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2019-10-23 Science & Technology

Sojurs say Army's new Sig MHS pistol shi*hot !

[Mil.com] The Army's new Modular Handgun System (MHS) is creating a lot of excitement on the range, according to soldiers from the 1st Armored Division, who recently got the chance to shoot the service's new 9mm sidearm.

Since its adoption in 2017, the MHS, made by Sig Sauer, has begun to replace the Army's Cold War-era M9 9mm pistol, made by Beretta. Soldiers from the 1st AD's 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team from Fort Bliss, Texas recently shot the new M17 MHS for the first time.

First Lt. Shannon Martin, an armor officer assigned to 1-67, noticed the enthusiasm soldiers showed during the recent training day at the range.

"I think having a new weapons system has sprouted interest," Martin said in a recent Army news release. "We have soldiers who say 'cool, I'm so excited to go and shoot these,' so it creates more interest in qualifying with a handgun."

Martin said she first saw the M17 during a deployment to Korea.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-10-23 08:58|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ] Top

#1 I have seen some reviews and Paul Harrell does a great comparison between the Berreta and the M-17

Posted by DarthVader 2019-10-23 09:07|| 2019-10-23 09:07|| Front Page Top

#2 I like SIG pistols. I just don't like 9mm. That said I have a P365, but when I pull my big boy pants on, I go with the now regrettably discontinued P227...

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-10-23 14:12|| 2019-10-23 14:12|| Front Page Top

#3 M 1911 #127491...

Posted by Glenmore 2019-10-23 16:13|| 2019-10-23 16:13|| Front Page Top

#4 9mm with hollow points is good. It's the restriction to ball ammo that makes 9mm non-competitive. IIUC, the new MHS contract stipulates 147 gr hollow points as ammo. I wonder how that will work given the GC.

Posted by The peanut gallery 2019-10-23 18:03|| 2019-10-23 18:03|| Front Page Top

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