Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Chapters: Beretta pistols, Beretta submachine guns, Beretta 92, Beretta M9, Beretta Px4 Storm, Beretta M12, Beretta Model 38, Beretta M 1951, Beretta 92G-SD/96G-SD, Beretta 8000, Beretta Cx4 Storm, Beretta 3032 Tomcat, Beretta Cheetah, List of Beretta 92 models, Beretta 90two, Beretta M 1934, Beretta BM59, Beretta 21A Bobcat, Beretta Rx4 Storm, Beretta 418, Beretta M 1935, Beretta 950 Jetfire, Beretta Xtrema 2, Beretta U22 Neos, Beretta 93R, Beretta 9000, Beretta AS70/90, Beretta DT-10, Beretta Model 1918, Beretta 1201FP, List of Beretta Mini Pistols. Excerpt: The Beretta 92 (also Beretta 96 and Beretta 98) is a series of semi-automatic pistols designed and manufactured by Beretta of Italy. The model 92 was designed in 1972 and production of many variants in different calibers continues today. The United States armed forces replaced the M1911 .45 ACP pistol in 1985 with the military spec Beretta 92F, the M9. Although only 5000 copies of the original design were manufactured from 1975 to 1976, the design is currently produced in four different configurations (FS, G, D and DS) and four calibers: The Beretta 92 pistol evolved from earlier Beretta designs, most notably the M1922 and M1951. From the M1922 comes the open slide design, while the alloy frame and locking block barrel (originally from Walther P38) were first used in the M1951. The grip angle and the front sight integrated with the slide were also common to earlier Beretta pistols. The Beretta 92 first appeared in 1975 and was designed by Carlo Beretta, Giuseppe Mazzetti and Vittorio Valle, all experienced firearms designers on the Beretta design team. About 5000 copies of the first design were manufactured from 1975 to 1976. In order to meet requirements of some law enforcement agencies, Beretta modified the Beretta 92 by adding a slide-mounted combined safety and decocking lever, replacing the frame mounted manual thumb safety. This resulted in the 92S which was adopted by several Italian law enforcement and military units. The later relocation of the magazine release button means these models (92 & 92S) cannot necessarily use later magazines, unless they have notches in both areas. The extremely rare 92SB, Initially called the 92S-1, was specifically designed for the USAF (US Air Force) trials (which it won), the model name officially adopted was the 92SB. It included the changes of the 92S, added a firing pin block (thus the addition of the "B" to the name), and relocated the magazine release catch from the bottom of the grip to the lower bottom of the trigger g
