Will NATO ever go with .45 ?

[Irfan]

What do you think, will NATO ever go with .45 caliber as their standard pistol round instead of 9mm?

[PRGGodfather]

No, there isn't much likelihood given the number of entities, terminal ballistics realities, and inter-operability.

I guess they might call it the 11mm.

[Outrider]

The logistics of switching any NATO caliber make it difficult. In order to switch, there would have to be a perceived need to switch. In general, the handgun does not decide modern combat. With the proliferation of body armor, I can't honestly say that the .45 ACP is a game changer compared to the 9mm round for modern military applications.

[NCPatrolAR]

NATO switch to 45? Nope

[BAC]

Why should they?


-B

[TOrrock]

As others have stated, handguns are so low on the totem pole for a military, as well as the fact that for decades, Europeans were content to arm their militaries with .32 ACP handguns, and then stepped up to 9mm Para, that there is no reason for them to go to .45 ACP.

[ra2bach]

... With the proliferation of body armor, I can't honestly say that the .45 ACP is a game changer compared to the 9mm round for modern military applications.

what do you mean?

[Business_Casual]

what do you mean?

I assume he means that if a new caliber is adopted, it will have to have the ability to defeat soft body armor to even be considered.

Witness 5,7 as an example.

M_P

[JiMfraRED1911]

What do you think, will NATO ever go with .45 caliber as their standard pistol round instead of 9mm?

Hell no.

[BillBond]

What do you think, will NATO ever go with .45 caliber as their standard pistol round instead of 9mm?

Never will happen as it appears to me that the .45 is only popular in US.
The time for the US to cram it down our allies throat would have been in the 50's or maybe even the 60's.