09-10-2013, 06:10 PM
Pistols suck at ending fights unless you get a good head shot most of the time, or saturate the center of chest with a Bill Drill. It's about time they looked at getting rid of the M9-what an abortion of colossal proportions. In the SF CQB course, they break about 3 locking blocks per day, but again, they are running 500rds through each blaster per day.
Glock would be an easy fix, but I like the M&P. A lot of units have been using .40 S&W for a while now, believe it or not. I would prefer a certain cartridge, but there's no way they will even entertain it-it makes entirely too much sense for a military sidearm and potential PDW system. (7.62x25 or 6.5x25)
As to pistols in an offensive CQB environment, way too little firepower. 5.56 carbines have less over-penetration because of frag threshold. CAG figured this out decades ago, and started dumping the MP5's in favor of Colt Commando carbines for CQB.
Glock would be an easy fix, but I like the M&P. A lot of units have been using .40 S&W for a while now, believe it or not. I would prefer a certain cartridge, but there's no way they will even entertain it-it makes entirely too much sense for a military sidearm and potential PDW system. (7.62x25 or 6.5x25)
As to pistols in an offensive CQB environment, way too little firepower. 5.56 carbines have less over-penetration because of frag threshold. CAG figured this out decades ago, and started dumping the MP5's in favor of Colt Commando carbines for CQB.