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This week, Weapon Wednesdays returns with part six of my Beretta 92 feature, where I continue talking about the various Beretta models.

I'm going to jump right back into the various models, so if you find yourself lost, you may want to check out part five of the feature.

The Beretta G models were designed for the French "Gendarmerie Nationale and adopted by the French Military, where they call it the PAMAS G1. PAMAS stands for Pistolet Automatique de la Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne, or "automatic pistol of the Saint Etienne manufacture." The G models don't have the safety-decocking level of the 92 FS, but only a manual decocking lever. When it's released, it returns to the ready to fire position, as there is no manual safety.

The DS models are double action only. The hammer spur has been removed and is flush with the back of the slide. This model has a manual safety lever that performs the same action as it does on the 92 FS. The hammer never stays cocked, but always follows the slide forward to stop in the double action position. I explained what double action means in part five.

The D models are exactly like the DS models, but without the manual safety lever.

Weapon Wednesdays: Metal Gear - Beretta 92 - Part One
Weapon Wednesdays: Metal Gear - Beretta 92 - Part Two
Weapon Wednesdays: Metal Gear - Beretta 92 - Part Three
Weapon Wednesdays: Metal Gear - Beretta 92 - Part Four
Weapon Wednesdays: Metal Gear - Beretta 92 - Part Five

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teh2Dgamer
Oct 07 2009 at 05:48:50:PM PST

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Sorry, I have not been on recently to scare you on the weapons Wednesdays.

Anyways, the military needs to drop the Beretta 9mm they use. They switched to that because the 1911 (Which is .45 cal) only held around 7-9 rounds (depending on the mag and one in the chamber) whereas the 9mm can hold, I think, 15 rounds. However, they never took into account that the 9mm would take more shots to put someone down where, with the .45, it only takes one good one.

Now if they were able to use hollow points, the 9mm wouldn't be as big a deal for them to carry, but hollow points are against the Geneva convention. The problem with full metal jacket rounds is that they pretty much just fly right through someone which doesn't transfer the bullet's energy that well into the intended target thus not stopping them as easily as a hollow point which expands and transfers that energy into the target. The right round will knock someone on their ass.

There are now better .45 alternatives out there (but who needs them the 1911 is my personal fave), that carry up to 15 rounds in a double stacked magazine. It's time for the military to adopt a new one.