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Marines pick Glock 9mm over 1911 for spec ops
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| Oct. 5, 2016
| Joey Clementine
Posted on 10/05/2016 1:14:33 PM PDT by PROCON
The Glock 19 is now the only and official sidearm for Marine special operators as officials ditched the classic .45-caliber Colt 1911, the Marine Corps Times reported last week.
“We put our money behind the 9mm round fired by an extremely well-trained marksman carrying a Glock 19,” said Maj. Nick Mannweiler, a spokesman for Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command. He added the 9mm Glock is the only pistol Marine special operators are allowed to take into battle.
Since last year, MARSOC has purchased and fielded 1,654 Glock 19s because Raiders needed a reliable secondary weapon “that could be used for both a concealed carry profile and a low-visibility profile,” and having one approved pistol for all special operators saves money, he said.
“Based on lessons learned in our operations, we also took into consideration how well a round could penetrate objects of varying densities and in different environmental conditions,” Mannweiler said. “We concluded that a 9mm round suited our needs.”
In June, the Federal Bureau of Investigation also began transitioning from .45 to 9mm handguns. The Bureau awarded Glock an $85 million contract for Glock 19 and 17 handguns that would outfit other law enforcement agencies under the Justice Department and all Offices of Inspector General.
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: 1911; armsbuildup; banglist; defensespending; glock19; marines; specops; usmc
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To: SIDENET; treetopsandroofs
Ditto that - as treetopsandroofs says - before the TBA.
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posted on
10/05/2016 1:30:08 PM PDT
by
day10
(You'll get nothing and like it!)
To: PROCON
I wonder if MARSOC diehards will do something similar to VF31’s wearing the HORNETS BY MANDATE. TOMCATS BY CHOICE! patch on their final deployment in the Tomcat.
To: 2banana
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posted on
10/05/2016 1:30:52 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: day10
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posted on
10/05/2016 1:31:09 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(Stay ignorant, my friends! (if you watch mainstream media, you will!))
To: day10
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posted on
10/05/2016 1:31:28 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(Stay ignorant, my friends! (if you watch mainstream media, you will!))
To: day10
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posted on
10/05/2016 1:31:30 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(Stay ignorant, my friends! (if you watch mainstream media, you will!))
To: day10
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posted on
10/05/2016 1:31:41 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(Stay ignorant, my friends! (if you watch mainstream media, you will!))
To: PROCON
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posted on
10/05/2016 1:31:41 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Vote Trump. Defeat the Clinton Crime Syndicate. Reset America.)
To: day10
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posted on
10/05/2016 1:32:12 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(Stay ignorant, my friends! (if you watch mainstream media, you will!))
To: day10
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posted on
10/05/2016 1:32:13 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(Stay ignorant, my friends! (if you watch mainstream media, you will!))
To: The_Media_never_lie
Uh, thanks for bumping the thread.......multiple times.
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posted on
10/05/2016 1:34:20 PM PDT
by
PROCON
("Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up!")
To: PROCON
Needs the Hogue Handall grip. Makes it a new gun. Eight bucks.
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posted on
10/05/2016 1:37:09 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: Stevenc131
‘you look down the barrels straight into the heart of history’
Yeah, if you’re looking down the barrel you’re history.
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posted on
10/05/2016 1:37:31 PM PDT
by
dljordan
(WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
To: Stevenc131
Michael McIntosh was writing about vintage double rifles, but I think the words apply to the 1911 as well, ‘you look down the barrels straight into the heart of history’.
Yes indeed.
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posted on
10/05/2016 1:42:17 PM PDT
by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: 2banana
Chicks can’t shoot a .45
Just saying
LOL! My daughters and granddaughters Would NOT agree with you.
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posted on
10/05/2016 1:44:01 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: SIDENET
I have a Gen 3 17/19/26 and concur. My CZ P-01 is also a fun to shoot.
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posted on
10/05/2016 1:45:18 PM PDT
by
mrmeyer
(You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
To: PROCON
I don’t see why we’re asking a bunch of ignorant field operators what tools they want to use when the real firearms knowledge in this country resides in the hands of anonymous Internet keyboard commandos like me. Harrumph!
To: PROCON
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posted on
10/05/2016 1:54:12 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: PROCON
Good gun. I liked my G 17 Gen 2, but gave it to my boy. He built me an AR. Fair trade.
I’m satisfied with my Browning Hi-Powers. Sleek, fit my hand and point well. All steel.
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posted on
10/05/2016 1:57:08 PM PDT
by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
To: PROCON
9mm ball ammo vs 45acp ball ammo, yup, give me the smaller one cause it carries more boolits.
They will need the extra clip capacity to make up for the lighter hitting round.
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posted on
10/05/2016 1:57:42 PM PDT
by
wrench
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