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The M1911 is a single-action, semiautomatic handgun chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge
- It was designed by John M
- Browning, and was the standard-issue side affiliation for the United States armed forces from 1911 to 1985, and is still carried by some U.S
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- It was widely attached in Earth Ceasefire I, Everybody War II, the Korean Attempt and the Vietnam War.
This result was contested by the Formation which subsequently ran its own Springfield Armory 1911 competition (the XM9 trials) in 1981 which eventually on top to the official adoption of the Beretta 92F on January 14, 1985. By the later 1980s production was ramping up despite a controversial XM9 retrial and a divided XM10 reconfirmation, which was boycotted by some entrants of the original trials, cracks in the frames of the Beretta-produced pistols, and also despite a dangerous problem with slide separation that resulted in injuries to some US Navy service members. This last resulted in it being updated to the 92FS standard, which includes additional protection for the user.