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| company name = Diemaco (1984) Inc.
 
| type        = [[Private company|Private]] (division of [[Héroux-Devtek|Héroux-Devtek Inc.]])
 
| fate            = Acquired
 
| successor        = [[Colt Canada|Colt Canada Corporation]] {{Start date|2005|05|24}}
 
| foundation      = {{Start date|1974}}
 
| location_city    = [[Kitchener, Ontario]]
 
| location_country = [[Canada]]
 
| industry        = [[Arms industry|Defence]]
 
| products        = [[Firearm]]s, [[weapon]]s
 
}}
 
  
'''Diemaco''' was a Canadian defense company based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, that manufactured the [[C7 rifle|C7 family of rifles]] (Canada's main service rifle) adopted  under a licence from [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt]]. It was founded in 1974 and was later acquired by aerospace and design company Héroux-Devtek Inc in the year 2000. It was then purchased by [[Colt Defense]] on May 20, 2005 for $18.2 million. After being acquired by Colt, the company has since been known as [[Colt Canada]].
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[[File:Diemaco Colt Canada Logo Firearm Wiki.png|frame|right|Logo of Diemaco, who originally produced AR-15 style rifles under license of Colt. Now known as Colt Canada after Colt's 2005 acquisition of the company.]]
  
A great article by Christopher Bartocci at American Rifleman, titled "[https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2013/2/21/m16s-of-the-great-white-north/ M16s of the Great White North]" gives a great summary of the history of Diemaco, as well as the trials and tribulations leading up to Canada adopting their [[AR-15]]/[[M16]]-based [[C7 rifle]].
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'''Diemaco''' was a Canadian defense company based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, that manufactured the [[C7 rifle|C7 family of rifles]] (Canada's primary service rifle based on the M16A2, first adopted in 1984) adopted  under a licence from [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt]]. It was founded in 1974 and was later acquired by aerospace and design company Héroux-Devtek Inc in the year 2000. It was then purchased by [[Colt Defense]] on May 20, 2005 for $18.2 million. After being acquired by Colt, the company has since been known as [[Colt Canada]].
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A great article by Christopher Bartocci at American Rifleman, titled "[https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2013/2/21/m16s-of-the-great-white-north/ M16s of the Great White North]" gives a great summary of the history of Diemaco, as well as the trials and tribulations leading up to Canada adopting their [[AR-15]]/[[M16 rifle|M16]]-based [[C7 rifle|C7 service rifle]].
  
  
 
[[Category:Firearm manufacturers of Canada]]
 
[[Category:Firearm manufacturers of Canada]]
[[Category:Companies based in Kitchener, Ontario]]
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[[Category: List of Firearm Manufacturers]]

Revision as of 00:05, 26 July 2020

Logo of Diemaco, who originally produced AR-15 style rifles under license of Colt. Now known as Colt Canada after Colt's 2005 acquisition of the company.

Diemaco was a Canadian defense company based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, that manufactured the C7 family of rifles (Canada's primary service rifle based on the M16A2, first adopted in 1984) adopted under a licence from Colt. It was founded in 1974 and was later acquired by aerospace and design company Héroux-Devtek Inc in the year 2000. It was then purchased by Colt Defense on May 20, 2005 for $18.2 million. After being acquired by Colt, the company has since been known as Colt Canada.

A great article by Christopher Bartocci at American Rifleman, titled "M16s of the Great White North" gives a great summary of the history of Diemaco, as well as the trials and tribulations leading up to Canada adopting their AR-15/M16-based C7 service rifle.