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Originally Posted by Brush Okie
Actually the .45 is a newer caliber than the 9mm. We went to a 9mm because the rest of NATO was 9mm
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Yeah Brush, there were about two years in it.Of course, by older, I meant older in use, not necessarily when they were designed. I suppose it made more sense for the US to go to the 9mm as I presume your sub-machine guns were already 9mm after the de-commissioning of the Thompson ? Didnt make much sense to have three types of ammo being used. We had commonality with the 9mm Star pistol and the UZZI 9mm HMC, so we only changed to 5,56 rifles when NATO did .