Do you favor this change?
Change is above my pay grade ...... Then there is my opinion.
At the rate the DOD can put out the request, budget the program to just evaluate, then field test and get the new and improved widget budget approved ...... anything new is shoved onto the troops just because if it’s a success or sucks it’ll take to0 long to redo the failed effort of selecting a new and improved widget.
I’m a big fan of Sig P220’s and P226’s . I’ve broken a few P220’s by using Corbon P+P+P+P+ fodder but learned my lesson early on by pretty much trying to make the 45ACP go faster. The P226 has always been fed 147gr OSM and or 147gr Speer Gold Dot Hollow Point.
This new modular Sig should be ok ....
USMC’s best move was the “ounces is pounds” concept IMO. That said my primary weapon DESIRED would be the Hk 416 with 77gr Mk262 ammo and a secondary firearm / pistol CHOICE a Glock 19 with 147gr GDHP ammo.
We have a real need for planners to look at past and present threats and address the success and failures properly. No handgun is guaranteed to “stop the threat”. Troops should be given the tools to mitigate at least and stop the aggressors at best.
If the issued sidearm can be configured for each individual troop while using the same magazines that can be shared on the battle field then fine. Ok.
Sig is a quality choice. But not in keeping with the OIP concept the USMC tries to follow.