09-11-2013, 02:51 AM
Lots of good comments, but don't forget the sequester makes the point moot, and also the fact that the Army is absolutely never having anything but a double action sidearm again. The vast majority of folk who are issued these weapons need something more like a P-90 or MP7 anyhow. There is no reason why something like that could not be in their existing chamberings or something like 22TCM in a different but similar weapon.
Bottom line is what we need is something that penetrates body armor but does not over-penetrate in QCB.
You can either do that with something solid, light, and dazzlingly fast or with the sidearms we have with extremely light and frangible projectiles. Since we are exceedingly unlikely to ever be fighting a Geneva Convention signatory again in a force on force conflict, perhaps we should just consider the latter in the platforms we have. We might even be able practically to get that done as well, and quit spending a few million every few years on vetting stuff we are not going to buy anyway.
Bottom line is what we need is something that penetrates body armor but does not over-penetrate in QCB.
You can either do that with something solid, light, and dazzlingly fast or with the sidearms we have with extremely light and frangible projectiles. Since we are exceedingly unlikely to ever be fighting a Geneva Convention signatory again in a force on force conflict, perhaps we should just consider the latter in the platforms we have. We might even be able practically to get that done as well, and quit spending a few million every few years on vetting stuff we are not going to buy anyway.