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M45 Close Quarters Combat Pistol

The legendary Daniel Watters has unearthed compelling evidence that the Marine MEU(SOC) M1911 pistol has now been given the official designation "M45 Close Quarters Combat Pistol".

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A Marine fired the MEU(SOC)

Two documents 1, recently posted on Navy.mil, provide information about the procurement of slide assemblies for the M45. Unlike previous documents these do not refer to the MEU(SOC) designation and refer only to the "M45 Close Quarters Combat Pistol".

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Note the reliability requirements.

Many thanks to Daniel for the information.

  1. https://www.neco.navy.mil/upload/M67854/M6785409R11460002M67854-09-R-1146-0002.pdf https://www.neco.navy.mil/upload/M67854/M6785409R11460002Attachment_(2).pdf ↩

Posted by Steve on Sep 24th 2009 | Filed in handguns, military | Comments (22)

Do you want slides with that?

Somebody at Marine HQ realized that if you buy a lot of M1911A1 frames, you are probably are going to need slides to go with them!

The Marine Corps System Command (MCSC)intends to issue a solicitation number M67854-09-R-1146 for 1800 M45 .45 cal pistol slides. The Government anticipates a resulting firm fixed price contract for this commercial procurement ...

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Slide blueprints available from navy.mil

The slides are for the MEU(SOC) pistols that are used by Force Recon. Daniel Watters noticed that they are referring to the pistols as the M45. Daniel, who knows far more about these things than I do, is not sure if that is an official designation or a colloquial one. Anyone heard of the M45 designation before?

Thanks to Daniel for the link and info.

Posted by Steve on Sep 17th 2009 | Filed in handguns, military | Comments (4)