SIG Sauer M17 Trophy Pistols: Why They Are a Really Rare Gun The competition is a famous and grueling event in which the winning team gets a pair of special sidearms. This year those were M17s rather than the old 1911s. First lieutenants Vince Paikowski and Alastair Keys, both from the 75th Ranger Regiment, each won a very special trophy. For this year’s U.S. Army Best Ranger Competition, New Hampshire based SIG Sauer created a pair of U.S. Army Best Ranger Competition M17 Trophy Pistols. The custom M17 pistols, which are based on the standard sidearm of the U.S. Army, were designed and built by SIG Custom Works earlier this year. In years past, the winning teams received Colt M1911-style pistols, which were presented in a ceremony at the end of the competition. This year, to reflect the change in the standard issued sidearm, the winners received the M17s.
Fort Benning names winners in âBest Rangerâ competition Winners announced in Fort Benningâs âBest Rangerâ competition By Jessie Gibson | April 20, 2021 at 8:35 AM EDT - Updated April 20 at 8:35 AM FORT BENNING, Ga. (WTVM) - Fort Benning hosted their âBest Rangerâ competition last week and now they finally have a winner. First Lieutenant Vince Paikowski and First Alastair Lieutenant Keys of the 75th Ranger Regiment were announced as the winner of this yearâs competition. It was Fort Benningâs 37th annual event. It was originally created in 1982 to salute the best two man team in the ranger department at fort benning.
Best Ranger Competition, the Army’s Super Bowl, Returns to Fort Benning Soldiers compete in the 2021 Best Ranger competition at Fort Benning, Georgia, on Friday, April 16, 2021. The three-day contest, considered among the Army s most grueling challenges, returned this year after the coronavirus pandemic forced its cancellations in 2020. (Corey Dickstein/Stars and Stripes) 20 Apr 2021 FORT BENNING, Ga. – For three nearly nonstop days, some of the Army’s most-skilled soldiers overcame a lack of sleep to tough out brutal obstacle courses, miles-long runs and marches, and weapons and tactics challenges as they moved some 75 miles across Fort Benning for a chance at the title of Best Ranger.
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