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As this book is written, that lesson is being proven in Iraq and Afghanistan. While not universally issued to all personnel, the Beretta M9 pistol is dramatically present, strapped to the bodies of a greater percentage of American combat troops than in any conflict in collective modern memory.

The Model 951 did not set the pistol world on fire. It lacked what a marketing specialist might call “the hook,” a distinguishing feature to set it apart from the competition. There was not something it could do that the others couldn’t. It didn’t have the double-column, high-capacity magazine that had been seen as a desirable feature since the Browning High Power of 1935. It didn’t have the double-action of the Walther P-38. It didn’t have the raw, crushing power of the American Colt .45 automatic. Nor did it have the exquisite target pistol accuracy of the SIGs built at Neuhausen, Switzerland. There was, however, a target-model Beretta 51 that would be made for the Egyptian army called the Berhama, which would later be put into Beretta’s regular line as the 952 Special.