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Originally posted by kaschi:
I can't imagine Germany choosing a pistol that is not made in Germany. It would really surprise me if they selected a foreign made one.

The German government had a major role in driving SIG SAUER DE out of business. So, it won't surprise me a bit if their new military sidearm is a foreigner. Especially with this little nugget, "...that the selection will be 100% based on unit price".

Lots of Turkish pistols available these days and Turkey is in NATO (not that that matters)

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Originally posted by car541:
As such, literally anything will do.

Yup.

I don't know - maybe the SP2022 has a shot?

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The new pistol will replace the P8, P8 Combat and P8A1s currently in service. The Heckler & Koch USP was adopted as the P8 in 1994

I thought they had adopted the H&K USP much later than that. I know when I got to qualify for the Bundeswehr's Schützenschnur qualification lanyard/badge while stationed there in 1993, they were still using the Walther P1, derived from the WWII era P38.

The German Army has a lot bigger problems right now than the choice of a service pistol.

^^^ This^^^ And it applies to other countries' militaries. Focusing on selecting a pistol seems to be a diversion from other internal problems/issues (whatever they may be).