Courtesy of Tactical Life The commercial version of the Sig Sauer P320 might have undergone its share of controversy recently, but the Army—which picked a version of it as its official sidearm back in January—still has a pistol to test. And test they did, putting it through its paces for the U.S. Army Operational Test Command at Fort Bragg’s Range […]
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The 8 Pistols That Battled to Win the Army’s XM17 MHS Competition
Courtesy of Tactical Life By now you’re probably aware that Sig Sauer’s P320 won the U.S. Army’s XM17 Modular Handgun System (MHS) competition to replace the legacy M9 and M11 service handguns—mil-spec versions of the Beretta 92FS and Sig P228, respectively. Starting with the Future Handgun System (FHS) over a decade ago, which merged with U.S. Special Operation […]
US Army Selects First Troops to Field Sig Sauer P320 Pistol
Courtesy of Tactical Life You’re no doubt aware that the U.S. Army declared the Sig Sauer P320, adopted as the M17, as the winner of its XM17 Modular Handgun System competition to replace the Beretta M9. Now we have word that soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division out of Fort Campbell, Ky., will be the lucky […]