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The Beretta 92 (also Beretta 96 and Beretta 98) is a series of semi-automatic pistols designed and manufactured by Beretta of Italy. The Beretta 92 was designed in ...
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.
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.
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.
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Beretta did similar things at about the same time, but in a different way; the 92S added a slide mounted safety/decocker, and the 92F moved the magazine release up to behind the trigger guard. The magazine releases are in slightly different locations, so magazines don't interchange, and the frame mounted Taurus safety is far easier to ...
After the war, Beretta continued to develop firearms for the Italian army and police force, as well as the civilian market. [16] In the 1970s, Beretta also started a manufacturing plant in São Paulo, Brazil. A contract between Beretta and the Brazilian government was signed, under which Beretta produced Beretta 92s for the Brazilian army until ...