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Replacing M9 With New Pistol Caliber Will Stretch Out Already Lengthy Handgun Acquisition

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Replacing M9 With New Pistol Caliber Will Stretch Out Already Lengthy Handgun Acquisition
A Soldier with U.S. Army Alaska reloads his M9 pistol during a firing iteration as part of the USARAK Small Arms Competition on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 19, 2014. The purpose of the event is to prepare teams to represent USARAK in the upcoming 2015 U.S. Army Small Arms Championships scheduled for the first week of February at Fort Benning, Ga. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Eric-James Estrada/Released)

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…

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