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Originally Posted by kwill1911
These were for Naval aviators. The Navy also bought some Model 37 revolvers for aviators.
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Makes sense, in the mid 70's the Navy changed the personal survival vests for one that incorporated flotation. The new vest had 2 compartments for personal items and one had a slot sewn in for a small revolver or pistol. Being in P3's none of the aircrew was issued a personal sidearm. On the rare occasions that the crew needed to be armed those of us that were qualified had to draw a sidearm from the armory and the only choices were 1911 or M10 S&W.