alucard0822
For great Justice
I would say,
5. Walther P38, The first sucessful DA/SA pistol it ended the percieved need and training associated with keeping an empty chamber, and rendering the pistol safe with the use of a decocking mechanism. The pistol continued the P-08 luger's introduction of widespread issuance of sidearms, but modernized the way pistols were carried.
4 Browning Hi-power, John Brownings last masterpeice, the hi-power introduced a high capacity autoloader to militaries and police departments world wide, in most ways it was an evolution of earlier designs, but the culmination was something entirely new. It proved the advantages of capacity, and began to erode "traditional" and antiquated marksmanship training, and ushered in dynamic pistol training.
3. Beretta M9, While a good pistol, and it's place as the official US sidearm is a rare spot, it is not neccesarily the pistol itself, but the circumstances around it's adoption, it's influence on police tactics, and it's evolution from earlier autos that are notable. The JSSAP and military trials modernized pistol testing and development, and was carried over to law enforcement trials and manufacturer's R&D. The design was heavily influenced by the Walther P38's DA/SA action, and locking mechanism, and the Browning hi-power's double stack magazine. It also changed the doctrine of international standardization amongst NATO countries in reguard to sidearms. The beretta 92 also provided a pistol that offered advantages over police revolvers to a degree that departments overwhelmingly sought to adopt "wonder nines", and adopted training and tactics that best utilized a high capacity pistol.
2. P08 Luger, it changed the battlefield, and changed sidearm doctrine permanently. It became the first viable automatic sidearm as it replaced the huge C96 broomhandle mauser. It introduced the sidearm as a backup to a primary long gun instead of a replacement issuead weapon, and proved the concept. It is also the namesake of the 9X19 luger, and introduced the cartridge.
1. GLOCK 17, when it came out it had no equal, it was the first viable and commercially successful polymer pistol, and has influenced almost every new pistol that has come out in the last 20 years. It represented a leap forward in technology that not only changed duty pistols forever, but changed the tactics and training. The design has proven to be very adaptable and has spawned dozens of variants in various calibers, compact, midsize, long slide setups, and the simple mode of operation simplifies training.
5. Walther P38, The first sucessful DA/SA pistol it ended the percieved need and training associated with keeping an empty chamber, and rendering the pistol safe with the use of a decocking mechanism. The pistol continued the P-08 luger's introduction of widespread issuance of sidearms, but modernized the way pistols were carried.
4 Browning Hi-power, John Brownings last masterpeice, the hi-power introduced a high capacity autoloader to militaries and police departments world wide, in most ways it was an evolution of earlier designs, but the culmination was something entirely new. It proved the advantages of capacity, and began to erode "traditional" and antiquated marksmanship training, and ushered in dynamic pistol training.
3. Beretta M9, While a good pistol, and it's place as the official US sidearm is a rare spot, it is not neccesarily the pistol itself, but the circumstances around it's adoption, it's influence on police tactics, and it's evolution from earlier autos that are notable. The JSSAP and military trials modernized pistol testing and development, and was carried over to law enforcement trials and manufacturer's R&D. The design was heavily influenced by the Walther P38's DA/SA action, and locking mechanism, and the Browning hi-power's double stack magazine. It also changed the doctrine of international standardization amongst NATO countries in reguard to sidearms. The beretta 92 also provided a pistol that offered advantages over police revolvers to a degree that departments overwhelmingly sought to adopt "wonder nines", and adopted training and tactics that best utilized a high capacity pistol.
2. P08 Luger, it changed the battlefield, and changed sidearm doctrine permanently. It became the first viable automatic sidearm as it replaced the huge C96 broomhandle mauser. It introduced the sidearm as a backup to a primary long gun instead of a replacement issuead weapon, and proved the concept. It is also the namesake of the 9X19 luger, and introduced the cartridge.
1. GLOCK 17, when it came out it had no equal, it was the first viable and commercially successful polymer pistol, and has influenced almost every new pistol that has come out in the last 20 years. It represented a leap forward in technology that not only changed duty pistols forever, but changed the tactics and training. The design has proven to be very adaptable and has spawned dozens of variants in various calibers, compact, midsize, long slide setups, and the simple mode of operation simplifies training.
