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==== Results of the first tests ====
Six of the submitted firearms passed the test.{{cn}} The [[Beretta 92|Beretta 92S-1]] performed the best overall and was announced as the clear winner, having exceeded the stated goals in several cases.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gangarosa|first1=Gene|title=Heckler and Koch : Armorers of the Free World|year=2001|publisher=Stoeger Publications; 1st edition|isbn=0739431773|edition=First|ref=HK-Armorers of the Free World}}</ref><ref> Legislation and National Security Subcommittee (1986); Page 4. Interest in the 9-mm handgun started in 1978 with informal Air Force testing of 9-mm pistols.[...] DOD concluded 2 years later that handgun standardization using 9-mm ammunition was feasible. At first, DOD planned to rely on the results of Air Force testing, which concluded that Beretta [92S-1] was by far the superior weapon tested. The Army, however, opposed awarding a sole-source contract to Beretta on grounds that the Air Force testing was not scientific. Since 1980, the Army has conducted two additional extensive rounds of testing the 9-mm pistol.</ref>
[[Heckler & Koch P9|P9S]] easily won the accuracy phase of testing but fell into disfavor when its operating controls failed to adapt themselves to left-handed use. The magazine capacity (nine rounds) was one short of the desired (later required) capacity.
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