Beretta 9mm6/18/2023 ![]() This short recoil, single-action/double-action, semi-automatic weapon features a 15-round. Caliber: 9mm Barrel Length: 4.9 in The M9 is a lightweight, semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Beretta and designed to replace the M1911A1. The US Army is the lead service in this program and the M9 replaced the M1911. The M9 is the US Military designation for the Beretta 92FS pistol. The contract award stipulated that production of the weapon must transition from Italian to US production after two years. Beretta of Italy was awarded a multi-year contract for delivery of over 500,000 pistols. The Beretta 92FS has been setting the standards for best military, police and tactical pistol for over a quarter century. The Beretta 9mm Pistol Program was a Congressionally-directed Non-Developmental Initiative to standardize DoD with NATO and field one handgun for all United States armed services. The newer M9A1 features a Picatinny rail forward of the trigger guard to allow the attachment of lights and lasers. This weapon can have the hammer lowered from the cocked, "ready to fire," position to the uncocked position without activating the trigger by placing the thumb safety on the "on" position. The M9 pistol has a 15-round magazine, and may be fired without a magazine inserted. It can be fired in either double or single action mode and can be unloaded without activating the trigger while the safety is in the "on" position. The Beretta M9 has redundant automatic safety features to help prevent unintentional discharges. The M9 is a lightweight, semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Beretta and designed to replace the M1911A1. In addition, GAO found that the Army cancelled the on-going competition for follow-on procurement of 9-mm handguns, began a new competition in May 1988, and expected to award the contract in 1989.Categories Air Force Equipment Air Force Weapons Army Equipment Army Weapons Infantry Weapons Marine Corps Equipment Marine Corps Weapons Navy Equipment Navy Weapons Weapons GAO also found that a February 1988 Army report concluded that current M9 met the 1984 requirements and that contract changes have not materially altered their characteristics or configuration or degraded their performance. GAO also found that: (1) M9 had 14 slide failures, causing injuries to four shooters (2) the contractor believes that the failures resulted from firing incorrect ammunition, but the Army believes that metal fatigue is the primary cause of failure (3) there was no evidence that the Army attempted to cover up the problem, as it issued a safety message to all M9 users shortly after the first slide failure and (4) the Army plans to stop delivery of M9 until the contractor corrects the problem. GAO found that: (1) the Army contracted to buy 321,260 M9 valued at $77.3 million (2) as of August 17, 1988, the Army accepted delivery of 133,830 M9 and (3) M9 have experienced frame cracks, causing the Army to reject about 12,000 and the contractor to implement an engineering change proposal in April 1988 to correct the problem. Beretta CX4 Storm 9mm Rifle, Flat Dark Earth - JX4922105M 999.99 789.00 Add to Cart Beretta 92X Performance Defensive Optics Ready 9mm Pistol, Nistan - J92XRD21 1,599.00 1,579.99 Add to Cart Beretta 21 Bobcat Inox. GAO discussed the military's M9 9-millimeter (mm) handguns, focusing on: (1) M9 safety and quality problems (2) allegations that the Army attempted to cover up the problems (3) similarities and differences between M9 tested in 1984 and current M9 and (4) the status of recompetition for award of a follow-on procurement contract.
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