Army buys 450,000 new Beretta 92s. 20K to go to Iraq.

Tam has much more with her industry insider view of the JCP.

Les has the skinny on SOCOM’s request for a joint combat pistol in 45ACP. They want a shot counter, which I find a bit odd. Reading the specs, it’s difficult to find a gun that fits the bill. So, let’s play a game. Which gun do they want? 1911 – Out since it’s not DA/SA […]

Discussion here. Ya know, the Joint Combat Pistol for the military pops up about once every six months and nothing seems to happen, other than Glock coming out with the 21SF.

Let’s have the Glock v. 1911 debate again Kim asks: if the Glock really is so good, then why does no other army want them? Actually, a few armies have them. There are a number of reasons why some don’t. In the 1980s when armies started switching to Wonder Nines, the Glock wasn’t particularly popular. […]

You know what we haven’t argued about in a while? Fixing the AR-15. So, the US Army is asking the industry for ideas to improve it. Like past efforts at exactly this effort and efforts to develop the Joint Combat Pistol, it will go no where. Except that some gun makers will probably make some […]

Les has the skinny on (and pics of) the new slimline Glock. Les thinks it could be Glock’s answer the the Joint Combat Pistol. Regardless, it looks sharp.

Prior coverage here of the military looking into a 45ACP pistol. Now, Defense Review notes: The “Description” section of the latest modification (Modification 04) of Solicitation number: H92222-05-R-0017 for a .45 ACP Joint Combat Pistol (JCP) System–now called the Combat Pistol (CP)–states: “This notification is to inform Industry the Combat Pistol requirement is postponed indefinately. […]

Via James, it looks like the M9 is on its way out and will be replaced by the .45ACP. James thinks it will be a Sig. Readers of SayUncle already knew about the Joint Combat Pistol (see here and Les’ post here) but I think this is the first report that didn’t come from a […]