There are men and women of the Armed Forces who have needed a better weapon than the 45. It is time for change. For those who have used you to know how it performed. For those who crawled into a tunnel in Vietnam, and has used it in the tunnel, then you know what he has done to your hearing. You also know that it was better used to wipe the gun for firing.
The 9mm has much power, I swapped my 38 for a more recent 38/357 years, and then when the 9mm came I traded my service revolver for the automatic. He saved my life many times. I not like the 44cal or 45cal like a police officer. I hated the 45cal in the army, so I wrote my father and asked him send me my 38, I used it in Nam and it was a much better choice than the 45 for me.
I have used the Beretta 9mm, 45 cal. Sig Sauer .40 cal and. Sig Sauer. The best all around weapon is cal, 45. Sig Sauer. It is accurate and has hit the real power (1 shot) capacity, and with 10 round magazine it has more than enough firepower. The 9 mm is a small circle of light that travels faster and causes a small wound channel. The.40 class is adequate, but the pistol grip is too small for those of us with large hands, which makes it more difficult to control. pistol grip and a larger magazine would be ideal.
The 9mm is not powerful enough when dealing with hostile addicts. Several times, a 9mm will not stop not an attacker, even with a fatal shot chest, it means that head shots only. Hopefully the army accepts the new HK45 as the standard combat handgun, .45 ACP knockdown power needed for use against hostile under the influence of drugs. The Berretta 9mm pistol which was established for the military is a very good gun.
However, far in the dust of knockdown power, caliber 43 pistol or revolver is better. Better yet, using a .44 caliber Magnum, even better provide fire someone who can control the recoil properly.
Having completed both the M9 and 1911A1 in combat, I guess I am qualified to express an opinion. Not only the M9 low power, but the issue of magazines undesirable. I had three failures to feed malfunctions with the brand new IM box mages. This problem has disappeared when I bought some after market wizards. The problem of low power will not disappear. We need to return to a .45 or even a weapon caliber handguns, 40.
Go with the 45HK and do with it, but as one post said, it's money, give the soldier a slang-shot it cost less, and they would if they could. The .45 is a better choice. The 9 mm is power and has about 40 of ballistics as the 45. When in position of needing to do what will work, nothing beats a .45.
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