Combat Pistol: Marines vs Army: Comparison?

Believe it was Louis Auerbuck that said the pistol is for fighting your way to a rifle.

The soldier second from right is using the classic weapon held horizontal and head turned to the rear technique. Must be from Chicago.

Depends on the units ttps .. you know the standardized stuff never reaches the lowest levels.

I was taught to shoot as a teenager by my father, a Marine on Iwo Jima. At that time, they taught point yr finger shooting. I'm sure there was a proper name for it, but that's how he explained it to me.

It would be of my opinion that if your main combat weapon is a hand gun, Hope you filled out your will. Now so far I have seen this discussion go all over the place and it has been here since May 2015. The 9mm side arm is a close range quick defense weapon not a standard combat weapon. From my experience over a life time with weapons the best way to shoot is what makes you comfortable and accurate not some ones style they want to impress everyone with. The video shown here shows people in and unnatural position preparing to shoot a target. I have never had the time when I needed a side arm to shoot with to stand at a ready by the time you get through I have already shot 2 rounds in the target. Try to shoot a rabbit the way the video shows (if you find one). JMTs

Retired Army and I can say that the Army does not training enough with individual weapons.
Especially with the nature of warfare we engage in today the Army really needs to take a more marine approach to its weapon training; every soldier needs to be a rifleman and every rifleman should be carrying and proficient with a sidearm as well.

The MP corps in the Army conducts Law Enforcement Weapons Training and Qualification (LEWTAQ) which is either all pistol or a combination of the M4 and the pistol. I can’t speak for the rest of the Army. We don’t do the usual stand and shoot the target void of any special techniques. All I can say it’s fun, and I enjoyed it. Shooting side ways close to the side of the torso is part of the qualification. Who does that in their personal training time? Part of the training is also to simulate magazine changes on the fly and shoot with the opposite dominant hand to simulate an injury. I’m sure both branches has it’s good and bad points.

Come on now. The Beretta M9 has been in use for more than 30 plus years. Time both the military services got a ndw pistol as well as rifles. Through out WWI to the GWOT, the main side arm and rifle were the same. Every boby wants their own choice. Different calibers for different weapons drive the defense budget up and down. Same weapons for every service.

Better handle? Don't know, but, I do know the Marines have been studying how to make shooting in combat more accurate/effective.

Always room for improvement.