USAF finally phasing out S&W Model 15s.
The USAF is finally retiring the S&W Model 15.
In related new, the S&W Model 15 was still in USAF service. http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone...i-auto-pistols |
Considering the AF still maintains and issues these to its security forces, them still using the M15 doesn't surprise me.
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In all fairness, that IS a really old photo. The Colt Commando isn't even the more glaringly outdated thing in the photo, it's the woodland BDUs.
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By 2004, though, the M4 was already so widespread in the military that every serviceman and his grandmother was issued one. And I've heard claims of some SecFor guys still to this day being issued XM16E1s while deployed.
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On another note, I thought that the Air Force never adopted the XM16E1 (because they didn't want to pay the extra $$$$ for the forward assist)? |
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Personally, I have a hard time believing that deleting the FA saved any significant amount that wasn't then eaten up by manufacturing a whole separate rifle, but since when has military procurement ever operated on common sense? |
I read the post thinking "We still use revolvers?" then I remember last year the NYPD actually retiring their last issued service revolvers as well but that's the police
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The thing is that they were not still using these revolvers as "sidearms", they were only being used to train working dog as there was no blank fire system for the M9. They were essentially the same as the starter pistols used by other militaries for the same purpose. I believe that part of the contract for the M17/18 was to provide (among other ancillaries) blank fire kits so I imagine this is the reason they are now able to retire them.
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Probably they didn't think it matters because very few people in the military actually are issued sidearms, let alone use them
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