One Amazing Army Gun: The Sig Sauer M18, based on the P320 platform, was selected as the U.S. Army’s new modular service handgun in 2017, replacing the Beretta M9. -Compact yet powerful, the M18 ...

SIG Sauer has achieved a dominant position as a key weapons manufacturer for the US military, supplying the new standard ...

A civilian version of the popular Sig Sauer P320-M18 handgun, adopted by large swathes of the U.S. military in 2019, has come to consumer markets following a groundswell of popular demand.

Now, the gunmaker is offering the P320-M18 9mm striker-fired pistol a little more than a year after it introduced the civilian version of its M17 variant, according to a recent Sig Sauer news release.

Additionally, the M18 passed a parts interchange test, and met stringent accuracy and dispersion requirements. The 101st Airborne Division is the first to get its hands on the Sig Sauer M17 handgun.

To date, Sig Sauer has delivered nearly half a million pistols across all branches of the U.S. military. The military calls the gun the M17, as well as the M18, a compact version of the pistol.

The US Army awarded Sig Sauer the contract for the new Modular Handgun System in January 2017. By 2018, other service branches had placed their own orders for the M17 and M18 variants. By November ...

Air Force and Navy followed suit in selecting the Sig Sauer pistol as its duty weapon, as have militaries around the globe. The U.S. military’s version of the gun, known as the M17 and M18, has ...

called the M17 and the M18. It is chambered for a number of popular calibers, including 9-mm and .45 ACP. Alexander wrote that her decision to formally ban the Sig Sauer P320 from the academy and ...