The HK45 Compact Tactical builds on the tough, military lineage of the Heckler & Koch HK45 series of handguns to devise the ultimate operator's pistol. The HK45 pistol series (compact and full-size ...

The HK45 earned its reputation the slow, hard way—through years of duty use, training cycles, and real-world handling. It wasn’t designed to win a beauty contest or drive hype. It was built to survive ...

Key Point: Pistols like the HK45 could help the big-bore cartridge keep a place at the table of popular pistol calibers for decades to come. In the early 2000s, the U.S. Army pondered replacing stocks ...

Key point: It’s one of the easier pistols to shoot. In the early 2000s, the U.S. Army pondered replacing stocks of Beretta M9 service handguns with a new, more powerful handgun. The Pentagon cancelled ...