C6 GPMG

C6 General Purpose Machine Gun
The C6 GPMG is the Canadian designation of the FN MAG (Fabrique Nationale Mitrailleuse d'Appui Général), a machine gun chambered for the seven-six-two by five-one millimeter (7.62x51mm) NATO cartridge and is fed via a two hundred twenty round box. It has a rate of fire between six hundred fifty and one thousand rounds per minute and a muzzle velocity of eight hundred forty meters per second.

It has an effective range of eight hundred meters using standard sights and up to one thousand eight hundred meters using a tripod and spotters.

The C6 is not a section level weapon. It is primarily used as a platoon level support weapon and is commanded by the platoon's Warrant Officer as part of the weapons detachment. Each C6 team is comprised of a gunner, ammo bearer and spotter who work in tandem to keep the weapon firing and to do so while remaining accurate.

The C6 GPMG is also mounted onto LAV IIIs and Leopard C2 Tanks as a pintle mounted and/or coaxial weapon for infantry support and vehicle defense roles.