A professional's prediction re: Army pistol

[goldenlight]

I am betting polymer hi cap suppressable with a manual safety and a rail. My money is on the FNP .45.

It won't be 45ACP. The reason the Army went to the Beretta 92 was so the US Army could start using NATO spec ammunition.

*IF* they adopt a new sidearm, it WILL be in 9mm.

 

[therevjay]

Soooo, how much do you think Bud's will be asking for surplus M-9's and where do I get in line?

Sorry, they will cut them up and melt them down. Or maybe give them to potential future enemies.

 

[Fishslayer]

I'm not buying the "pick your caliber" idea. Anything new will be 9mm NATO or nothing. Logistics for providing 2 calibers etc....

 

[ChuckS1]

I'm pretty sure it'll be .40 S&W. Somebody has to shoot all that ammo the Feds have been buying.

 

[Stephanie B]

I predict yet another false start. This is, what, the third time now they've talked about doing this?

I predict the Beretta M9 in 9mm will "win."

Since the Army is in a contract to buy up to 100,000 M9s through 2017, probably a safe bet. Spare parts, having to train armorers to work on them, and so on and so forth. Changing pistols for the Army isn't like changing guns for the Podunk PD.

You can find no shortage of articles about how the Army is going to dump the M-4, for example, but there is no sign of that happening.

Money is tightening up for the military, like it has after every other hot war ended.

My prediction is that the only discussions about changing from the M9 will remain on the Internet.

 

[Maximumbob54]

Aww,thanks. Hey, where's my wallet!?

You know you just got charged a full hour for that, right?