After 10-year effort, Army selects new pistol maker...

After a long and much-criticized search, the US Army has chosen Sig Sauer to produce its next generation of handgun, eventually replacing the current standard issue sidearm, the Beretta M9 pistol.......

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/19/politics/army-new-pistol-sig-sauer/index.html

 

If you are like me and refuse to click on anything CNN: http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/01/19/army-picks-sig-sauer-replace-m9-service-pistol.html

I like it. I never had a problem with the M9, although the ones I used were pretty well worn.

 

hell yeah, can't wait for the p320c rx to come available ....

 

I own 2 sigs! Great choice

 

Sig-Sauer makes a great firearm!

 

Well I'm kinda confused/annoyed. Looks like sig is not going to offer the p320c Rx for the APP program . Although they have it marked in the new catalog. It's not in the app pistols section on the site.

 

Interesting. Why change it after so many years?

 

Mostly because people who don't understand the insignificance of a pistol in combat like to spend money on pet projects.

 

Is that your ride?

 

^^ This times a million. ^^

I'm not personally a fan of Sig, but my opinion is just that, an opinion.

 

They should have spent the money on either replacing the remaining M16s out there with M4's or on upgrading the ones still in service to flattops with quad rails, optics ect. But, we all know the primary carriers of sidearms. Officers. End of story. The guys out there that need a better sidearm already have them. Special guys have been running Glocks for a while and CID agents have had the Sig for a long time as well. Hopefully they field them to MP units first and then trickle them down to the guys that actually use them. But most likely they will send thousands to units that don't even need or use them and the majority will be locked away in a arms room.