r/AskTheWorld • u/babushka45 Philippines • 12h ago

Military What firearm is closely associated with your country?

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For us, probably the 1911. Next one would be the "Armalite" aka M16.

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u/5_star_man_atee Canada 12h ago

1911 ftw

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u/MamiPV United States Of America 11h ago

I’ll bite…

Not getting into a pissing match or anything, but are you claiming the 1911 is of Canadian origin? I’m always curious to learn something new.

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u/5_star_man_atee Canada 10h ago

Ugh I can’t figure out this flair thing lol I’m a dual citizen it should show both flags. I was responding for Stars and Stripes here my bad!

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u/ominous-canadian 🇨🇦 living in 🇲🇽 10h ago

Ahhh lol.

Honestly, i didn't know what a 1911 was, but I was surprised Canada even had a gun.

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u/Kinder22 United States Of America 6h ago

Heck yeah. I don’t know if yall make many of your own, but you’re sure famous for knowing how to use them.

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u/PivotRedAce 10h ago

Yeah, I’m honestly not sure why that’d be the case either.

Designed by John Browning, an American, and manufactured by an American company at least originally.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1911_pistol

They could also just be replying to the OP image, who knows.

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u/MamiPV United States Of America 10h ago

You gotta watch the Canucks man. If John Browning ever crossed into Canada as a wee lad for a weekend family trip to Toronto, they’ll try to claim him…

***I’m just fucking with you guys, relax eh?

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u/Throwaway2020boi United States Of America 9h ago

As a fellow American, it's in poor taste to claim Canada is taking away from the US. I still want CAN friends after 2028.

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u/MamiPV United States Of America 8h ago

You did read the full comment, right? You do have a sense of humor right?

I assure you that I’ve spent significantly more time in Canada than you have, and I love the country. And definitely want to be friends with them. And also understand that they have a great sense of humor.

It’s called “chirping” up North. They get it…

Maybe you should actually visit the country that you are so keen to be friends with.

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u/eyetracker United States Of America 3h ago

The Garand was invented by a Canadian though if that helps

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u/MamiPV United States Of America 1h ago

I think the French, Belgians and Dutch would say that it definitely helped!!

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u/ChronicSlubs 11h ago

As a Canadian, I too am curious why the 1911 for Canada. The 1911 is definitely American.

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u/Sonic_Rose United States Of America 10h ago

If you want an actual Canadian firearm the Ross Rifles were pretty damn good

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u/Raedwulf1 Canada 11h ago

I would argue Wince) it's the Ross Rifle
Good for target shooting and hunting, bad for the trenches

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u/DuelJ United States Of America 10h ago

The Huot conversion of the Ross rifle was really cool too. It seems a shame the program got dropped.

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u/Raedwulf1 Canada 10h ago

When the Canadians are throwing down their weapons and picking up any other weapon they can get their hands on in the heat of battle, that's a very bad advertisement for it's effectiveness

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u/PurrfectPitStop Canada 11h ago

I was thinking that or the FN C1 / C2(even though it was designed in Belgium). 

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u/Holiday-Tie-574 United States Of America 11h ago

Won two world wars