[nevergore]

The article is not as much a complaint against the Beretta as the 9MM Hardball round it fires.....If I understood the field guy's, they wouldn't care what sidearm they had if it was firing 9MM, they want a round with more punch like the venerable .45 cal.......
NeverGore

[blau993]

While admittedly a lot of the dissatisfaction is with the light load, the article also talks about jamming and breaking which I would think is damn inconvenient in a combat setting. I had always heard the Beretta was a fine, well made weapon, and this surprises me.

[norton]

Did you miss the little part about jamming?

That could be a side effect of the Nine: even my Hi-Power hates anything but ball ammo; but I doubt many of the troops are carting around their own store bought specialty rounds.

Nines suck for lot's of reasons. Their original intent was merely to wound because european armies were expected to remove their wounded from the field and that took lots of resources.