Click Here Get Notes by EmailToday: The Army Modular Pistol Program comes and goes.  Seems like it’s coming again. Hopefully they will find a new firearm.  The M9 has been in service close to 30 years.  Maybe it’s time. Will they choose another pistol? If they do, which one will it be? Here are my thoughts on the subject.

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Podcast Outline:

Firearms Industry Update

Does the military need a new handgun?

Will they replace it?

Modular Pistol Program

What’s modular about it?

Army could use a new gun

Military Modularity sucks

Most end users won’t see the extra gear (SL3)

Hand size, just make it the small one

Caliber Change seems dumb, forget it for the military

Caliber Thoughts

9mm

Nope and/or Maybe

Stopping Power

Weight for Shipping

If hollow points it changes the equation

.40 S&W

Nope

Recoil

Ammo Capacity

FMJ unproven or used anywhere

Shipping weight

.45 ACP

Probably/Maybe

Availability

Ammo Capacity

Shipping Weight

7 FN

Body Armor

Shipping Weight

Capacity

Lethality

Guns

Smith & Wesson M&P 45

Thumb Safety

Reliability

Capacity

Take Down

Glock

Not for Military

Takedown

No Manual Safety

Sig 320

Not proven

Not many people have a warm and fuzzy

Modularity

Sig Double-Actions

No one excited about them anymore

Why the Legion Series came out

Tac Ops are cool

No Manual Safety

Already in the military pipeline

CZ P-09

Weird that it’s in there

Nice Gun

Not quite what the 75 is

Weird safety/de-cock option

Maybe the Phantom but…

Beretta APX

Other Beretta Guns

What the heck is that

No Record or anything

Never survive military without iteration and military doesn’t like the Beretta anymore

XD

Croatia?

Not going to do it

Too many different types

Too complicated a system inside

Ruger

New American Pistol

SR series has a safety and slim

Like modularity with nothing to lose

Ruger never seems to want military or law enforcement contracts

Walther

Not bad but expensive compared to others

HK

Enough problems with German contracts right now

Nice choice in 45 hammer fired with decocker

Expensive

Canik TP9

Cheap

Glock like take down problem

See if it survives

1911s Again

Not enough training to know how to use or correctly use

Maintenance issues

Parts interchangeability

FN 5.7

Good choice if survives

Round

Capacity

Simple safety system

Big Grip

Light weight

FNX or S

X is a much better gun

The .45 is huge but cool

Capacity

Safety

Take Down

Little Pricey

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