lightning rifle

* AR-10
* 601
* AR-15
* variants
* M16
* CAR-15
* CAR-15 XM177
* Colt 933
* C7
* C20 DMR
* M4 carbine
* ACR
* Colt Advanced Piston Carbine
* Advanced Colt Carbine-Monolithic
* CM901

Machine guns|

* M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun
* Colt Machine Gun
* Colt Automatic Rifle
* Colt IAR6940

Shotguns,
Derringers, misc.|

* Deringer
* Defender Mark I
* M4 autocannon
* Mk 12 cannon
* XM148 grenade launcher

Cartridges|

| Revolver|

* .32 Long Colt
* .38 Short Colt
* .38 Long Colt
* .41 Short Colt
* .41 Long Colt
* .44 Colt
* .45 Colt

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Semi-automatic pistol|

* ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol)
* .25 ACP
* .32 ACP
* .380 ACP
* .38 ACP
* .45 ACP

People|

* Samuel Colt
* Elizabeth Jarvis Colt
* Richard Jarvis
* William Mason
* Charles Brinckerhoff Richards
* John Henry Fitzgerald

Related|

* Colt Armory
* Colt CZ Group
* Colt Defense
* National Arms Company
* Colt Canada

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