Question for soldiers: why doesn't the .mil let you carry a personal pistol?

[CPM]

Because outside of Kassel, no one uses their pistol. I would have been fine with a single round for mine.

[Diamondback]

I wonder if that slide deck mentions that I got real nauseous and nearly puked when my adrenaline high subsided? I was a 23 year old 1LT. Only time I ever took a small arms hit to my body in all the other more interesting engagements over the years. Still have the scar on that right thumb.

The important thing is that you still HAVE the right thumb for the scar to be on.

[Averageman]

The important thing is that you still HAVE the right thumb for the scar to be on.

My Dad had a friend from the service that got his trigger finger shot off between the first and second joint. Didn't even apparently slow him down.

I lost a finger tip and about went in to shock.
I looked at my finger, I could deal with that, but my crotch was covered with blood.
I did a quick inventory with my uninjured hand and all was well. I sat down and took a deep breath and found the tip of my finger on the turret flow and unassed the Tank with my finger in my pocket.
That was about 40 + years ago, still works fine.

[AndyLate]

Or the military contractors would be unhappy and the loss of revenue and cut their lobby dollars to the politicians.

Why would allowing soldiers to carry privately owned pistols matter to Beretta or Sig?

Andy

[chuckman]

My Dad had a friend from the service that got his trigger finger shot off between the first and second joint. Didn't even apparently slow him down.

I lost a finger tip and about went in to shock.
I looked at my finger, I could deal with that, but my crotch was covered with blood.
I did a quick inventory with my uninjured hand and all was well. I sat down and took a deep breath and found the tip of my finger on the turret flow and unassed the Tank with my finger in my pocket.
That was about 40 + years ago, still works fine.

I had Marines with fingers blown off; they never got out of the fight. When they were evac'd, many of them ended coming back a good while later after having surgery, sometimes with only two fingers. But they could do the job.