The contract is expected to ultimately deliver about 200,000 pistols to the Army, with an additional 400,000 pistols for the other service branches.īoth pistols are based on SIG’s P320 pistol platform, and offer advantages in magazine capacity as well as weight and accuracy. Air Force competition, awarded a 10-year, $580 million contract to SIG Sauer for their M17 and M18 pistols. The XM17 Modular Handgun System competition, a joint U.S. Secondary complaints relate to reliability and durability, with feeding failures being prominently featured.ĭespite the M9’s excellent construction, overall reputation for reliability, and positive track record with the United States military, it is slowly being phased out as America’s standard-issue sidearm.
Perhaps the M9’s biggest critique is the limited stopping power of the 9x19mm cartridge it is chambered in, especially when compared to the larger and more powerful. Though the M9 has been in service for over a quarter of a century, it is not without its detractors. The M9 also took full advantage of a smaller 9x19mm cartridge, offering a 15 round magazine that gave the M9 double the magazine capacity when compared to the M1911.
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