Accession Number:

AD1175939

Title:

Proposed Program For New 9 mm. Handguns Should Be Reexamined

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Inspector General Audit]

Corporate Author:

United States General Accounting Office

Personal Author(s):

• Booker, Charles

Report Date:

2022-08-03

Pagination or Media Count:

30

Abstract:

The Department of Defenses proposed program for new g-mm. pistols would cost about 133 million 1980 dollars more than it would cost to continue to use the present mix of sidearms. Since the purpose of adopting a new sidearm was to save money, the program should be reexamined. According to Defense, it canceled the initial large-scale purchase of g-mm. pistols because all candidate pistols failed specified tests.

Descriptors:

• air force
• air force facilities
• test and evaluation
• small arms
• united states
• warfare
• standards
• ammunition
• contracts
• department of defense
• nato
• coast guard
• hit probabilities
• law enforcement
• marine corps
• procurement
• safety equipment

Subject Categories:

• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies
• Guns
• Economics and Cost Analysis

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]