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The Beretta 92 was designed for sports and law enforcement use and, due to its reliability, was accepted by military users in countries all over the world. Brazil After a large order of original 92s for the Brazilian military had been completed, the factory was sold to Taurus , who continued to make the gun as the PT92 .
The Beretta 92G-SD and 96G-SD Special Duty handguns are semi-automatic, locked-breech delayed recoil-operated, double/single-action pistols, fitted with the heavy, wide Brigadier slide, chambered for the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge (92G-SD) and the .40 S&W cartridge (96G-SD), framed with the addition of the tactical equipment rail, designed and manufactured by Beretta.
In both trials where the Beretta 92SB-F and SIG Sauer P226 competed the SIG was either equal or superior to the Beretta in most tests. [20] The purchase price for the Beretta M9 handgun was $178.50 per unit. [20] The P226 lost out in the final bidding and the Beretta emerging the winning design once again.
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The Beretta M9, officially the Pistol, Semiautomatic, 9mm, M9, is the designation for the Beretta 92FS semi-automatic pistol used by the United States Armed Forces.The M9 was adopted by the United States military as their service pistol in 1985.
In the late 1980s, Beretta acquired several domestic competitors (notably Benelli and Franchi) and some foreign companies (notably in Finland). [18] Also in the 1980s, Beretta enjoyed a renewal of popularity in North America after its Beretta 92 pistol was selected as the service handgun for the United States Army (as the "M9 pistol"). [3]
2. The 92 models should each state dates of introduction. The same should happen for the models listed under "Operation". 3. "The 92SB, initially called 92S-1, was specifically designed for the USAF (US Air Force) trials (which it won), the model name officially adopted was the 92SB." 92SB is redundant. This sentence could be reworked. 4.
The original PT92 was, in most respects, exactly like the original Beretta 92. However, it was unusual for the time in that it featured a squared trigger guard for supporting the index finger of the opposite hand while firing, a feature which was subsequently introduced to the Beretta 92 with the 92SB-F (92F) model in 1985.