Beretta 92

A Beretta 92 is a pistol produced by Italian company Beretta.

Description

Beretta 92 fires 9x19mm cartridges and it can hold 15 of them. It is the standard side-arm of many police and military units and the United States Army. In the US Army, the pistol got the name M9.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

After the US military ended its ban on foreign-made weapons, its allies in NATO pressured the US to adopt a 9mm handgun to replace the M1911 because NATO has a rule that all NATO countries must use weapons with the same kinds of ammunition.^[3]^[4]

References

↑ Popescu, Stelian. "INFANTRY WEAPON SYSTEMS USED BY SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES TO CARRY OUT ASSIGNED MISSIONS" (PDF). Military Art and Science: 344. doi:10.2478/raft-2024-0036.
↑ "Small arm - Pistols, Revolvers, Rifles | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Beretta M9 Pistol". Military.com. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 "Last Line of Defense: A History of the Beretta M9 - Marine Corps Association". www.mca-marines.org. Retrieved 2024-11-09.

Other websites

Official website of Beretta

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[1] Popescu, Stelian. "INFANTRY WEAPON SYSTEMS USED BY SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES TO CARRY OUT ASSIGNED MISSIONS" (PDF). Military Art and Science: 344. doi:10.2478/raft-2024-0036.

[2] "Small arm - Pistols, Revolvers, Rifles | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-11-09.

[:0-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Beretta M9 Pistol". Military.com. Retrieved 2024-11-09.

[:1-4] 4.0 ^4.1 "Last Line of Defense: A History of the Beretta M9 - Marine Corps Association". www.mca-marines.org. Retrieved 2024-11-09.

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