i think your right a soldier has a m16 for a reason the only thing the handgun is for is close combat it is a secondary gun to me the 9mm is lighter has more ammo but has a little less power a hole on the lung or brain is a hole never the less also what are there chance of either going through armer
ORIGINAL: Briman
True that, but there's a reason why soldiers are issued rifles to fight with rather than pistols. When it comes right down to it, there isn't a whole lot of difference between a .45, 40 S&W, or 9mm. The differences between them is far smaller than the differences between any one and the 556.