Unfortunately, the problem is, and will always be, the military needs a "one size fits all" handgun because not everyone meets the requirements for the M1911 (as in hand size and physical abilities to control the recoil).
And I totally agree with something waiting4something said earlier, the biggest problems with pistol use by the military, is that the soldiers rarely get enough practical training to be able to use them effectively.
It's the same problem some police forces here in Australia have, the officers carrying handguns on a daily basis only do three maybe four range shoots a year to keep their shooting "qualification". I think most would agree that you cannot maintain good shooting skills if you're only using live rounds for training two or three, or even four times a year.
So as I hinted at originally, I don't believe that any handgun the US Army selects is going to solve the perceived problem because the real problem is most likely that the soldiers are not getting enough effective training time with whatever handgun they have.
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07-07-2014, 07:12 PM
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