Testing of M9 replacement to start next year

[cory]

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.

I agree as the likely options stand now it is to little fire power. It'll take out of the box thinking with the pistol and likely a new caliber as you've suggested. Something like the FN that essentially fires scaled down rifle rounds at around 2000 fps.