M9 pistol

M9 Beretta Pistol

The M9 Beretta Pistol is a hand gun produced on Earth used by various nations armed forces and by the teams of Stargate Command. The weapon has been used by various teams as a secondary sidearm on 'normal' missions were the need for defense is greater than the need for capture, like all Tau'ri projectile weaponry. Curiosly, while teams operating out of Stargate Command are seen usually armed with the Zat gun instead of the Beretta do to it's versatility and unlimited ammo, the teams in Atlantis, especially Shepard, use the hand gun more frequently. Which is interesting, concidering the limited resourses of the Atlantis base, the limit of ammunition, and the fact that the enemy that Atlantis recon teams are most likely to face, the Wraith, have healing abilities that take a considerable amount of damage before sucuming to their wounds. In one instance it took Shepard two clips just to kill one Wraith, although he did so in a slow manner, giving the prisoner a limited amount of time to heal from his woulds before his death. Regardless, other than the weapons effectivness in the Milky Way, the mystery of why the Atlantis Expedition mostly uses the Beretta, despite it's ineffectiveness is unknown.