USMC purchases 10,000 Glock 37 Pistols (?!)

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At least, that's what this article at Defense Review claims. Anyone else read or heard anything similar? I don't think the claimed "advantage" of enemy guns not being able to use .45 GAP would outweigh the necessity of stocking another caliber in the supply line. Plus, it's not like many other countries use .45 ACP right now, is it?
 
This is shocking- I always thought the Glock pistols lost the XM9 trials because the militree was leery of a gun that didn't have an exposed hammer and manual safety. Interesting. On a military scale, how many is 10,000 pistols? That can't be enough to equip and entire force, can it?
 
I see the article is dated April 30. They're about 30 days late--it should have release on April 1.
 
Red light on BS meeter is blinkin' madly.

Just look at this part:
"By the way, DefRev has also heard rumors that the .45 GAP could/may become a law enforcement-only round,although we currently don't give these rumors any credence, since there's absolutely no evidence to support them. DefRev doesn't yet know whether or not Glock, Inc. has even considered cutting off civilian sales of it's .45 GAP pistols and ammo inside the U.S."
This Bozo has no idea of how the industry works. How the heck can Gaston tell CorBon to only sell to cops?

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By the way, DefRev has also heard rumors that the .45 GAP could/may become a law enforcement-only round,although we currently don't give these rumors any credence, since there's absolutely no evidence to support them. DefRev doesn't yet know whether or not Glock, Inc. has even considered cutting off civilian sales of it's .45 GAP pistols and ammo inside the U.S.
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Actually, I don't think Glock will have to "cut off civilian sales." I think civilian have cut off purchases of their .45 GAP pistols.
 
Plus, it's not like many other countries use .45 ACP right now, is it?
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Actually, I'm pretty sure a lot of countries still use that round. Afraid I don't have a list or anything more concrete on hand, though.
 
Kinda odd that the USMC is ordering 10K pistols that haven't even gone through any kind of military-sponsored T&E program (1K, I could see, but I'd find 100 more believable).... :scrutiny:

Also kinda odd that they'd order that many pistols that use a round not found in the established supply chain w/o a major matching order from one of the large ammo companies..... :scrutiny:

I'm holding back my belief on this one until there's a little more confirmation...
 
Yeah thats right IF they did in fact buy 10k do you honestly think the USMC will have trouble finding ammo. lmao:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
 
Yeah thats right IF they did in fact buy 10k do you honestly think the USMC will have trouble finding ammo. lmao
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True, but they have to buy it from somewhere. And, if you have 1000 rounds per pistol (10,000,000 = ten MILLION rounds) on order from a factory for a military contract, news is going to get out. Especially if it's a new, not widely distributed caliber of ammo... :scrutiny:

I'm not doubting or believing it. I'm just waiting for more info before I decide. :cool:
 
Yeah, you might want to check out this link on the Glock Talk boards. The author came out and admitted that he has not confirmed this information with anybody in the Corps in a rush to be the first one out with this story. Sorry but with no confirmation or other hard facts, this was all nothing but rumor control spredding bad scuttlebutt.:rolleyes:
 
Well the Glocksters are still waiting for affirmation from a real military force. Isn't it curious how no actual fighting force has ever adopted "Perfection?"
 
:rolleyes: You mean to tell me that there actually are people on the planet that BELIEVE this? :rolleyes:
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There's quiet a few of the faithful over on Glock Talk that believe it! (But I think common sense is prevailing even over there!)
 
Actually, the Glock is standard issue in multiple armies, though usually in the G17 of course... don't see anybody adopting the 37 anytime soon.

Norway, Austria, Australia(I think?),etc use the Glock 17.
 
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I doubt this.
Considering the extreme shortages of ammunition right now for the Marines, I really doubt they are going to be buying up an untried pistol in such numbers with a totally new ammunition requirement.
10,000? No way. 10? Maybe 10. Maybe even 100.... but 10,000? No freaking way. That's a major purchase that would require trials and requests for bids and all that jazz.
 
i've checked with a friend who works at a usmc armory... no sign of glocks by him yet ;)

(we did work it out, though... there will be one battalion armed with nothing but akimbo glocks, who practice firing while rolling on the ground and jumping out of (specially shortened, yet still full capacity) airplanes. TOTALLY SWEET!)
 
As we have read, certain special forces are "attempting" to buy a small number of 1911's in 45 ACP and that process, as I read, takes time and more time. That's with a known quantity that they have been using for years.

Can you imagine how long it would take the goverment to buy a striker fired pistol with no manual safety in an unknown caliber...decades I'd bet even if they really wanted it.
 
Well, let’s see;
a) no competitive procurement
b) no operational or developmental testing
c) non-standard round (expensive, proprietary, not readily competed)
d) non-US manufacture (at a time when the Chairman of the House Armed Service Committee is emphasizing “Buy USâ€)
e) no logistics support or infrastructure (operator training, repair parts, maintenance training, depot overhaul, etc.)
f) no-US or NATO standardization
g) Finally, by the way if the Corps wants a real .45 ACP, they have many excellent alternatives, including the 1911A1.

This certainly seems reasonable to me (after all, I only have two decades of military experience).
 
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