{"id":49086,"date":"2018-01-02T14:23:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T14:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/02\/this-is-the-handgun-from-glock-that-lost-the-race-to-replace-the-beretta-m9\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:50:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:50:44","slug":"this-is-the-handgun-from-glock-that-lost-the-race-to-replace-the-beretta-m9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/off-duty\/gearscout\/2018\/01\/02\/this-is-the-handgun-from-glock-that-lost-the-race-to-replace-the-beretta-m9\/","title":{"rendered":"This is the handgun from Glock that lost the race to replace the Beretta M9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was a battle that lasted years \u2014 one that pitted a titan of the gun-making world that outfits most of the nation\u2019s police against a scrappy upstart that has earned the affection of some of the world\u2019s most elite counter-terrorist units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in the end, it was Exeter, New Hampshire-based Sig Sauer that beat out the ballistic behemoth of Austrian-stalwart Glock for the $580 million contract to replace the Army\u2019s entire stock of Beretta M9 handguns<\/a> \u2014 a firearm that\u2019s been the standard-issued pistol for the entire U.S. military since the mid-1980s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through protests<\/a> and PR missteps<\/a>, the world wondered what gun Glock had submitted to the Army for testing to win the so-called \u201cModular Handgun System<\/a>\u201d program. The notoriously secretive Glock let little slip in the year or so of testing. That left gun nuts wondering what the mystery weapon was that had come up short.<\/p>\n\n\n\t