Not being political here. I just learned that after almost sixty years of going with the Browning High Power the British Army is switching over to the Glock 17. Interesting. It isn't a huge purchase. I believe it's 25,000 handguns plus the magazines, holsters etc. Anyway the BHP had been in the Brit's inventory for a long time. Not changing calibers of course, but I thought some might find this interesting. Once again this time I'm not involving politics.

They said one of the big selling points was that the soldiers can safely carry one in the chamber, pull it out of the holster and start to shoot it without having to hit a safety lever or rack the slide. Evidently they've had some unpleasent experiences in Afghanistan