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[[File:Colt SSP Handgun GS.jpg|thumb|Colt Stainless Steel Pistol]]
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[[File:Steyr GB (parabellum pl).jpg|thumb|Steyr GB]]
[[File:Smith and Wesson 459.jpg|thumb|Smith & Wesson 459A]]
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Eight pistols were entered into the XM9 competition were:<ref>Legislation and National Security Subcommittee (1986); Page 15.</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wUbTS4OeUMUC&dq=heckler+%26+koch+p7+xm9&pg=PA47 |title=Annual Historical Review |year=1983 |publisher=Historical Office, U.S. Army Armament Materiel Readiness Command |language=en}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|ITA}}: [[Beretta]] of Italy entered their [[
*{{flagicon|SWI}}: [[SIG Sauer]] (under the name SigArms) introduced their new pistol specifically designed for the trials, the [[SIG Sauer P226|P226]]. The P226 was the runner-up to the M9, as both were the only two to satisfactorily pass the trials. However, the P226 would ultimately not be chosen. In a later competition for a compact service pistol, SIG Sauer's P228 became the [[SIG Sauer P226#P228 .28M11.29|M11 pistol]].
*{{flagicon|AUT}}: [[Steyr]] of Austria submitted the [[Steyr GB]].
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====Results of the third tests====
During the dry mud test, the S&W, H&K, and Beretta passed with nearly perfect scores but the
Out of the eight submitted entries, only the [[Beretta 92|Beretta 92SB-F]] and the [[SIG Sauer P226]] were found "technically acceptable finalists". [[Steyr]]'s [[Steyr GB|GB pistol]] was the first design to be rejected by Army on May 4, due to reliability issues. Subsequently, both [[Fabrique Nationale Herstal]] and [[Colt Manufacturing Company]] would voluntarily withdraw their entries, with the former on May 31 and the latter on July 18. On September 18, 1984, the submissions by [[Carl Walther GmbH|Carl Walther Waffenfabrik]], [[Heckler & Koch]] and [[Smith & Wesson]] were all terminated. The P88 was terminated for failing drop test, dispersion, corrosion resistance, and adverse conditions requirements. The P7M13 was terminated for failing reliability and corrosion resistance requirements and the 459M for failing service life and firing pin energy requirements.<ref>Legislation and National Security Subcommittee (1986); Page 15.</ref>
In both trials where the [[
The P226 lost out in the final bidding and the Beretta emerging the winning design once again. On January 14, 1985, the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] and the [[United States Army|Army]] announced that the five-year contract would be awarded to Beretta, with the Beretta 92SB-F subsequently adopted as the [[M9 pistol]].<ref name=ThompsonXM9/><ref>Legislation and National Security Subcommittee (1986); Page 112.</ref>
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In the 2000s, a new joint service handgun was started, the [[Joint Combat Pistol]], which was the result of a merger of two earlier programs: the U.S. Army's Future Handgun System<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/fhs.htm |title=Future Handgun System (FHS)|first=John|last=Pike}}</ref> and [[United States Special Operations Command]]'s SOF Combat Pistol. However, the Army ultimately pulled out of the competition.
As a result of the [[Modular Handgun System]] trials, the [[SIG
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