What's different about this scene is that the men are showing a discipline lacking even a year ago. And they're all wielding the C7 rifle, a variant of the American M16, donated by Canada and finally making its way to the battlefield here.As anyone who is familiar with firearms can tell you... the last thing you wanna brush up against on the firing line, are sloppy... or even scarier... nervous trigger-pullers. Somebody screws up on the range and you can have an irreversible outcome.Some of the testing has been nerve-racking for the Afghans, in part because they are being watched not only by their own non-commissioned officer but also by an interpreter and a Canadian adviser.
"There was one guy who didn't practise. All the other guys were practising, but he was nervous and instead he prayed all afternoon. He didn't do so well," MCpl. Woods said.A tough job... but somebody's gotta do it.
"The [Afghan] sergeant took him outside, they practised and he passed."
Go Canada.
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The Canadian made C7 rifle*