09-10-2013, 11:33 PM
9mm is the NATO standard. I would anticipate that any replacement would be in 9mm due to logistical constrains brought up in previous posts about 5.56 stockpiles. Navy SpecWar uses Sig p226s - one of the three finalist in the pistol search of the mid 80's. The other was the Glock 17 (or 19, can't remember which).
You can argue calibers and stopping power all you want. The purpose of the pistol in the military is so lazy REMFs and officers don't have to carry an unwieldy real weapon...or, as a BRMC SgtMaj told me once 'all a pistol is good for is to give you time to get to a real killin' gun'.
You can argue calibers and stopping power all you want. The purpose of the pistol in the military is so lazy REMFs and officers don't have to carry an unwieldy real weapon...or, as a BRMC SgtMaj told me once 'all a pistol is good for is to give you time to get to a real killin' gun'.