Podcast 163 Army’s Modular Pistol Program

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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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Ben

 

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