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Originally posted by The_Squid
What I am really pissed off about is that America's Army replaced their sidearm from the Colt 1911 .45 ACP to the Beretta 9mm!! The Colt fires a .45 round that is FAR more powerful than the pussy 9mm round, yet they still replace it with the Beretta 9mm? They must be pritty stupid to do such a thing!! If they wanted to kill a man, why replace a gun that fires a more powerful with one that fires a less powerful one?? I mean sure a beretta can hold more rounds in a magazine, but the colt can still hold a fair amount (7 shots, 8 at the absolute maximum) and the .45 ACP is more powerful that the 9mm, so the colt is pritty well off...
If anyone can give me some idea why they changed this great designed gun (Colt 1911) for a less powerful and not as well designed gun (Beretta 9mm).... I would be greatful
Originally posted by WestPoint23
I know why they are doing this female soldiers they have to make weapons less powerful because the girls complain it well they should not be in the army if they cant take the recoil of a .45 they did this with the police in the US too.
Originally posted by WestPoint23
maybe that's not why the military changed it but that is why the police changed it in the US.
Originally posted by The_Squid
the Colt .45 isnt THAT heavy i mean sure it might weigh just a bit over the comfortable point... but it really isnt that bad... 15 shots that arnt very powerful to 7-8 shots that are very powerful... and why dont all NATO coutries use the .45 ACP its a very good round and is used in other pistols too... take the SOCOM for example. The Colt 1911 is very accurate when trained in its use aswell.
Originally posted by The_Squid
The 9mm is smaller than the .357 its smaller than the .32!! Its VERY small conpared with the .45 if u got the 2 cases you wud see that the 9mm fits easily inside the .45 and has plently of room to move around. Therefore its MUCH smaller than it (it IS smaller than a .32) so it cant be as powerful... and why does the amount of bullets matter? if u have 7/8 very powerful rounds... then thats 7/8 people dead. If you have 15 not so powerful rounds... well god knows how many people dead, you cant tell, it could take upto 3 9mm's to kill sombody!