Posted on 11/29/2017 10:27:20 AM PST by Simon Green
The US Army on 28 November began fielding its first M17 Modular Handgun System (MHS) sidearms to the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, which is to receive about 2,000 of the pistols.
The 3rd Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hood, Texas, and “one of the army’s new security force assistance brigades” will be next to receive the M17.
The long-running MHS project, intended to replace legacy 9 mm M9 Beretta pistols, was awarded on 19 January with a total USD580.217 million ceiling. The army selected the 9 mm Sig Sauer model P320 as the M17’s basis. The contract also allows the government to buy Sig Sauer’s proposed XM1152 Full Metal Jacket and XM1153 Special Purpose ammunition and training rounds
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Are these made in Germany? If so, why can’t we use a gun Made In America?
Better than the M9!
Made in Exeter, NH under the SIGARMS company.
Exeter, NH
ETA: The renamed SIGARMS to SIG Sauer Inc. in 2008.
OK, good! Thanks.
Awesome! Jobs for Americans!
Doubtful. Its designed to fit chicks hands, and by a committee. That moonpig is nothing special. It’s a blend of odd features.
I love my SIGs!!!
Train with the weapon provided.
Have a few extra practice boxes of ammo on me. You’re welcome.
“one of the army’s new security force assistance brigades”
Uh, what are these. Never mind...I can guess.
It was over-spec’d. All sorts of things that only one handgun already had - the SIG P320. Well, maybe not the manual safety.
Still, the handgun is about the least useful weapon in inventory, the The Army spends almost $600 million when they could’ve just gone out and bought a COTS pistol.
I bought a P320 for $450.00 just before the Army announced its decision. The next day it was going for twice that amount and more.
It is a fine firearm but I like other, legacy Sig models better.
My Sig came from NH.
They are made by SiG in Switzerland, but TECHNICALLY the export occurs from Germany via the Sauer Corp.
This is because Swiss laws do not permit for export and Germany for some reason is a legal exception to this.
From the first meeting, it was clear that the army wanted the Beretta Model 92 as it's new "Personal Defense Weapon (PDW)" to replace the 1911A1 in service. All of their Requirement documents were written to get the M92 and not anything else - and every time Colt or H&K or S&W or SIG sent one of their pistols in for the "competition", the Requirements would be shifted more towards the Beretta.
We Marines were not thrilled about the new pistol and even less thrilled about its 9mm caliber. Ever study of wound ballistics indicated that .45 kills reliably but the 9mm just wounds when military hardball is used. As one wag put it - "are we going to the same caliber that the Germans lost two wars in a row with?"
The army was hard over on the subject, so no surprise, the Beretta won and became the M9 and the rest, as they say, is history.
While any sane and experienced combatant whose life has depended on a pistol would prefer a .45, among the 9mms available, the SIG is a quality weapon.
These are made in the US in Exeter, NH.
USMC wanted the new Colt Rail Gun M45A1 until the frames started cracking. Now they’re keen on the Glock 19 9mm. The cartridge wars are OVER. 9mm is just about on par with the .45 and you get a lot more rounds to play with. The 9mm has never “just wounded”, but you just can’t tell people that the 9mm has killed more people than the .45 ever will.
9mm.....?
Foreign made?
Strike three!!
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