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Its first major contest to become a national military firearm took place in Brazil. Beretta won handily with the Model 92, building the Brazilian military Berettas at a factory it would later turn over to Forjas Taurus. But a much bigger contract was in the wind: after talking about adopting a 9mm pistol since the end of World War II, it appeared that the US Government was finally going to go ahead and do it. Reports Wilson, “ … in 1978 the House Appropriations Committee of the U.S. Congress issued a directive recommending to the Department of Defense that the time had come for a new service handgun.” He quoted Jeff Reh of Beretta, who would be deeply involved in the process, “The idea to purchase a new military sidearm was initiated by the House Appropriations Committee, where Chairman Joseph Addabbo’s staff conducted a study which verified that an unnecessary proliferation of different types of weapons and ammunition existed in the military stockpile. Addabbo’s staff recommended a reduction of the number of weapons in the inventory to ease maintenance burdens and eventually the recommendation was made that a new service sidearm be considered to replaced the venerable Colt Model 1911 .45 pistol.” ⁽⁶⁾