PDWs...and other small arms.

[Tony Williams]

I think you are over-optimistic when you consider the standard trigger pull, sights, and training. The folks who carried it were for the most part inadequately trained in how to use the pistol. Hence they were frequently as afraid of the pistol as they were the adversary they were shooting at!

Try 15 meters for the average soldier and, as much as 125 meters for a tuned pistol in the hands of a skilled marksman.

I think that the reference to 50m might have been in the context of a stocked PDW like the B&T MP9 (which has recently been developed in .45 calibre).