The 9mm is not garbage. I can stop someone with a 9mm just as fast as I can with a .45.
not the penetration or stopping power you need in war (just ask the Germans during WW 1 whose puny Lugers were no match for the 1911....they wanted them banned by the geneva convetion). Now the .38 super...now thats a .355" bullet that will do some damage.
Use 45 +Ps..