29 март 1911 г. - The united states army formally adopts the m1911 pistol as its standard sidearm

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Army troops in the Philippines facing Moro tribesmen hopped up on drugs before entering battle, finding that the old black powder .38 Long Colt revolvers would not stop charging tribesmen. The Army dusted off the older M1873 revolver in the .45 Colt which was standard during the times of the cavalry in the West. That had sufficient stopping power and the army decided that a change was needed. They called for a new service pistol that should be chambered for the .45 cartridge. The Army used the M1911 during the Punitive Expedition in Mexico in 1916 when General Pershing, who had fought the Moro tribesmen in the Philippines, chased Pancho Villa across northern Mexico. A whopping 26 percent of the troops who took the poll claimed their M9s had malfunctioned in combat, with 15 percent claiming that their M9s could not fire an entire magazine without jamming at least half the time. The military (finally) saw to it and the M9 was replaced with the Sig Sauer P320, known as the M17 Modular Handgun System, in 2017.After going with the M1911A1 for 75 years, the replacement M9’s service life was about 30 years. However, unlike the wave of former GIs who rushed out to buy M1911A1s in the civilian world, the market for the M9 will likely amount to very little.

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