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Air Force Command Pauses Use of M18 Handguns After Security Airman's Death (www.military.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world to c/guns@lemmy.world

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[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

90% of security officers on US bases could just "Israeli carry" (Hammer down on an empty chamber. Or on a striker-fired handgun basically just insert the mag.) They'd have to adjust training to "draw+rack" but again, for Air Force MPs that is probably fine in most cases.

Either that or dust off a bunch of M9 handguns.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Israeli carry has, I've heard, been proposed within some commands. That would work as a bandaid solution, but it isn't fixing the core issue of something mechanically wrong with the guns which is not just a problem limited to Air Force MPs.

Sig has top to bottom dropped the ball and I agree the best solution would be reverting to M9s and/or choosing from a variety of other options, but unfortunately I don't think that will happen with as much sunk cost there has been into Sig contracts.