.455_Hunter
11-21-2018, 16:09
With capabilities like this, the new M17 should replace ALL small arms in the US military inventory... [facepalm]
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/army-says-new-war-ready-m17-pistol-will-change-modern-combat
Earlier this year, soldiers with the Army?s 101st Airborne Division were the first to receive the services? new high-tech 9mm pistol engineered to give dismounted infantry a vastly increased ability to fight and close with an enemy in caves, tunnels, crawl spaces, houses and other close quarter combat scenarios.
Service weapons developers and soldiers say the new M17 and M18 pistol, designed as a next-generation handgun to follow the Army?s current M9 Beretta, is expected to substantially change combat tactics, techniques and strategies for dismounted soldiers on-the-move.
?You can close with the enemy in close quarter combat and engage the enemy with one hand. It is tough to do this with the M9,? Lt. Col. Martin O?Donnell, spokesman for the 101st Airborne, told reporters earlier this year.
What are they smoking in the 101st?
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/army-says-new-war-ready-m17-pistol-will-change-modern-combat
Earlier this year, soldiers with the Army?s 101st Airborne Division were the first to receive the services? new high-tech 9mm pistol engineered to give dismounted infantry a vastly increased ability to fight and close with an enemy in caves, tunnels, crawl spaces, houses and other close quarter combat scenarios.
Service weapons developers and soldiers say the new M17 and M18 pistol, designed as a next-generation handgun to follow the Army?s current M9 Beretta, is expected to substantially change combat tactics, techniques and strategies for dismounted soldiers on-the-move.
?You can close with the enemy in close quarter combat and engage the enemy with one hand. It is tough to do this with the M9,? Lt. Col. Martin O?Donnell, spokesman for the 101st Airborne, told reporters earlier this year.
What are they smoking in the 101st?