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Army Confirms 9mm for Modular Handgun System
Military.com ^ | January 26, 2017 | Matthew Cox

Posted on 01/27/2017 11:58:11 AM PST by C19fan

The Army today confirmed the caliber for its new Modular Handgun System will be 9mm, one week after the service announced it selected a version of Sig Sauer’s P320 to replace the M9 service pistol.

Army officials sent out a press release with additional details on the MHS but did not explain why the service chose 9mm, a decision that Military.com asked the Army to explain its reasoning behind.

(Excerpt) Read more at kitup.military.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: army; banglist; pistol; weapons
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To: atomic_dog

I have a tokarev with hollowpoints. The ballistics are phenomenal.

CC


61 posted on 01/27/2017 3:09:03 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: editor-surveyor

Well, you’re full of yourself, aren’t you? I have served in combat.

I don’t have to ask you if you have, do I?


62 posted on 01/27/2017 3:13:28 PM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: editor-surveyor

And you don’t know your history. Look up how the 1900 Luger was tested both in Germany and the US initially to outfit the Calvary. The tests required that the then-new automatic pistols had to be able to kill a horse. The 7,65 mm failed, hence the effort to ramp it up to 9mm.

The US test pistols in 9mm still didn’t please the US Army, so DWM sent .45 caliber Lugers for further tests but by that time the Colt was looking more robust.

Read more.


63 posted on 01/27/2017 3:20:01 PM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: editor-surveyor

Already faced fire, Buddy. Got hit really good by an AK about 17 months into my tour with the infantry.

How super are you?


64 posted on 01/27/2017 3:22:25 PM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: Chainmail

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Your arguments are pathetic, and rely on misdirection.

The 9mm Luger has failed absolutely nothing.

If you think you need a hand held Howitzer, you first should be able to prove you can reliably hit a target.

The .45 fails in that respect constantly.

It takes way too much time to develop the skill set for the .45, so it is a reasonable decision to go with the gun that most can master in a day or two.


65 posted on 01/27/2017 3:26:19 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Chainmail

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Tell us how the AK hit didn’t slow you down.

You have no idea how to present a coherent argument.
(but thanx for your service!)
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66 posted on 01/27/2017 3:28:32 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

Double-horsehocky. The .45 doesn’t require any more than average skills to master. I have trained with literally thousands of Marines, soldiers and sailors and almost all of them qualified.

I have even trained a group of navy wives and every single one of them shot very well with the .45 after one day’s training ( actually better than their husbands).

The .45 1911A1 is accurate, dependable, and that first shot works pretty well every time.

This discussion would be a lot better if you had a lot more experience and less a tendency to send an emotional response.


67 posted on 01/27/2017 3:37:00 PM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: C19fan

“but did not explain why the service chose 9mm,”

Most likely because they have several billion rounds in stock.

L


68 posted on 01/27/2017 3:38:55 PM PST by Lurker (America burned the witch.)
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To: editor-surveyor

Oh, it slowed me down! I spent 7 months in traction and nearly a year in a steel brace. Dang bullet almost completely severed my leg.

I ain’t super at all...


69 posted on 01/27/2017 3:39:12 PM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: Chainmail

I have no problem with the .45 auto. It is a good round and if tortured I probably would admit the 1911 is my favorite pistol.

Still beside my bed right now are two Browning Hi-Powers and I don’t feel in the least bit undergunned. If I could choose it would be a Glock 10mm but like I said, nothing at all wrong with the 9mm. I believe one is loaded with Golden Sabres and the other with Silvetips.

Anyone who has taken a bullet for the U.S. has my respect. My Father was in combat veteran, and a couple of times, in heavy combat. He got a purple heart but it was from an 88, not a rifle.

He was one of the best shots I have ever seen and I have seen a lot. I am a certified instructor or I should say was one as I have not kept my certificate up to date.

Daddy brought home a Luger, a P-38 and a Hungarian .32. When I was around 5, I saw him kill a 5 foot gator with that Luger. It was around 50 feet away or maybe just a little further.

He loved the Garand and liked guns but you know what? He knew almost nothing about ballistics. He had strong opinions and I would not argue with him because he had been there and done that but I know he was not always right despite that.


70 posted on 01/27/2017 3:49:14 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: Chainmail

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I didn’t say they didn’t qualify.

They just took more time to do so than a more appropriate side arm would require.

The side arm is not intended to take on mass infantry, the rifle is. Its purpose is to save your life in close quarters. The 9mm Luger will do that dependably.
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71 posted on 01/27/2017 4:00:08 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: meyer
.40??? never happen... it'd be the only gun in the military world using it and another type of ammo to stock for no real performance gain
72 posted on 01/27/2017 4:07:07 PM PST by Chode (may the RATS all die of dehydration from crying)
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To: SJSAMPLE
The external ballistics maybe, but the INTERNAL ballistics are akin to an ice pick.

Do you always comment on subjects of which you have absolutely no practical knowledge?

73 posted on 01/27/2017 4:19:43 PM PST by papertyger (The semantics define how we think.)
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To: Chainmail; editor-surveyor

Chainmail,

I concur with you on the accuracy of the M-1911A1. If the shooter is trained it is quit accurate. If the shooter is NOT trained, it is inaccurate. An old platoon sergeant trained me in how to accurately shoot the M-1911A1 in about 15 minutes back in the summer of 1976 at Grafenwoehr, Germany when I was attached to his tank platoon as the tank company’s Forward Observer. I shot expert with it that day and have done so ever since. Just a two handed grip and look down my right arm through the sites to the center of mass of the target. With an M-16 I was lucky to make sharpshooter, though never failed as marksman.


74 posted on 01/27/2017 4:23:20 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: yarddog
The .40 was really hot during the mid to late 90s. The bloom seems to be off now.

The .40 is a fine round. I think the industry screwed up in pushing the fact you can shoot the .40 (rather unpleasantly) out of a 9mm frame.

When you shoot it out of a dedicated .40 or over engineered frame, as the 320 seems to be, it is very pleasant and recovers nicely.

75 posted on 01/27/2017 4:26:58 PM PST by papertyger (The semantics define how we think.)
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To: Chainmail

And remember Bill Mauldin’s cartoon where the old cavalry sergeant putting his damaged jeep out its misery with a .45 bullet through the radiator.

:) 3d Squadron, 12th Cavalry, 3d Armored Divsion


76 posted on 01/27/2017 4:27:35 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: C19fan

I read that they are going to spend $500,000,000 - half a bil on new P320s. I have to wonder what the benefits are compared to replacing the Berettas when they wear out and using the money saved for more training and practice ammo?


77 posted on 01/27/2017 4:27:46 PM PST by InABunkerUnderSF (Proudly deplorable since 2016)
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To: yarddog
It is much more powerful tho. If I could afford a new gun right now it would be a high capacity Glock in 10mm.

Let me assure you, from expensive experience, there will be NO mistaking a 10mm Glock for ANYTHING in .45.

78 posted on 01/27/2017 4:29:43 PM PST by papertyger (The semantics define how we think.)
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To: papertyger

I used to own two Colt Delta Elites in 10mm and an Auto Ordinance also in 10mm.

The only ammo available locally was Norma which was at least good ammo.

I honestly could barely tell the difference between the .45 auto and the 10mm.


79 posted on 01/27/2017 4:38:27 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: Chainmail
Great discussion.

Your long experience tipped the scales. Not to say mopped the floor.

The line that sat me up was: I dated his daughter under his ferocious glare many years later.

I bet that was a damned interesting situation. I've tangled with you here, and have watched others have a go at it---which of course, in a different sense, was what the girl's daddy was worried about.

Wonder whatever became of him and her.

Again, thanks for the lesson, your personal stories, and your service.

FW

80 posted on 01/27/2017 4:54:53 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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