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6/29/2025, 4:37:13 AM
>>63910758
I used to think that too once, but it's the other way around.
>AWB era America
>.40 S&W is getting some traction since if you can only have 10+1rds, might as well make them a little bigger and faster
>H&K sees this, decide they'll get into the .40 game
>engineer themselves a pretty damn solid .40 caliber pistol, the USP
>Bundeswehr is looking for a new 9mm pistol
>H&K decides they'll rechamber the USP to 9mm and submit that
>it wins hands down, in big part because it's a .40 pistol running 9mm, so it's a bit overbuilt for the cartridge, very sturdy
>SOCOM announces the OHWS program
>H&K are on a roll, so they decide they'll use their successful USP as a basis for their entry
>rechamber for .45 and then build it extra thicc so that it lasts forever
>co-operate with KAC for the silencer and LAM
>meanwhile Colt, in a confused daze, submits something thrown together from their various recent flops
>unsurprisingly, H&K wins this contract too, because they already had a solid and modern pistol to start with, Colt didn't and it really shows
>people also come to realize that the OHSW goals are kind of goofy and dubious, so not that many operators end up using them, but hey, H&K got paid and they also sell their Mk.23 commercially
I used to think that too once, but it's the other way around.
>AWB era America
>.40 S&W is getting some traction since if you can only have 10+1rds, might as well make them a little bigger and faster
>H&K sees this, decide they'll get into the .40 game
>engineer themselves a pretty damn solid .40 caliber pistol, the USP
>Bundeswehr is looking for a new 9mm pistol
>H&K decides they'll rechamber the USP to 9mm and submit that
>it wins hands down, in big part because it's a .40 pistol running 9mm, so it's a bit overbuilt for the cartridge, very sturdy
>SOCOM announces the OHWS program
>H&K are on a roll, so they decide they'll use their successful USP as a basis for their entry
>rechamber for .45 and then build it extra thicc so that it lasts forever
>co-operate with KAC for the silencer and LAM
>meanwhile Colt, in a confused daze, submits something thrown together from their various recent flops
>unsurprisingly, H&K wins this contract too, because they already had a solid and modern pistol to start with, Colt didn't and it really shows
>people also come to realize that the OHSW goals are kind of goofy and dubious, so not that many operators end up using them, but hey, H&K got paid and they also sell their Mk.23 commercially
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