>>64018656
Kind of? But by the 1980s .45 was almost only used for sidearms, which don't see very heavy use by default, so in my opinion there's no functional problem with .45 as a service pistol cartridge.

I like 9mm too, but if the US waited even longer, and if it wasn't for NATO standardization, then the army could have done fine by adopting the H&K USP in .45, it'd have been easily as good as the Beretta 92.