Colt OHWS
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The Colt OHWS (Colt SOCOM) was a pistol manufactured by the Colt firearm company.
Colt designed the gun for the USSOCOM Offensive Handgun Weapon System competition. If accepted, the Colt OHWS would have become the standard-issue handgun for most US special forces groups. However, at the end of the competition, the OHWS contract was awarded to Heckler & Koch for their MK23 Mod 0 pistol, and the Colt project was scrapped.
The Colt OHWS was based on the M1911 frame and carried a single-stack 10-round magazine. The handgun was designed to carry a removable sound suppressor and a laser aiming module (LAM).
The handgun was chambered for the powerful .45ACP caliber round.
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