Since 2017, US military service branches have been rolling out new M17 and M18 handguns. The new guns are only the latest in a history of sidearms that stretches back to the first Continental ...

Sidearms, or service pistols, are typically a weapon of last resort in the U.S. military. Less accurate than a rifle or carbine at long range, and less lethal than shotgun at close range ...

Since the Revolutionary War, the American military has carried a wide variety of sidearms. These guns were chosen for their reliability, durability, and lethality. Over the last 250 years ...

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This semi-automatic pistol was part of a limited group tested in the U.S. military XM9 trials that determined the successor to the Model 1911A1. The pistol is kept on display at the National ...

But finally, the report concluded: "After mature deliberation, the Board finds that a bullet which will have the shock effect and stopping power at short ranges necessary for a military pistol or ...

The most realistic part of "Starfield," the epically massive interstellar role-playing game newly released by video-game publisher Bethesda Softworks, may just be the presence of a sidearm carried ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) --The Pentagon announced it will actively seek a new manufacturing contract to replace Beretta as the primary sidearm of the United States military. Gun manufacture Smith ...

Military.com has contacted the Coast Guard for comment but has not received a response yet. This is not the first time the services have agreed to adopt a common pistol. The Army selected the M9 ...

One new solution for self-defense against attacks is the military-grade Glock G19X. As part of the Army’s Modular Handgun System competition, the G19X pistol was created to ensure that Soldiers ...

Italian firearms manufacturer Beretta announced an updated version of the M9 pistol in December, as the final submission deadline for a joint Army-Air Force competition called the Modular Handgun ...

The military calls the gun the M17, as well as the M18, a compact version of the pistol. A year after the Army announced its contract with Sig Sauer, a Department of Defense report was released ...