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The Beretta M9, officially the Pistol, Semiautomatic, 9mm, M9, is the designation for the Beretta 92FS semi-automatic pistol used by the United States Armed Forces.The M9 was adopted by the United States military as their service pistol in 1985.
The model Beretta 92FS was the primary side arm of the United States Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force, designated the M9 pistol. [22] In 1985, Beretta was chosen after a controversial competition to produce the M9, winning a contract for 500,000 pistols. [23] [24] A condition of the original agreement was domestic manufacture of the M9.
Pages in category "9mm Parabellum semi-automatic pistols" ... Beretta M9; MAB PA-15 pistol; MAC Mle 1950; Malinnov M1P; Mamba Pistol; Mendoza PM-1; Mossberg MC1sc; MP ...
In the 1984 trials, Beretta would submit 92S-1's successor, the 92SB-F (later renamed to 92F), which would be chosen and adopted as the M9 pistol in January 1985. : FN Herstal submitted two entries, the FN Browning M1935 High Power and the FN Browning Fast Action , a special double-action version of the M1935 High Power.
The Beretta 93R is an Italian selective-fire machine pistol, designed and manufactured by Beretta in the late 1970s for police and military use, that is derived from their semi-automatic Beretta 92. The "R" stands for Raffica , which is Italian for "volley", "flurry", or "burst" (sometimes spoken "R" as "Rapid" in English).
Testing of three versions was planned to be conducted through 2017. Full-Rate Production would begin in 2018, with 280,000 standard pistols M17 for the Army (replacing the Beretta M9), 212,000 for other services, and 7,000 compact M18 versions for soldiers (replacing the SIG Sauer M11). [18]
Pages in category "Beretta pistols" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. ... Beretta M9; Beretta M1923; Beretta M1934; Beretta M1935;
Beretta M9, the standard-issue service pistol for the US Army and other forces; M9M1, a 9mm/.45ACP submachine gun; M-9, the export name for the Chinese missile DF-15; M9 half-track, a variant of the M2 Half Track; M9 bayonet, a United States military knife; M9 armored combat earthmover, a United States military earthmover