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The only reason military people carry handguns is so they can fight their way to a long gun.
When I was deployed in Viet Nam in 1969, the only weapon that the Army issued me was a 1911 .45 acp. I wasn't in a combat role, but I did travel a lot all over the III and IV Corps areas.
One of my Sergeants was great at scrounging, and it didn't take me very long to get a M-16.