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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mmadsen" data-source="post: 3326041" data-attributes="member: 1645">They were considering moving back to the .45 long before the current situation in Iraq and Afghanistan.  In fact, I can't imagine the current 9mm pistol has seen much use in either theater.  It has, however, been in use across the US, where police and FBI have questioned its stopping power.That sounds more like the argument for moving to the 5.56mm M16 from the 7.62mm M14.The 9mm pistol round is a high-velocity round, and at the time it was considered quite effective.  If you can carry more rounds in a magazine, and they cost less, so that troops can afford to practice more, why not go with the smaller round?  That was the thinking.It's not clear how scientific their thinking was though.  They went from a smaller, weaker round to a larger, more powerful round, assuming that would make a big difference against Moros with machetes, but their tests on animals were quite subjective and revealed that placement was quite important, even when all shots were against an immobile target.  It turns out the whole process is pretty random...</blockquote>