In the early 1980s, all branches of the United States military, except the U.S. Air Force, were still using the M1911A1 as its standard sidearm. While the M1911A1 was a tried and tested design, a ...

Beretta’s entry to the JSSAP competition was the Beretta 92SB-F.Sleek and modern looking, the 92SB-F was the latest in a long line of pistols that began with the Beretta 1915.The 1915 was a ...

Key Points – The Beretta M9 served as the US military’s standard sidearm for decades, seeing action from Desert Storm through the Global War on Terror, eliciting both strong support and criticism.

Prior to the adoption of the Beretta M9, a U.S. military contract truly did seem an impossible goal for a foreign company in 1978, the year Congress issued its directive to the Dept. of Defense ...

The U.S. Army held a competition and to the surprise of nearly everyone the Italian Beretta company won, and M9 handgun entered service with the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.

GARDONE VAL TROMPIA, Italy – Introduced during the Reagan era and broadly in use by around 1990, the M9 Beretta was the standard sidearm for the Army, Navy and Air Force for over 30 years.

Key Points: The Beretta M9 served the U.S. military for decades but garnered mixed reviews. Critics decried its 9mm round’s limited stopping power compared to the .45 caliber M1911 it replaced ...

People say that it's the third time that's the charm. Italian armsmaker Beretta ("Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta" to its amici ) had better hope they're right.

The Beretta M9 pistol was introduced to the ranks as a replacement for the M1911 starting in 1985. It wasn’t until recently that both pistols were removed from service and replaced with the more ...

Beretta breaks with 500 years of tradition to offer gun buyers a hammerless pistol. People say that it's the third time that's the charm. Italian armsmaker Beretta ("Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta ...

Twice now, Beretta has offered to build a new handgun for the U.S. Army's Modular Handgun System competition -- a $400 million project to replace between 280,000 and 500,000 military sidearms with ...