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Originally Posted by Darkenfast
Weren't these the standard issue for female Army MP's for some years? I seem to remember seeing a few at Fort Meade back in the late 70's.
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Female MP's and dog handlers, because you needed one hand to control the dog and the revolver was supposedly easier to manipulate with one hand. We had them in Aviation. I saw an MI unit with them. I suppose some other type units had them as well.
By the time the M9 came on line, the Army was running pretty short of M1911's. Something like 1/3rd of the sidearms issued were a revolver of some sort.
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