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I think the whole 9mm pistol thing was done to appease NATO members who we forced to adopt first the 7.62mm and then the 5.56mm rifle cartridges.  Nobody in the military really fights with pistols as a primary weapon anyway, so the whole magazine capacity argument is a somewhat moot point.  The 1911s were worn out because many of them were over 50 years old, but they could easily have just bought more.  Which they're actually doing now, to my great amusement.