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For some reason several of you just did not understand my statement, so I will repeat it, "only those with a handgun TO&E (Army term) are issued handguns." TO&E for those not framiliar with the term is the military regulations that set forth the equipment every troop of every job class will be issued, from fork to weapon.
It does not make any difference if you are Army, Navy or Marines. If your job, at any time, calls for a handgun to be issued to you, you are issued a handgun, period, no other time, and that is by regulation. So if a unit has handuns it is by regulation, if a navy troop has a handgun issued it is by regulation. You can change jobs on a temp basis and a rifleman will have a handgun issued for that job, but the temp job class calls for a handgun. Troops in the military do not just wonder around with issued handguns just because they want one. That is just more Hollywood BS.
As an armorer, I had to know the regulations as every one wanted to carry a handgun while just walking around or on manuvers. Then everone wanted a rifle, no one wanted a handgun as a principal weapon, when the ballon went up.
What happens in combat, is a whole different matter, folks tend to pick up all manner of field junk and carry it. Example, in Europe in WWII very few GIs did not carry a small German or Italian pistol of some description in 32, 380 or 25. You see them everywhere in the US as returned souviners.
90% of all failures with a clip fed handgun are the result of clip problems, not a problem with the gun itself.
Best,
Ed
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