Its the army who ordered them and their not for combat purposes, The guns were ordered for the US army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command. The only thing I could think of logically would be for side arms for these guys while they are in Iraq, just a cheap piece that would do the trick for a defensive weapon if they had to protect themselves from insurgents in Iraq. You know the army they only buy the highest quality from the lowest bidder..... why buy 5,000 beretta M92's for 600 bucks per pistol when you can buy 5,000 ruger P-95's for under 400 bucks per pistol. Its not like the army is adopting the P-95 to replace their M9 (Beretta M92).
what it come down to is Ruger happened to have a gun good enough for the purpose with the right price. Doesnt mean that rugers are now better then everything else......