Beretta 92F, Traveller application of same :-)

In TML nightly Volume 25 Issue 5 [email removed] writes:

>I would be interested to hear what you have heard about the Beretta 92F. I
>would guess that what you have heard is not favorable? But perhaps this is
>beyond the scope of a Traveller discussion...

I think I can fit this into a TML message :-).

Firstly, the 92F is parallel to Imperial a 10mm SNUB (well, more or less).

The primary problem with Traveller equipment (ALL equipment, except
vehicles and ships) is that there is only ONE version of everything.

The US army had a competition for its primary handgun. The 92F won over
the Sig Sauer by virtue of a cheaper maintenance and spare parts deal.
It was then found out that the slide cracks and flies off the pistol
after about 4000 rounds have been fired. The US army instructed the
users to have the slides replaced after 3000 rounds have been fired. The
a slide broke after 3200 rounds have been fired. The US army cut the
replacement ceiling to 2000 rounds. Finally, the ceiling stood on 1000
rounds to replacement. The aforementioned saving went out of the gub
barrel :-).

In addition, a "feature" of the 92F adds to the "maintenance"
misadventure - both sights are part of the slide. Break one - slide must
be replaced. Cheap, eh?

Now - in Traveller we only have "10mm Auto." What about a "Intellarms
S-56 10mm Auto with gyrostabilizer?" Or a "BendArCo 23dm double magazine
10mm?" Or "Causative XMH-242 8mm, gyrostab, integral bipod, laser
rangefinder and designator?"

All Traveller equipment is "Pop from box. Unlimited warranty. Breaks on
GM intervention ONLY." What about lemons?! Eh!?

Marc