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New Army Handgun Begins Fielding To All Infantrymen Above Fire Team Leader

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New Army Handgun Begins Fielding To All Infantrymen Above Fire Team Leader
FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky – The M17 or Modular Handgun System is the Army's newest handgun currently being fielded to Soldiers. The 101st ABN DIV (AASLT), the word’s only air assault division, is the first unit in the Army to field the service’s new handgun. The M17 replaces the M9 pistol, the standard Army sidearm since 1986. The division received more than 2,000 M17s and M18s, the compact version of the M17, Nov. 17, and unpacked, inventoried, inspected and test fired a portion of the pistols, Nov. 27. It began fielding the MHS, Nov. 28. More expansive, battalion and brigade-level fielding initiatives will begin across the division in the coming weeks. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Samantha Stoffregen, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Public Affairs)

New pistols have begun fielding to Army units to replace the service’s 30-year-old Beretta M9 and likely will change how many soldiers carry handguns and how they fight with them.Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division received the first 2,000 M17 Modular Handgun Systems, based on the civilian Sig Sauer P320, in late November. The first deliveries occurred 18 months ahead of schedule.The Army plans to field the MHS to infantry, Stryker and armor brigade…

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