Minnesota Firearm News

Denmark has expanded its order of 5.56 NATO Colt Canada C8 MRR rifles to more than 50,000 units, marking a major modernization of its armed forces. The new Gevær M/25 platform replaces aging service rifles from the 1990s and strengthens Denmark’s NATO readiness, including enhanced Arctic defense operations in Greenland.

Canada’s reported destruction of thousands of WWII-era Browning-Inglis No. 2 Mk1* pistols highlights the growing tension between surplus policy and historical preservation. Produced in Toronto during World War II with assistance from FN Herstal’s exiled staff—including co-designer Dieudonné Saive—these Hi-Powers were more than sidearms; they were artifacts of Allied cooperation and resistance against tyranny.