Prior to the adoption of the Beretta M9, a U.S. military contract truly did ... serrated for better two-handed control; the barrel was chrome-plated; the grip plates were allayed for easier ...

The M9 is a lightweight, semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Beretta and designed to replace the M1911A1 .45 caliber pistol and .38 caliber revolvers. The Beretta M9 has redundant automatic ...

Photo by Rob Curtis, Staff The Army's long-time pistol supplier, Beretta, is criticizing the service for failing to communicate perceived shortcomings of the M9 sooner — a move the gun maker ...

I'd been waiting 30 years to shoot this gun. And there it was, the Beretta M9. Four of them, actually, representing all its variations and evolutions, splayed before me in an underground shooting ...

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.