After 10-year effort, Army selects new pistol maker

CNN: 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.
"Following a thorough operational test, fielding of the modular handgun is expected to begin in 2017," the Army said in a statement announcing the decision Thursday.


The M9's three decades of service since 1985 has occasionally made it the subject of derision among members of the armed forces.

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