
If the Army chooses a pistol to replace the Beretta M9 chambered in a round other than the 9mm currently in service, then introduction and fielding of the handgun and its ammunition could take much longer than the two-year acquisition timeline, according to officials in charge of the service’s ammo supply.The Army is running an open-caliber competition to find a Modular Handgun System (MHS) to replace the M9. That could, but does not necessarily mean, that the service could go…