Colt M1911 iconic gun was removed from the weapons of US Marines (Photo)

The command confirmed the publication that M45A1 began to change to new M18 since 2022. M18 is a compact version of the Sig Sauer Modular Handgun (MHS) family, which was first adopted in 2017 and now becomes standard for the US army. In addition to M18, criminal investigation agents and the first helicopter squadron will receive GLOCK 19M 9m19 guns. The original M1911 gun was adopted in 1911. After that, the weapon was constantly improved and received improved characteristics.

The Marine Corps began to receive guns with the rest of the US Army. However, in 1986, they began the release of updated M1911A1 pistols. Marine Corps Colonel Robert Yang, who also developed a program of improved shooting - these are requirements for the created pistols, which will later become known as marine expedition units (MEU). They are almost identical to M1911A1, but are almost completely rebuilt inside.

Inside replaced a spring, a fight, ejector, whispering spring, barrel, sleeve, pins and other details. As the M1911 series guns are increasingly found only in specialized units, problems with customer service and logistics have become more serious. M1911A1 M1911A1 M1911A1 have become a weapon to custom that required experienced weapons to manually install spare parts for individual specimens.

In 2012, Colt released a version of M45A1, which received a double back spring system that distributes the return force. This increased the overall accuracy. The modernization also had an improved trigger, a fuse, a rail for accessories, as well as a new barrel glowing at night. He still stayed in service for a while. The need for replacement became more urgent. In the end, the great story of the M1911 gun in the Marine Corps ended.