Joint Service Small Arms Program: Difference between revisions

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{{Short description|American weapon standardization coordination program}}

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[[File:M9-pistolet.jpg|thumb|Beretta M9]]

The '''Joint Service Small Arms Program''', abbreviated '''JSSAP''', was created to coordinate weapon standardization between the various United States armed service branches.<ref name="The Service Pistol Controversy">{{cite web|last1=Rogers|first1=Patick F|title=The Service Pistol Controversy|url=http://americanhandgunner.com/1983issues/HMJ83.pdf|website=American Handgunner|access-date=4 July 2016}}</ref>

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===Second tests from 1981===

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==== Results of the second tests====

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In February 1982 issued this statement; "The Army, in its role as Defense Department executive agent for 9mm handgun procurement, has cancelled the procurement. It was not possible to make an award because the submitted weapon samples substantially failed to meet the essential requirements contained in the procurement solicitation. The Department of Defense intends to reexamine its requirements for a new handgun."{{citation needed|reason=The speaker is not specified and the quote needs a source; it may be suspect. See the use of 'it's' instead of 'its'|date=July 2016}}