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.
Hope you stay safe!
yeah, it sounds like riverrunner lives in a tough neighborhood!
(ducking)
I’ll take the pink, ‘Hello Kitty’ version, Please!
I LOVE my small (yet powerful) Browning. It fits my hand like a glove. A gift from Beau; he’s a keeper!
You say that like it's a GOOD thing....
The Glock is a very good pistol but I do like a safety.
I was rooting for Baretta tho.Have a relative works
in the plant here.She loves the job.
Really nice looking factory and very good weapons.
Would love to have one of those shotguns to go with the
PX4 that I keep by the bed at nite.
I love my glock.
One video that makes me a Glock guy is this one.
I bought my daughter a purple Taurus .380 :-)
I wish you were my Dad. My Dad gave me his (awesome) knife collection...but I don’t hate anyone near enough to get up close, personal and stabby, LOL!
In other words, I pass the Islamofreak Test! :)
“MARSOC has purchased and fielded 1,654 Glock 19s because Raiders needed a reliable secondary weapon...”
When were Marine Raider battalions reactivated?
Well when I needed too I normally carried two along with a rifle.
50 plus years of using handguns have given me vast opportunities to carry and shoot a large number of handguns and calibers.
Now my every day carry is a SR1911 or a Glock 23.
A couple of days ago I was carrying my 41 mag while running bears with the hounds.
A 41 or 44 mag with good bullets have no trouble shooting through a large bears skull.
In my opinion, the Glock 19 is the finest pistol there is. But, that’s just me.
Yes, I agree with that.
As long as they’re “extremely well-trained”, maybe they won’t shoot themselves as much as cops do.
I like the Glock 26, as well. And it, too, is one of my carry pistols. But there is just something about the 19 that “plucks all my strings.”
I find it very difficult to develop a true romantic attachment to the ugliest hand gun ever made.
Good choice in merits, plus it’s the closet thing to the “universal world-wide 9mm” there is.
Grenades are really handy as well ......
That looks like a P220ST.
Fine weapon.
All steel, as another poster pointed out.
Yes, all steel IS a good thing.
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