U.S. Army wants a new gun

[Geaux4it]

They should of gone with the Sig instead of the Beretta in the first place

-Geaux


NEW YORK (CNNMoney)
The U.S. Army is seeking a new gun.
After about 30 years of using the Italian-made Beretta as the primary sidearm pistol for the U.S. military, the Pentagon is seeking a new gun contract.

For gun manufacturers, this kind of a contract is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

While the Beretta lasted three decades, the U.S. military's first semiautomatic standard-issue sidearm, the M1911 from Colt, lasted nearly 90 years. It was issued during the U.S. war in the Philippines through the World Wars to Vietnam and beyond.


U.S. Army wants a new gun to replace Beretta - Dec. 3 2014

 

[Delta4Embassy]

They should of gone with the Sig instead of the Beretta in the first place

-Geaux


NEW YORK (CNNMoney)
The U.S. Army is seeking a new gun.
After about 30 years of using the Italian-made Beretta as the primary sidearm pistol for the U.S. military, the Pentagon is seeking a new gun contract.

For gun manufacturers, this kind of a contract is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

While the Beretta lasted three decades, the U.S. military's first semiautomatic standard-issue sidearm, the M1911 from Colt, lasted nearly 90 years. It was issued during the U.S. war in the Philippines through the World Wars to Vietnam and beyond.


U.S. Army wants a new gun to replace Beretta - Dec. 3 2014

Glock 22'd work. Good compromise between magazine capacity and stopping power in .40 S&W. It's a shame there aren't more options for .357 magnum in semi-autos, best round ever invented according to real-world shooting statistics. 97% one-shot stopper. No other caliber comes close.

 

[Geaux4it]

They should of gone with the Sig instead of the Beretta in the first place

-Geaux


NEW YORK (CNNMoney)
The U.S. Army is seeking a new gun.
After about 30 years of using the Italian-made Beretta as the primary sidearm pistol for the U.S. military, the Pentagon is seeking a new gun contract.

For gun manufacturers, this kind of a contract is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

While the Beretta lasted three decades, the U.S. military's first semiautomatic standard-issue sidearm, the M1911 from Colt, lasted nearly 90 years. It was issued during the U.S. war in the Philippines through the World Wars to Vietnam and beyond.


U.S. Army wants a new gun to replace Beretta - Dec. 3 2014

Glock 22'd work. Good compromise between magazine capacity and stopping power in .40 S&W. It's a shame there aren't more options for .357 magnum in semi-autos, best round ever invented according to real-world shooting statistics. 97% one-shot stopper. No other caliber comes close.

I suspect they will follow the Marines lead perhaps and go with the COLT.as well in 45

-Geaux

 

[Delta4Embassy]

They should of gone with the Sig instead of the Beretta in the first place

-Geaux


NEW YORK (CNNMoney)
The U.S. Army is seeking a new gun.
After about 30 years of using the Italian-made Beretta as the primary sidearm pistol for the U.S. military, the Pentagon is seeking a new gun contract.

For gun manufacturers, this kind of a contract is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

While the Beretta lasted three decades, the U.S. military's first semiautomatic standard-issue sidearm, the M1911 from Colt, lasted nearly 90 years. It was issued during the U.S. war in the Philippines through the World Wars to Vietnam and beyond.


U.S. Army wants a new gun to replace Beretta - Dec. 3 2014

Glock 22'd work. Good compromise between magazine capacity and stopping power in .40 S&W. It's a shame there aren't more options for .357 magnum in semi-autos, best round ever invented according to real-world shooting statistics. 97% one-shot stopper. No other caliber comes close.

I suspect they will follow the Marines lead perhaps and go with the COLT.as well in 45

-Geaux

Trouble with the .45 as a military option is the 'rainbow' arc trajectory outdoors, and fewer rounds in the magazine. I loved my .45 1911 back in the day. But since a lot of military use involves rapid-firing of many rounds, more you have the better. 9mm just doesn't have the stopping power of the .45 hence why the whole double-tap thing got going, but .45 holds maybe half as many rounds as a 9mm. .40 S&W is only a couple or so fewer than a 9mm but a considerably heftier round. And comapred to a more traditional semi-auto model, Glocks are better suited for military applications where you want simplicity and reliability, not thumb safeties and all that. Simplicity of a revolver, with magazine capacity of semi-autos. And reliability of a self-contained weapon. Even works underwater. Only to about a meter of course but still.

 

[Silent Warrior]

I believe the bidding is currently between Glock and Smith and Wesson.

 

[Mr. H.]

I had a .40 S&W didn't shoot worth shit.
Traded the evil stepson for a Glock 19.

 

[SteadyMercury]

But since a lot of military use involves rapid-firing of many rounds

I'd be curious how much military use there is period.

Not saying the military doesn't need sidearms but it would be interesting to discover of all the enemy combatants killed by firearms over the last twenty years how many were by pistol.

 

[Claudette]

They should of gone with the Sig instead of the Beretta in the first place

-Geaux


NEW YORK (CNNMoney)
The U.S. Army is seeking a new gun.
After about 30 years of using the Italian-made Beretta as the primary sidearm pistol for the U.S. military, the Pentagon is seeking a new gun contract.

For gun manufacturers, this kind of a contract is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

While the Beretta lasted three decades, the U.S. military's first semiautomatic standard-issue sidearm, the M1911 from Colt, lasted nearly 90 years. It was issued during the U.S. war in the Philippines through the World Wars to Vietnam and beyond.


U.S. Army wants a new gun to replace Beretta - Dec. 3 2014

Glock 22'd work. Good compromise between magazine capacity and stopping power in .40 S&W. It's a shame there aren't more options for .357 magnum in semi-autos, best round ever invented according to real-world shooting statistics. 97% one-shot stopper. No other caliber comes close.

I suspect they will follow the Marines lead perhaps and go with the COLT.as well in 45

-Geaux

I agree. the Browning 1911 45 is the sidearm the military used for decades and why they changed it is anyones guess.

Can't beat a 45 and the Browning 1911 was one of the best out there.