Weapons

by **Lincoln** Tue 28 Jan 2020, 2:28 pm

New machine guns for Canadian
military to be delivered in
December

DAVID PUGLIESE, OTTAWA CITIZEN - January 28, 2020

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/new-machine-guns-for-canadian-military-to-be-delivered-in-december

by **Luxray** Tue 28 Jan 2020, 7:16 pm

Updated: January 28, 2020

Weapons - Page 2 Colt-screen-shot-2020-01-28-at-10.27.36-am

C6A1 FLEX General Purpose Machine Guns. Colt Canada photo.

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/new-machine-guns-for-canadian-military-to-be-delivered-in-december

by **Rockarm** Wed 09 Dec 2020, 5:18 pm

New rifles delivered for Canadian Forces sniper teams

David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen
Publishing date:Dec 09, 2020

Weapons - Page 2 C20-sniper-rifle-second-pic-copy

The C20 semi-automatic sniper rifle is shown undergoing testing earlier this year.

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/new-rifles-delivered-for-canadian-forces-sniper-teams

by Rekert Sat 02 Jan 2021, 8:28 am

Canadian military to receive new pistols: Bids to be requested in February

David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen
Publishing date:Jan 02, 2021

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/canadian-military-to-receive-new-pistols-bids-to-be-requested-in-february

by Echostar Thu 04 Feb 2021, 9:27 am

Special Forces pulls new pistols from service after soldier injured in misfire

Murray Brewster · CBC News · Posted: Feb 04, 2021

A member of Canadian Forces Special Operations JTF-2 unit takes part in an annual training exercise off the shores of Churchill, Man., in August 2012. A member of the unit was wounded last fall when a newly-purchased handgun inexplicably went off during a training exercise. The military has since withdrawn all its SIG Sauer P320 pistols. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/somnia-1.5897942

by **Rockarm** Sat 06 Feb 2021, 8:48 am

Canadian soldier wounded by accidental discharge used wrong holster

Murray Brewster · CBC News · Posted: Feb 05, 2021

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/soldier-wounded-wrong-holster-1.5903723

by **Stargunner** Sun 14 Feb 2021, 9:14 pm

Canada’s main small arms manufacturer sold to Czech firm

David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen
Publishing date: Feb 14, 2021

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/canadas-main-small-arms-manufacturer-sold-to-czech-firm

by **Riverway** Tue 23 Feb 2021, 4:10 pm

New pistols for the Canadian military - defence industry told to expect request for bids shortly

David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen
Publishing date: Feb 23, 2021

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/new-pistols-for-the-canadian-military-defence-industry-told-to-expect-request-for-bids-shortly

by **Joker** Fri 05 Mar 2021, 3:23 pm

Canadian Army to receive 8,000 new pistols

David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen
Publishing date: Mar 05, 2021

The Canadian Forces is hoping to have the first of 8,000 pistols in the hands of army personnel by next year.

Requirements for the new pistols are contained in a recently released draft bid package for the small arms industry. The military wants to release the full request for proposals to companies by the end of March but that might be difficult to accomplish.

However, the Canadian Forces aims to have a contract in place by fall 2021, according to National Defence spokesman Dan Le Bouthillier. “We expect to see initial deliveries to the Canadian Army by summer 2022,” he added.

The new handguns will replace the Second World War-era Browning Hi-Power pistols.

“As part of the program, we are procuring a minimum of 8,000 pistols with options for up to 16,500 to support Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Air Force, and Royal Canadian Navy requirements,” Le Bouthillier said.

No details were provided on when the option for the additional 16,500 handguns will be acted upon.

“The potential value of a contract could be up to $18 million, if options are exercised,” Le Bouthillier said. “However the actual value will only be known at contract award.”

A separate bid package on new handguns for military police will be released later this year.

The pistol program is considered by the Canadian Army as a priority as the number of working Browning Hi-Power handguns has significantly dwindled because of a lack of spare parts.

The new weapon is being called the C22 Modular Pistol. It will be in 9mm but the Canadian Forces has also asked for kits to convert the handgun into .40 calibre.

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/canadian-army-to-receive-8000-new-pistols

by Firestrike Mon 19 Jul 2021, 9:23 pm

Military plan to replace Second World War-era pistols is on hold because of complaint

David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen
Publishing date: Jul 19, 2021

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by Reece Thu 22 Jul 2021, 9:11 am

In Saskatchewan, the story of a Cold War-era Canadian-designed rocket comes to an end

Alexander Quon · CBC News · Posted: Jul 22, 2021

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-dundurn-crv-7-rocket-1.6104294

by Covert Tue 24 Aug 2021, 7:24 am

Canadian troops issued new machine-guns that are defective; weapons returned to Colt Canada

David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen
Publishing date: Aug 24, 2021

Defence Watch

by Covert Tue 31 Aug 2021, 7:23 am

DND brings in tougher inspection process to prevent delivery of faulty machine-guns from Colt

David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen
Publishing date: Aug 30, 2021

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by **Forcell** Wed 24 Nov 2021, 12:48 pm

Tribunal tells federal government to restart military pistol purchase; favouritism alleged

David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen
Publishing date: Nov 23, 2021

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by **Spider** Mon 03 Jan 2022, 9:59 am

DND replacement program for Second World War-era pistols delayed once again

Public Services and Procurement Canada will follow a recommendation of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal and restart the bid process in 2022.

David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen
Publishing date: Jan 03, 2022

Canadian soldiers won’t be getting replacements for their Second World War-era pistols until well into 2022.

The federal government hopes to have its program to buy new pistols to replace the Browning Hi-Power handgun back on track by the spring, but there are no guarantees that will happen.

The procurement process was derailed in November, when the Canadian International Trade Tribunal ruled in favour of an Ottawa firm that complained the competition was rigged.

Canada has been trying to buy a new handgun for the army since at least 2011, but has continually run into problems.

Federal government officials originally went to companies in the summer of 2021 to request bids for new pistols to replace the army’s Browning Hi-Power handguns. The plan was to award a contract for a new gun by the end of December and to start delivering the first weapons to troops in the summer of 2022.

But Rampart International of Ottawa, the firm that represents handgun manufacturer Glock in the Canadian market, filed a complaint with the trade tribunal. It alleged the government-run competition favoured Glock’s rivals, Beretta and Sig Sauer.

On Nov. 10, the CITT determined that Rampart’s complaint was valid in part. In addition, the trade tribunal recommended Public Services and Procurement Canada cancel the competition and begin a new one, changing some of the wording in its requirements.

PSPC spokesman Gabriel Leboeuf said the government would follow the tribunal’s recommendation. “Canada has decided to cancel this solicitation,” he confirmed. “Public Services and Procurement Canada will work with the Department of National Defence to issue a follow-up solicitation for the same requirement that addresses the Tribunal’s concerns. Precise timelines have not yet been determined.”

Defence sources say they hope to have a new solicitation package ready for industry by the spring. It is still unclear, however, how long it will take after that to run the competition and to get deliveries of new pistols. It is hoped that could take place by late 2022, but that is not for certain, sources say.

The Canadian military had outlined what it needs in a new gun. But Rampart has argued that some of those requirements weren’t necessary. The complaint alleged the Canadian Forces solicitation required “certain design types which serve no legitimate operational requirement and favour certain bidders.”

The pistol program is considered a priority by the Canadian Army as the number of working Browning Hi-Power handguns has significantly dwindled because of a lack of spare parts.

The new firearms will be modular, meaning they can be reconfigured for various roles. Other requirements include various safety features.

The acquisition project had been stalled for years after small arms firms rejected in 2011 a federal government requirement that the new guns be built at Colt Canada in Kitchener, Ont. In addition, the companies balked at a stipulation they had to turn over proprietary firearms information to Colt, a firm that some saw as a competitor.

But those requirements were eventually set aside and the military focused on developing new criteria with the operational needs of soldiers as its top priority.

The plan was to buy a minimum of 8,000 pistols with options for up to 16,500 for the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Canadian Navy. The potential value of a contract could be up to $18 million, if all options are exercised, according to the Department of National Defence.

In one of its documents to the trade tribunal, Rampart noted that Glock pistols had been purchased by defence forces in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, France, the Netherlands, Australia and other nations. Glock pistols are also widely used by police forces in North America.

But Glock lost out to Sig Sauer in January 2017 for a top U.S. military pistol contract. Sig Sauer is now providing the U.S. with 420,000 handguns based on its Sig P320 pistol.

In its complaint, Rampart cited a CBC report in February about a Canadian special forces member, using a Sig P320, who received a flesh wound during an accident at a shooting range near Ottawa. But the Canadian military has since confirmed there was nothing wrong with the Sig pistol. The accident appeared to have been the result of an accidental discharge caused by the special forces member, defence sources said.

The handgun replacement project has been seen by some as an example of a highly dysfunctional Canadian military procurement system. At one point the DND tried to prevent small arms companies from talking to journalists about the bungled procurement, but the department’s decree was largely ignored.

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