[John Lenin]

Just change the bullet to a hollow point and the 9mm would do the trick.

[xander]

Yeah, but the 9mm would still have a problem going through multiple layers of clothing, unless maybe it were a 357Sig cartidge.

[Bob]

Just change the bullet to a hollow point and the 9mm would do the trick.

As I understand it, the Geneva Convention prohibits the use of hollow points.

[holymoly]

Just change the bullet to a hollow point and the 9mm would do the trick.

The use of hollowpoints is banned in international warfare by the Hague Convention of 1899.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Hollow points are outlawed by the Geneva Convention. We won't
do that.

[Vaquero]

9 mm is garbage, just ask those FBI agents who were shot through car doors i Miami while their 9mm were bouncing of the perps car doors.

Stop physically dumbing down the military and police by forcing them to maintain troops of lesser statue (you can read this as little girls if you'd like), and then train the rest to use this quite low recoil (ever shoot a .454 Casull or a .44 magnum for that matter. .45 ACP is a cakewalk in comparison)

[Lion Den Dan]

Just change the bullet to a hollow point and the 9mm would do the trick.

Please continue to dazzle us with your exquisite brilliance and unmatched expertise.

[PAR35]

Just change the bullet to a hollow point and the 9mm would do the trick.

Illegal.

[D Rider]

Just change the bullet to a hollow point and the 9mm would do the trick.

HP's are illegal in combat, similar to CS gas in that respect. Therefore it is only useful against illegal combatants and US citizens.

[Cheburashka]

Just change the bullet to a hollow point and the 9mm would do the trick.
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War crime under the Hague Convention.

[ExSoldier]

Just change the bullet to a hollow point and the 9mm would do the trick.

yeah, but they won't DO that. However if it were to happen, just how much more effective would a 45 JHP be? Everything is shot placement anyway. Could issue 22LRs and if we could be sure the troops could make the cranio-ocular shot everytime, it'd be fine. That being said, this is as much about troop perception as anything else. As long as the troops have the idea that a 45 will knock a man off his feet or blow his arm off they're gonna want that security blanket. Even if it comes in a FMJ. Because compared side by side, the 45 ball beats the 9mm ball everytime. Face it, in the realm of infantry combat if the bad guys get close enough to use a handgun, something has gone very badly wrong indeed. The possible exception being of course the tight quarters of clearing rooms or caves. Here, a 45 1911 ot better a 45 H&K with ah attached SureFire Gunlight would be superb.

[Paul_Denton]

The 9mm x 21mm developed by IMI might do the trick. But still, for sheer killing power I would go for the 45 ACP.

[230FMJ]

The cops tried that, it didn't work, which is why the cops have gone to the 40 S&W and the 45 ACP.

[snoringbear]

I own a couple of 1911's and one Beretta 92F. I love the 92F for punching holes in paper and shooting beer cans, it's a fun gun and inexpensive shooter for sure. However, I carry one of my 1911's for personal protection as they will knock down a man on the first shot regardless of where he is hit. Being that the 9mm selection was an accomodation to NATO's standardization strategy, I say give all of them to our French and German "friends" - they will never use them in combat anyway.

[FreeAtlanta]

Why the heck are holow points illegal???? The point is to kill the enemy. I am sure the bad guys would use them against us, if they could get through our armored vests.