REPORT: US Navy to Buy 60,000 Modular Handgun System Pistols

By Tactical-Life

The Modular Handgun System saga continues. A couple of weeks ago, we told you the U.S. Marine Corps had requested money to buy 35,000 Army MHS pistols as part of its FY19 budget. Last week, it came out that every branch had placed orders for the gun. Now we’re learning that one branch, the U.S. Navy, will field 60,000 MHS pistols in FY19.

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“The Navy has contracted with Sig Sauer to procure 60,000 Modular Handgun Systems,” Navy spokesman Ben Anderson told Military.com.

Anderson also confirmed that the Navy is going with the compact XM18 variant of the MHS, as opposed to the full-size XM17 model. The gun “will replace the Beretta M9 and Sig Sauer M11 sidearms that are currently in the fleet,” he said.

In addition, Anderson set a timeline for the procurement, stating “money has been allocated for contracting this year, …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life