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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: Elderberry on July 10, 2019, 12:28:02 pm

Title: Exclusive: The Story on Sig Sauer’s M18 General Officer Pistols
Post by: Elderberry on July 10, 2019, 12:28:02 pm

Guns.com  07/8/19 by Chris Eger

Inside the mammoth contract awarded to Sig Sauer to supply the U.S. Army with new handguns is a stipulation that Sig must also provide pistols specifically for Army generals. Sig’s media relations manager, Samantha Piatt, explained the stipulation for General Officer handguns is a standard contract item.

“GO handguns are issued for operational use. The GO handgun is essentially an M18 with a distinguished serial number,” Piatt said. “Additionally, each GO handgun is supplied with a large and small grip module in addition to the medium grip module it is configured with upon delivery.”

New Hampshire-based gun maker won the $580 million Modular Handgun System contract in 2017, besting a tough field of competitors that read like a who’s who of the firearm world with a version of the P320 pistol. The new gun was adopted in two formats, the full-sized M17 and the more compact M18.

More: https://www.guns.com/news/2019/07/08/exclusive-the-story-on-sig-sauers-m18-general-officer-pistols (https://www.guns.com/news/2019/07/08/exclusive-the-story-on-sig-sauers-m18-general-officer-pistols)

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Sig Sauer has so far delivered some 800 General Officer handguns to the Army.