U.S. Army Acquires Additional Beretta M9 9mm Pistols

The Beretta M9 and the U.S. Army.
The Beretta M9 and the U.S. Army.
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Accokeek, MD –-(Ammoland.com)- Beretta Defense Technologies announced today the purchase by the U.S. Army of a quarter million dollars worth of additional M9 pistols from Beretta U.S.A. Corp.

The Army acquired the additional pistols by issuing the 6th delivery order to date against a contract for up to 100,000 pistols awarded by the Army to Beretta U.S.A. Corp. in September 2012.

The Beretta M9 is a 9x19mm caliber pistol adopted by the United States Armed Forces in 1985. The M9, which has been in U.S. production since 1987, is manufactured at the Beretta U.S.A. facility located in Accokeek, Maryland.  To date, Beretta has delivered over 600,000 M9 pistols, with 18,000 already scheduled for delivery under the new 5 year contract.

In addition to receiving the delivery order for additional M9 9mm pistols, Beretta U.S.A. has been fulfilling U.S. military orders for M9 parts during the past year.  “Throughout 2014 Beretta U.S.A. has been performing First Article Testing on new M9 parts and has begun the delivery of thousands of these components to U.S. military depots,” commented Gabriele de Plano, Beretta U.S.A.’s Vice President of Military Marketing & Sales.  “We are, as always, honored and pleased to be able to serve our U.S. Armed Forces by providing our service men and women with a reliable and accurate pistol that has been proven in combat time and time again.”

“Beretta has set an unprecedented records for reliability with the M9 pistol,” added de Plano.  “The average reliability of all M9 pistols tested at Beretta U.S.A. is 17,500 rounds without a stoppage.  During one test of twelve pistols, fired at Beretta U.S.A. under Army supervision, Beretta-made M9 pistols shot 168,000 rounds without a single malfunction.  The average durability of Beretta M9 slides is over 35,000 rounds, the point at which U.S. Army testing ceases.  The average durability of M9 frames is over 30,000 rounds and the average durability of M9 locking blocks is 22,000 rounds.”

 

Beretta M9 Handgun
Beretta M9 Handgun

About Beretta Defense Technologies
Beretta Defense Technologies (BDT) is the strategic alliance of five Beretta Holding defense companies (including Beretta, Benelli, Laser Devices, Sako and Steiner) that provide products and services to enable superior performance in the Defense and Law Enforcement communities. State-of-the-art machinery, extensive research and development capabilities, and long-standing worldwide experiences allow BDT products to respond to the ever-changing needs of defense and security personnel. These Beretta companies employ nearly 600 individuals within the United States with locations in California, Colorado, Maryland, New York, Texas, and Virginia.

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Christian Shepherd

There are very few, if any, multi-national companies anymore that don’t send some money overseas from US Govt. contracts. After Beretta won the contract they built a US factory and created jobs here. It also allowed American gun owners more product choices since Beretta also expanded more into the US civilian market as a result. Beretta M9 and M9A1 pistols do exactly what the government specification asks them to do. The only real complaints I have ever heard from military users is 1. The M9 is too bulky for some shooters with small hands. 2. The M9 they were issued… Read more »

Robert

Wheels are definitely getting greased. And, given the way things are in Washington, some bodily orifices are probably getting greased as well.

smitty

It never fails to amaze me that we give an Italian company a huge US military contract……some wheels are getting greased somewhere