This double-action pistol with 9 mm (0.35") Parabellum caliber was declared regulation in 2002, along with the German Heckler & Koch USP and the Swiss-German Sig Sauer SP-2009. However, its widest distribution within the corps took place a decade later, although certain specialist units were issued other models of pistol.
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