Beretta 92
Italian series of semi-automatic pistol
A Beretta 92 is a pistol produced by Italian company Beretta.
Description
changeBeretta 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
change- ↑ 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.
