US Army Combat Training with Pistols
US Army Combat Training with Pistols

Author: United States Army

Publisher: Bigfontbooks

Published: 2024-03-31

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781963956276

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This manual provides guidance on the operation and marksmanship of the M9, 9-mm pistol, and the M11, 9-mm pistol. It reflects current army standards in weapons qualifications. It is a guide for the instructor to develop training programs, plans, and lessons that meet the objectives of the US Army marksmanship program for developing combat-effective marksmen. The soldier develops confidence, knowledge, and skills by following the guidelines in this manual. The Beretta 92FS semi-automatic pistol that the United States Armed Forces use is known as the Beretta M9, or officially the Pistol, Semiautomatic, 9mm, M9. In 1985, the United States military decided to use the M9 as their service pistol. The 92FS won a competition in the 1980s to replace the M1911A1 as the primary sidearm of the U.S. military, beating many other contenders and only narrowly defeating the SIG Sauer P226 for cost reasons. It officially entered into service in 1990. The M9 was scheduled to be replaced under a United States Army program, the Future Handgun System (FHS), which was merged with the SOF Combat Pistol program to create the Joint Combat Pistol (JCP). The JCP was renamed Combat Pistol (CP), and the number of pistols to be bought was drastically cut back. The U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps are replacing the M9 with the SIG Sauer M17 and M18. The SIG Sauer P226 is a full-sized service pistol. A compact version of the P226, the P228 is in use with various law enforcement agencies and also with the United States Armed Forces, where it is designated as the M11.

American Semi-Automatic Pistols
American Semi-Automatic Pistols

Author: Source Wikipedia

Publisher: University-Press.org

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9781230533988

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: AP-9, ASP pistol, Beretta M9, Calico Liberty, Carbon 15, Dan Wesson M1911 ACP Pistol, FMK 9C1, Grendel P30, Guncrafter Industries Model No. 1, Hi-Point .45 ACP, Hi-Point C-9 and C-9 Comp, Hi-Point Model 40SW, HS2000, Joint Combat Pistol, Joint Service Small Arms Program, Kahr K9, Kahr P380, Kahr P45, Kahr PM series, Kahr P series, Kel-Tec P-11, Kel-Tec P-32, Kel-Tec P-3AT, Kel-Tec PF-9, Kel-Tec PMR-30, Kimber Custom, M15 pistol, MEU(SOC) pistol, Mitchell Alpha .45, Modular Handgun System, Phoenix Arms HP22, Raven Arms MP-25, Ruger MK II, Ruger MK III, Ruger P series, Sccy CPX-1, Smith & Wesson Bodyguard 380, Springfield Armory EMP, TEC-9, Vltor Bren Ten, Vulcan M-11-9, XD(M). Excerpt: The Beretta M9, formally Pistol, Semiautomatic, 9mm, M9, is a 9x19mm Parabellum pistol of the United States military adopted in 1985. It is essentially a military specification Beretta 92F, later the 92FS. The M9 won a competition in the 1980s to replace the M1911A1 as the primary handgun of the U.S. military, beating many other contenders, and only narrowly defeating the SIG P226 for cost reasons. It officially entered service in 1990. Some other models have been adopted to a lesser extent, namely the M11 pistol, and other models remain in use in certain niches. The M9 was scheduled to be replaced under a United States Army program, the Future Handgun System (FHS), which was merged with the SOF Combat Pistol program to create the Joint Combat Pistol (JCP). In early 2006, the JCP was renamed Combat Pistol (CP), and the number of pistols to be bought was drastically cut back. The joint U.S. Army/Air Force Modular Handgun System could select a commercial off-the-shelf handgun to replace the M9 pistol in Fiscal Year 2013-14 if budget funds allows the implementation of the study. In the 1970s, in an effort to make all of the five...

Automatic Arms
Automatic Arms

Author: Melvin M. Johnson

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-01-06

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 162914861X

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The evolution of automatic weapons is one of the most significant developments in weapons history. While this development has been filled with disagreements, controversy, and stray hurdles, out of all of this tumult, shouting, and shooting has come the progress in firearms from the days when it was necessary to build a fire under a gun to make it go off to the “you press the button and they do the work” automatic firearms of the present day. In 1941, Melvin M. Johnson Jr. and Charles T. Haven, both well-established experts on firearms and ammunitions in their day, commemorated this development in Automatic Arms: Their History, Development and Use. The topics on which they illuminate the reader include: History and development How they work How to keep them firing How they may be employed in combat In the authors’ foreword, they state, “There has been a great deal of general discussion about various automatic weapons pro and con, and naturally there have been misunderstandings and misinterpretations.” They succeed immensely in their endeavor to clear up misunderstandings and misinterpretations with the clear, concise language they use in discussing this most notable of historical developments. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for hunters and firearms enthusiasts. We publish books about shotguns, rifles, handguns, target shooting, gun collecting, self-defense, archery, ammunition, knives, gunsmithing, gun repair, and wilderness survival. We publish books on deer hunting, big game hunting, small game hunting, wing shooting, turkey hunting, deer stands, duck blinds, bowhunting, wing shooting, hunting dogs, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.