After being used in military conflicts in the world's toughest conditions, it has won a contract renewal for its accuracy, reliability and durability, which have earned it the nickname of 'World Defender. The Air Force began fielding the pistols in 2019, and the Marines followed suit in 2020. The official sidearm of the US military, the Beretta M9 is the most tested and trusted personal defense pistol in history. The contract called for a delivery of 480,000 pistols over 10 years to the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. The Army in 2017 was the first service to begin using the M17 and M18, after a $580 million contract was awarded to SIG Sauer that year.
military, a milestone that coincided with the first month it had delivered handguns to all the armed services, according to a news release. In November 2020, the weapons manufacturer delivered 200,000 M18s and M17s to the U.S. Over the past several years, the Marines, Air Force and Army have also begun to phase out their older handguns for the SIG pistols. The M18 and its larger M17 variant are customized versions of the civilian-use SIG Sauer P320 pistol, developed under SIG Sauer’s Modular Handgun System program. Our GO M9 includes the distinctive military-issue Bianchi 'G-100' marked UM-84 General Officers Model holster and 'G-115' twin slot magazine pouch, also a rarity in any condition. Rosalez declined to reveal how many pistols the base has ordered but said there would be enough to adequately arm security personnel. The new pistols are also approximately $6 cheaper than the M9, coming in at $580 per handgun. However, she could not comment on specifics “as a matter of policy.”Ī spokesperson for the Navy Chief of Information could not be immediately reached Friday for comment regarding the M18’s rollout across the service. Katie Cerezo, spokeswoman for Naval Forces Japan, said in an email Friday.
Other installations in Japan are in “various stages of the transition to M18s,” Cmdr. Yokosuka is likely the first Navy installation outside of the United States to put the new weapons into service, according to Rosalez and Peña. “Ten years later, we finally got them, and it’s a really, really good weapon system.” “We’re talking 10 years ago that’s literally when I joined the Navy,” Peña said. Peña, an armory supervisor at Yokosuka, said the Navy has been transitioning toward the M18 for nearly a decade, a process that was delayed because the pistols initially lacked certain features, such as an external safety catch. Buy PhotoAdvantages of the M18 over the M9 include a lighter weight, easily replaced components and a larger magazine capacity.
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