Marine Corps rolls out the M18, the first new service pistol since the Reagan era

washingtontimes.com ^ | Sept. 23, 2020 | Ben Wolfgang

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Marines fire rounds downrange during Combat Pistol Program qualification training and firing at the Puuloa Range Training Facility in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, April 30. The new pistol program will replace annual pistol training and is more combat-oriented than the pistol qualification previously implemented. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Knapke/Released)

The Marine Corps has fielded its first new service pistol in 35 years, Pentagon officials announced Tuesday, with M18s now being issued across the service.

Marine Corps leaders said the M18 Modular Handgun System will replace all other sidearms, including the M9, M9A1, M45A1 and M007. The transition, which began earlier this month, comes amid a broader shift across the military toward a new generation of handguns.

“Overall, the adoption of the M18 by the Marine Corps is an extremely positive decision that will benefit the Corps and enhance Marines’ safety and effectiveness when conducting missions,” said Tom Vass, the Army’s project officer for the Sig Sauer-made pistol, which has its U.S. headquarters in Exeter, New Hampshire.

The Marine Corps move toward the M18 is part of a broader Army-led program which began in 2017. Officials said the Marine Corps will buy its M18s — along with new holsters — through an Army contract.

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Sig Sauer P320-M18 9mm stryker-fired pistol.

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[Red Badger]

Me want!...........................

[Mariner]

DAO

[Rummyfan]

Big deal for Sig.

[real saxophonist]

'Stryker-fired' pistol?

[Rummyfan]

DAO

Most civilian Sigs are DA/SA.

[Pollard]

Military leaders said the new weapon has several distinct advantages. It is lighter, they said, and also does not include two different trigger pulls for single and double action.

“For some Marines, having two trigger pulls, like with the M9, is difficult to get used to because different forces are acting upon the gun,” said Sgt. Randall McClellan, pistol program manager with the Weapons Training Battalion at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. “With the M18, the trigger is going to be the same weight every time.”

The gun also includes interchangeable components designed to fit different hand sizes. Officials said the M18 is equipped with a receiver module inside the pistol grip that enables Marines to remove the trigger mechanism and insert it into a new grip size.

Lighter, easier and changeable grip sizes. For the new weaker snowflake or female recruits?

[MuttTheHoople]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu51rszgotI

[TexasGator]

“DAO”

Striker with safety.

[imardmd1]

The pistols shown in the photo for the article surely do not look like Sig Sauers to me. They look like Berettas.

[TexasGator]

“Most civilian Sigs are DA/SA.”

Not anymore.

[Vinnie]

Give it a 7# pull and .357 Sig.

[TexasGator]

“The pistols shown in the photo for the article surely do not look like Sig Sauers to me. They look like Berettas.”

... will replace ...”

[imardmd1]

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

The peacetime military wants 9mm. The wartime military wants .45 ACP. Just because NATO likes it is not a good enough reason to use it.

[Mariner]

That is DAO.

[Bonemaker]

They are....Berettas.😎

[Richard Kimball]

[TokarevM57]

....love it...... I have the civilian version of the M9, the Beretta 92FS..... great shooting gun, never had a problem with it...I guess like the 1911A1, the M9’s time to go into retirement was at hand.....