Speer Awarded Contract to Provide 9mm Luger JHP to Canadian Military
Speer Ammunition have been awarded a contract to supply the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) with 4.2 million rounds of 9mm Luger JHP Ammunition. The Canadian DND have selected Speer's 135-grain Gold Dot G2 9mm hollow point ammunition through a three year contract. The announcement doesn't specify which element within the DND will be issued the ammunition.
Here's Speer's announcement in full:
LEWISTON, Idaho – November 12, 2026 – Speer Ammunition, part of The Kinetic Group, a member of CSG Group (Euronext Amsterdam: CSG), was recently awarded a contract to supply 9mm Luger JHP Ammunition to the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND). The cartridge awarded was the Speer Gold Dot G2, 9mm Luger, 135-grain load, an advanced self-defense and duty load featuring a bonded jacket-core design and an elastomer-filled shallow nose cavity. The agreement will supply the DND for up to three years and 4.2 million rounds.
“We have a long history with the Canadian DND, and we are extremely pleased with this new contract win,” said David Kline, Speer's Director of Government Contract Engineering. “This contract reinforces the trust international law enforcement agencies place in our reliable, innovative products. Speer is the gold standard in dependability and terminal performance, and we are proud to continue supplying agencies with exceptional duty ammunition.”
Speer has enhanced the law-enforcement proven Gold Dot G2 bullet, optimizing the design and loading to provide superior feeding, ballistics and terminal performance through compact concealed handguns. The Gold Dot G2 features an exclusive bullet nose design. Instead of a large hollow-point cavity, it has a shallow dish filled with a high-performance elastomer. Its exclusive Gold Dot construction virtually eliminates core/jacket separation. On impact, the material is forced into engineered internal fissures to start the expansion process. The result is uniform expansion, better separation of the petals, and more consistent penetration across barrier types.
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I'm sure the Kanadistani government will think of using the JHP on the unarmed, peaceful protesters who have the courage to push for less authoritarianism.
Hummm, IIRC the Geneva Convention specifically bans military use of expanding ammunition in warfare, use against civilians at home however...