U.S. Army weapons officials today explained the service's recent decision to dual-arm more soldiers in combat units with the service's new Modular Handgun System in addition to the M4 carbine.

The U.S. Army recently fielded the new Modular Handgun System to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). The XM17 and XM18 Modular Handgun System program is one of the first in a whole line of ...

The M17 pistol is the full-sized variant of the Modular Handgun System which also includes the compact M18 pistol, designed to replace the M9 and M11 pistols. Soldiers using the new M17 pistol ...

The Army calls the new weapons its Modular Handgun System (MHS). The military pistols are a variation of the Sig Sauer P320. The M18 is a smaller, more compact version of the M17. All Army units ...

Simultaneously, the process of bringing the handgun into production will be launched," the Kalashnikov press office added. The Lebedev modular pistol developed by the Kalashnikov design and ...