Is the USN SEAL's newest pistol (HK's HK45CT) a foot in the door for a new military pistol for everybody I mean.
It meets the specs of the last pistol attempt (the MHS/Modular Handgun System), which was a conglomeration of all that came before (FHS/Future Handgun System, SOF-CP/Special Operations Forces - Combat Pistol, JCP/Joint Combat Pistol, AFH/Air Force Handgun, AFFH/Air Force Future Handgun). All cancelled and/or suspended. I think. Hard to keep up, they kept coming and going...
With money as tight as it is, a new pistol trial could be a tough sell when we still have contract options on up to 450,000 more Berettas and up to 18 million more mags for them?
If the HK45CT is good enough for NSWDG/DEVGRU/ST6, it should be good enough for everybody else in one form or another? The HK45C could work for LE, Security, pilots, air and armor crews, etc. It could be configured DA/SA, DAO, SAO, LEM, with or w/o safety/decocker as desired.
I was issued the M15, M1911A1, M9, and M11. I've been shooting an HK45C since 2009, and I like it was well/better as all of them, and it would do all the same missions as well/better IMO.
So DOD could buy a few hundred thousand and forget about pistols for another 25 yrs or so? Or not. Legions of lawyers would start cryin'...