r/canadaguns • u/Possible_Thing_9385 • Jun 20 '26
Feets / Collection / My build Prohibited Cold War Assault Rifles
Following up the Cold War Battle Rifles, we have the Assault Rifles which were mostly developed as Western Forces adopted the intermediate 5.56mm cartridge in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Of course, the Russians and their Soviet partners employed and further developed the venerable AK47 series throughout the entirety of the Cold War, starting out with their 7.62x33 intermediate cartridge and later transitioning to the lighter 5.45mm round. In chronological order they are:
- Russian State Arsenals AK-47 Type 2 (1951-1957)
- Russian State Arsenals AKMS (1957-1974)
- USAF Colt Model 601 clone (1962-1965)
- USAF Colt GAU-5/S "Son Tay Raider" carbine clone (1966-1995)
- Harrington & Richardson / Heckler & Koch T223 / HK33 rifle (1964-1966 / 1968-2001)
- Israeli Military Industries Galil Assault Rifle and Machinegun (ARM) (1972-2000)
- Fabrique Nationale Carbine (FNC) (1979-1999)
- Colt Canada C8 carbine (1986-2006)
- SIG 550 / Swissarms "Classic Green" (1990-present)
- Heckler & Koch G36E (1996-Present)
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u/Relevant_Diver_3228 Jun 20 '26
those are terrifying and should be banned /S
Those are so cool I wish that i could have all of those and many of the other ones that were banned
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u/Ilikefightsbecause Jun 20 '26
Stupid question, were people with prohibited devices (say 30 round rifle mags) ever grandfathered in like people who had 12(x) firearms?
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u/pukalo_ Jun 21 '26
They were not. iirc there was a grace period in which people could get their mags pinned or crimped.
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u/challengergaren Jun 21 '26
Man i remember playing bf4 as a teenager and discovering the fnc and loved it i was very sad when i learned i couldn't get one
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u/GamesFranco2819 Jun 22 '26
As someone from Burger land, I am supremely jealous. The Type II is my grail AK
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u/IntroductionAny3929 Jun 20 '26
Aye I love that Galil ARM!
That gets my seal of approval! And is certified Kosher in my book!
I own one and enjoy mine!
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u/soviet_toster Jun 20 '26
MFW seeing people that possess all the Gucci prohibit stuff because I was born a few decades too late