US Army wants new hand gun

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Originally Posted by Panther Al

I think I might have said this in another thread, but I just get a laugh out of it all.

Back, way back, in the day,

Then, the US was fighting Muslim Insurgents in the Philippines. Our standard pistol back then was a .36 calibre revolver. Well, it didn't cut the mustard. So, after trial and tribulation, we went with the .45ACP.

Now, we are fighting Muslim Insurgents in various parts of the world. Our standard pistol now is a .36 calibre automatic and yet again, we are looking at replacing it. The leading contender? The .45ACP. Again.

Everyone keeps saying History never repeats itself, but I wish someone told history this so that it wouldn't!

I remember when I first joined the Army back in the early 1990's even though the M1911A1 had been replaced for for years you still had units holding on to there 1911's fro as long as they could. My frist unit held on to theres tell 94 every unit that I know of wanted to keep them just rebuild them.