27.09.2020, 15:31
Neue Dienstpistole für die Marines: Das Modell - auf der 9 mm SIG Sauer P320 basierend - hatte sich bei einer Ausschreibung bereits 2017 durchgesetzt. Ingesamt sollen bis 2027 (2030?) rund 500.000 Exemplare gefertigt werden.
Schneemann.
Zitat:Marine Corps fields first new service pistol in 35 yearshttps://www.marines.mil/News/News-Displa...-35-years/
QUANTICO, Va. - For the first time since former President Ronald Reagan’s Administration, the Marine Corps is fielding a new service-wide pistol replacement.
Marine Corps Systems Command began fielding the M18 Modular Handgun System in September. This striker-fired, semi-automatic, 9-mm pistol is based on the Sig Sauer Model P320. The M18 will replace all other pistols in the Marine Corps inventory, including the M9, M9A1, M45A1 and M007. [...] Formal Marksmanship Training Centers, Reconnaissance Battalions, Provost Marshall Offices and Marine Corps Security Forces will be the first to receive the M18. MCSC projects fielding to conclude by fiscal year 2022. [...]
The handgun is an Army-led program fielded in 2017. The program consists of the M17—the full-size pistol—and the M18. MCSC is only purchasing the M18, the compact variant, as well as holsters through the Army contract.
Schneemann.