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Incident at Ottawa-area range prompted special forces to pull SIG Sauer P320 pistols out of service
Murray Brewster · CBC News · Posted: Feb 04, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago
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 The military has since withdrawn all its SIG Sauer P320 pistols.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)
A member of Canada's elite special forces counterterrorism unit was wounded last fall when a newly-purchased handgun, with a history of misfires and injuries in the U.S., inexplicably went off during a training exercise at an Ottawa-area range, CBC News has learned.
The soldier, belonging to Joint Task Force 2 (JTF-2), was hit in the leg and received a flesh wound as a result of the accident, which took place Nov. 5, 2020 on a firing range at Dwyer Hill, the unit's principal base.
Consequently, the military has withdrawn all the brand new SIG Sauer P320s from service and members of the unit will — for the time being — rely on their old model SIG Sauer P226 pistols
