{"id":71864,"date":"2017-05-04T11:53:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T15:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=71864"},"modified":"2017-05-04T12:04:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T16:04:08","slug":"the-armys-new-handgun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=71864","title":{"rendered":"The Army’s new handgun"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Military Times<\/a> reports that soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division will be the first troops issued the Army’s latest acquisition of Sig-Sauer P320 handguns;<\/p>\n

Sig Sauer beat out companies such as Smith & Wesson, Beretta and Glock for the contract worth up to $580 million. The contract includes firearms, accessories and ammunition to be delivered over 10 years.<\/p>\n

The new handguns will be a variant of Sig Sauer’s P320, a polymer striker-fired pistol. The P320 is the first modular pistol with interchangeable grip modules that can also be adjusted in frame size and caliber. All pistols also will be configurable to receive silencers and have standard and extended capacity magazines.<\/p>\n

The handgun can be adapted to shoot 9 mm, .357 SIG and .40 S&W ammunition, according to Sig Sauer. The Army has opted to stick with the 9 mm, and it also has chosen the full size and compact P320. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Army has decide to stick with the 9mm round, for some reason. <\/p>\n

I have two Sigs, both are 1911s in .45 caliber. It’s a good handgun. I’m not familiar with the P320, but the 1911s were tack-drivers right out of the box. <\/p>\n

In my opinion, the 9mm is only good for shooting Europeans and we haven’t had to do that for decades. The Army needs to get over their love affair with 9mm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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