{"id":6424,"date":"2015-07-08T14:01:21","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T19:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hcstx.org\/?p=6424"},"modified":"2015-07-08T14:01:21","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T19:01:21","slug":"us-military-transitions-to-hp-ammo-for-sidearms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/08\/us-military-transitions-to-hp-ammo-for-sidearms\/","title":{"rendered":"US Military Transitions to HP Ammo for Sidearms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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U.S. Military Makes Monumental Shift To Hollowpoint Pistol Ammunition<\/a><\/h1>\n

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In a significant doctrinal shift, the U.S. military is relegating full metal jacketed (FMJ) pistol bullets to a training role, and will be adopting modern hollowpoint designs similar to those used by most domestic law enforcement agencies and citizens who carry handguns for self-defense.<\/p>\n

The stunning announcement was made at the U.S Army\u2019s Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey yesterday during the military\u2019s two-day \u201cindustry day\u201d for the Modular Handgun System (MHS), which will conclude today.<\/p>\n

A military lawyer who made a presentation during the Industry Day noted that the United States is not a signatory to the Hague Conventions which outlawed the use of \u201cdum-dum\u201d and expanding bullets more than a century ago. It is the military\u2019s position that the shift to jacketed hollowpoint (JHP) ammunition, which more efficiently transfers energy to the target and which presents much less of a risk of over-penetration, is more humane and less of a risk to innocent civilians downrange in modern combat where there are often no clear front lines.<\/p>\n

The MHS contract is still caliber agnostic, with the primary requirement being that the adopted cartridge must perform 10%\u00a0better than currently issued M882 (9mm NATO, 124-grain FMJ) with both the FMJ training ammunition and the hollowpoint ammunition issued for deployment.<\/p>\n

Both the FMJ and JHP must perform similarly so that the training and combat ammunition has the same recoil impulses and performance parameters.<\/p>\n

A lot of conventional wisdom suggests that the 9MM and .45 ACP are the top two contenders for the MHS contract.<\/p>\n

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