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Testing of three versions was planned to be conducted through 2017. Full-Rate Production would begin in 2018, with 280,000 standard pistols M17 for the Army (replacing the Beretta M9), 212,000 for other services, and 7,000 compact M18 versions for soldiers (replacing the SIG Sauer M11). [18]
M1911A1 and early M9 with magazines removed. In the 1970s, every branch of the U.S. Armed Forces (except the U.S. Air Force) carried the .45 ACP M1911 pistol.The USAF opted to use .38 Special revolvers, which were also carried by some criminal investigation/military police organizations, USAF strategic missile officer crews, and military flight crew members across all the services when serving ...
Pages in category "9mm Parabellum semi-automatic pistols" The following 193 pages are in this category, out of 193 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Beretta M9, the standard-issue service pistol for the US Army and other forces; M9M1, a 9mm/.45ACP submachine gun; M-9, the export name for the Chinese missile DF-15; M9 half-track, a variant of the M2 Half Track
The model Beretta 92FS was the primary side arm of the United States Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force, designated the M9 pistol. [22] In 1985, Beretta was chosen after a controversial competition to produce the M9, winning a contract for 500,000 pistols. [23] [24] A condition of the original agreement was domestic manufacture of the M9.
Pages in category "Beretta pistols" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. ... Beretta M9; Beretta M1923; Beretta M1934; Beretta M1935;
Beretta pistols (27 P) T. Tanfoglio pistols (4 P) Pages in category "Semi-automatic pistols of Italy" ... Beretta M9; P. Pardini GT9; T. Tanfoglio Force; Tanfoglio GT27;
The first service handguns were revolvers, but the development of semi-automatic pistols (the first practical example being the Mauser C96 "Broomhandle") gradually led to their replacement by semi-automatic handguns, such as the well-known German P08 Luger, the first semi-automatic service pistol to be widely adopted by an industrialised nation.