Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "USMC Force Recon & MEUSOC: the M45A1" video.

  1. "this is far from forgotten yet, but it would be better if it was".
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  2. The Marine Corp adopted the Beretta M9A1. Some special unit was given that Colt, without any competition, mostly due to Gen. William M. Keys connections, and had little else than just problems with those.
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  3.  Zach cash  The Marine Corp adopted the Beretta M9A1 in 9mm. Some special unit was given that Colt, without any competition, mostly due to Gen. William M. Keys connections, and had little else than just problems with those. That's why it had been replaced after only four years of service, to adopt a 9mm.
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  4. The Star Model BM (that's a simplified 1911) is around since 1972, and the IMBEL 9 (that's a real 1911) since 1973. The original colt Commander (1949) was in .38 Super.
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  5.  @workinmanworkinman3889  It's not your comment section. Learn what a battle rifle is.
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  6. All the most iconic JMB's designs benefited form a long development process, with feedbacks from the client, that generally greatly improved them. The 1911 is the result of 10 years of improvements. All the ergonomic bits that make it so comfortable and pleasant to shoot had been added during that, and also the take down had been simplified, thus remaining quite complicate. Other contemporary designs didn't benefit of the same treatment, since they had been adopted right after the design was completed. To give an example, the Steyr M1912 was potentially a great design but, not having been improved beyond the original model, it remains "weird" in many respects.
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  7. The Marine Corp adopted the M9A1 actually. Some special unit was given that Colt, without any competition, mostly due to Gen. William M. Keys connections, and had little else than just problems with those. That's why it had been replaced after only four years of service.
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  8. It has been "proven"? LOL!
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  9. Considered that the M45A1 samples tested broke the slide before 12.000 rounds...
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  10. The M45A1 was adopted out of any competition due to the connections of Gen. William Keys. It had nothing to do with desires or performances.
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  11. It's Korth.
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  12. The Marine Corp adopted the M9A1 really. Some special unit was given that Colt, without any competition, mostly due to Gen. William M. Keys connections, and had little else than just problems with those. That's why it had been replaced after only four years of service.
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  13. When in 2012 the newly adopted M45A1 couldn't complete the planned tests due to the slides inevitably cracking first to reach 12.000 rounds, Beretta guys "lol'd" a little too.
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  14. Some special unit was given that Colt, without any competition, mostly due to Gen. William M. Keys connections, When they tested them, they found that they couldn't even complete the planned reliability test, since none of them could pass 12.000 rounds count without the slide cracking. http://soldiersystems.net/2012/07/20/marsoc-winning-colt-guns/ "Due to cracks which developed in the pistol slides during Reliability Testing, that test was not able to be completed as planned. Testing was planned for 15,000 rounds per pistol, but stopped early at 12,000 rounds".
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  15.  @marcuscook5145  I'm comparing the military loads the author of the comment carried. The result, like it or not, is that the 9mm had not " half the kinetic energy" of the .45 ACP but had more kinetic energy than the .45 he carried. M882 is not a "modern 9mm load" by any mean. It's almost 40 years old.
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  16. The Marine Corp adopted the Beretta M9A1 in 9mm. Some special unit was given that Colt, without any competition, mostly due to Gen. William M. Keys connections, and had little else than just problems with those. That's why it had been replaced after only four years of service, to adopt a 9mm.
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  17. See the Beretta 1951 for example, or the SIG P210. It's common with single action only pistols with a "push type" trigger bar.
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  18. The Marine Corp adopted the M9A1 actually. Some special unit was given that Colt, without any competition, mostly due to Gen. William M. Keys connections, and had little else than just problems with those. That's why it had been replaced after only four years of service.
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  19. Some special unit was given that Colt, without any competition, mostly due to Gen. William M. Keys connections, and had little else than just problems with those. That's why it had been replaced after only four years of service, to adopt a 9mm.
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  20. I'm pretty sure the Tokarev killed much more fascists.
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  21. The 9mm M882 ammo had a 124 grain bullet traveling at 1250 fps. 583 joules of energy The standard military .45 load had a 230 grain bullet traveling at 830 fps. 477 joules of energy.
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  22. The Marine Corp adopted the Beretta M9A1. Some special unit was given that Colt, without any competition, mostly due to Gen. William M. Keys connections, and had little else than just problems with those. So they replaced it before the SIG was selected by the Army.
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  23. The Marine Corp never adopted the M45A1. They adopted the M9A1.
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  24. When it had been finally tested, none of the samples tested for reliability had been able to reach the planned 15.000 rounds. They had to be stopped at 12.000 rounds because the slide cracked in all the samples (bar one, where the frame cracked). So I guess no.
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  25. Unfortunately the M45A1 was a good looking piece of garbage that couldn't complete the planned tests due to cracking slides, adopted out of any competitions due to the connections of Gen. William Keys.
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  26. That's why militaries worldwide massively use 9mm.
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  27. US Marines adopted the M9A1.
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  28.  @JG54206  The M45A1 is a batch of just 4000 pistols purchased out of any competition thanks to gen. Key's connections. Once delivered and tested, they shown to have many issues, the main one is them breaking before firing 12.000 rounds, so they had been rapidly phased out. Only the initial USMC contract for the M9A1 was for 82000 guns.
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  29. Because the 92F performed better than any competitor in the XM9 program.
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  30.  M Via  http://soldiersystems.net/2012/07/20/marsoc-winning-colt-guns/ "Due to cracks which developed in the pistol slides during Reliability Testing, that test was not able to be completed as planned. Testing was planned for 15,000 rounds per pistol, but stopped early at 12,000 rounds"
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  31. No serious study on the matter found any difference in "manstopping" capability between .45 and 9x19mm.
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  32. The Marine Corp adopted the Beretta M9A1. Some special unit was given that Colt, without any competition, mostly due to Gen. William M. Keys connections, and had little more than just problems with those.
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  33.  @deadflowers7017  I know the relative scale of operations on the Russian and western fronts.
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  34. The "base in italy" story, and all the variations ("sell F16", "store nulear weapons") are 100% bullshit. The 92F won the contract simply because it performed better than any other handgun tested in the XM9 program. People tend to not understand how cheap the entire contract to sell pistols to the US army really is. Really, in respect to other expenses, those are pocket money. The few 76mm guns that OTO Melara sold to the US Navy were worth much more.
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  35.  @galenw2339  S&W pistol broke during the life expectancy test. Beretta one didn't. S&W lawsuit estabilished that the S&W pistol did break, but the rules didn't prevent the broken gun to pass the test anyway. Beretta won the re-run anyway. Because it performed better than any other handgun tested. Yeah. The testing was rigged. It was made so to give to the soldiers working guns.
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  36. Infact the USMC adopted the M9A1.
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  37.  @workinmanworkinman3889  For what's a pistol's function in combat, the more ammos, the better. That's why 9mm is better than .45 ACP.
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  38.  @workinmanworkinman3889  A pistol in combat is to be used to make noise while you are reaching a real weapon / cover your comrades that are doing so, so the more the ammos, the better.
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  39.  @workinmanworkinman3889  It's called "suppressive fire" and requires ammos. That's why .45 isn't good for it.
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  40.  @workinmanworkinman3889 The comment section isn't your. It's prtetty evident that you don't know what you are talking about. If you are using a pistol it's evident that you don't have a rifle.
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  41. Glocks replaced the M45A1 (not the Beretta) before the SIG was selected by the Army.
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