What's your nomination in Army's perpetual search new pistol?

2015-04-29T09:08:03-04:00

http://www.stripes.com/news/us/army-s-quest-for-new-handgun-could-prove-big-challenge-for-tiny-st-louis-company-1.342454

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 29 at 2015 9:28 AM

2015-04-29T09:28:28-04:00

They should make 'AK-47' pistol version ;-)

Response by SPC Ryan D. made Apr 29 at 2015 9:32 AM

2015-04-29T09:32:53-04:00

Unfortunately, I don't see our military's ever adopting any .45 caliber sidearm again. This is for a number of reasons to include cost, capacity, and the ability of soldiers to effectively handle it.

The government will ALWAYS fall back to cost as the deciding factor, leaving us with the 9mm again.

I would love to see the SA XDM in 9mm become the standard issue sidearm.

Response by CSM David Heidke made Apr 29 at 2015 10:36 AM

2015-04-29T10:36:56-04:00

1873 Colt Army .45