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re: Army Picks Sig Sauer's P320 Handgun to Replace M9 Service Pistol
Posted on 1/21/17 at 12:41 am to rmnldr
Posted on 1/21/17 at 12:41 am to rmnldr
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How often are infantrymen issued handguns nowadays anyway? I'm guessing these will be used mostly by security forces.
Tankers are each issued a pistol as our side arm. I just missed the M1911 by a year or two. By my time we got the M9 Barretta 9mm. I loved the M9.
I read about this yesterday and found it interesting they didn't say what version of the P320 they'll be going with. Will they stay with the 9mm like we had on the M9 or will they change back to a .45?
This post was edited on 1/21/17 at 12:45 am
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Posted on 1/21/17 at 1:20 am to Darth_Vader
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Tankers are each issued a pistol as our side arm.
Serious doctrinal question here: what purpose does a handgun serve in combat besides as a backup? I could see them being issued by tankers, pilots, etc for self-defense but an infantryman would be able to carry more rifle ammunition instead of carrying a pistol and its subsequent ammunition.
This post was edited on 1/21/17 at 1:29 am
Posted on 1/21/17 at 2:02 am to Darth_Vader
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they didn't say what version of the P320 they'll be going with. Will they stay with the 9mm like we had on the M9 or will they change back to a .45?
I was under the assumption the entire reason for the bidding process was to go back to the .45
I found it interesting they didn't specify it was going to be a .45.
Posted on 1/21/17 at 6:00 am to Darth_Vader
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One of the major goals of the effort was to adopt a pistol chambered for a more potent round than the current 9mm. The U.S. military replaced the .45 caliber 1911 pistol with the M9 in 1985 and began using the 9mm NATO round at that time. In their statements, Army and Sig officials didn't specify what caliber the new Sig Sauer pistol will be.
Sig touts the P320 model product as "modular" and "adaptable," with interchangeable grips, multiple sizes and calibers that can be converted between 9mm, .357SIG and .40SGW. "From calibers, to pistol size, to the grip fit best suited for the shooter, the P320 is the most adaptable pistol available today," the company says in promotional materials. Two sources confirmed to Military.com that Sig submitted to the Army .40-caliber and 9mm pistols for consideration. One source said the Army ultimately selected the 9mm version.
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