The Beretta 9mm Pistol Program was a Congressionally-directed Non-Developmental Initiative to standardize DoD with NATO and field one handgun for all United States armed services. Beretta of Italy ...

The U.S. procured around 2.7 million M1911 and M1911A1 pistols in military contracts during its service life. The M1911 was replaced by the 9mm Beretta M9 pistol as the standard U.S. sidearm in ...

Beretta 92FS: Military Standard The most ... a class of its stemming from the fact that it is the very first pistol to use 9mm rounds. It was designed in the early 1900s by Georg Luger, and ...