In January 2017 it was announced that SIG Sauer had won the highly competitive U.S. Military Modular Handgun System (MHS) contract to replace the Beretta M9 as the standard U.S. military sidearm. Only 3,000 of these pistols were returned to SIG Sauer for sale on the commercial market. The M17 is a variant of the SIG Sauer 320 modular pistol and integrates an ambidextrous thumb safety to the modular fire control unit. Features illuminated night sights, optics mounting point on the frame, and coyote brown metal and polymer finish. "M" size marked grip unit. The original shipping box is numbers matching and marked "UDM17-9-SURPLUS," containing two extra magazines, an extra recoil spring, cable lock, and papers.