P226

P226 pistol type semi-automatic, Mechanically locked, recoil operated service handgun designed by the Swiss fire arm company SIG Sauer. This pistol's design is based on SIG's P220, but built to accept double stack magazines. Many different variants of P226 was made to chamber different calibre cartridge, most variants chambers the 9x19mm Parabellum, .40 S&W, .357 SIG and the .22 Long Rifle. During the service side arms trial of the US army in 1984, despite finishing the trial with satisfactory results, the armed forces chose the Beretta 92F for the military designation M9, however US taskforce Navy SEALs later procured the Mk25 model of P226 and made it their long-term service side arm until 2015. Aside from the SEALs, P226 variants are in service in many policing units all around the world.