The M9 is reported to have a 17,000-round service life. And there has been discussion of extending the lifetime of the new pistol past its predecessor. The M9 has been criticized for breaking too easily. There is also a push to make a more resilient handgun.
The only hard information on the project, according to Defense Media Network, were the standards by which the handguns would be evaluated. In fact, an RFI filed in January by the Army was extremely vague in exactly what the service branches were searching for in a handgun.
And the undertaking kicked the door wide open for the new sidearm, not limiting competing models on calibers or features. The project investigated potential replacements for the M9 that were currently available on the market. Though this is not the first indication the army and other service branches were moving in the direction of replacing the 9x19mm pistol.Īccording to National Defense Magazine, the Air Force initiated a joint project with the Army in 2008, known as the Modular Handgun System. The military branch formally signaled it is hunting for the replacement to the Beretta M9 in June when it issued a Request for Information, initiating the search for a new sidearm. The Beretta M9, in service since 1985, might soon be replaced as the U.S.
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