Rumor: Berettas jammed epidemically in the sandy environment of the Gulf War. Inside story: By all accounts from military armorers and instructors, the Berettas stood up as well as any small arms to the Gulf environments, and better than most. Think about it: This is the pistol that the Israelis, the acknowledged masters of modern desert warfare, use extensively themselves.
A rumor spread in part by COL (Ret.) David Hackworth (God rest his soul).
