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=== Military and law enforcement === The M1911 served as the standard-issue [[Sidearm (weapon)|sidearm]] for the [[United States Armed Forces]] from 1911 to 1985.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vickersguide.com/purchase/1911-2nd-vol-1 | title=Vickers Guide: 1911, Volume 1 (Standard Edition) }}</ref> It was widely used in [[World War I]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.guns.com/news/2015/09/14/5-experimental-1911s-youve-probably-never-heard-of | title=5 Experimental 1911s you've probably never heard of |author-last1=Eger|author-first1=Chris|date=14 September 2015}}</ref> [[World War II]], the [[Korean War]] and the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Model 1911 in Vietnam |url=https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2020/9/11/the-model-1911-in-vietnam |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916055142/https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2020/9/11/the-model-1911-in-vietnam |archive-date=September 16, 2020 |access-date=2021-05-15 |website=[[American Rifleman]] |language=en}}</ref> It also has seen service in the [[Desert Storm]], [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]] and [[Operation Enduring Freedom]], albeit to a different extent.<ref name="Campbell" /> Many military and law enforcement organizations in the U.S. and other countries continue to use (often modified) M1911A1 pistols, notably [[Los Angeles Police Department]] [[SWAT]]., the [[FBI Hostage Rescue Team]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Us FBI Academy Handbook |publisher=International Business Publications |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-7397-3185-7 |page=17}}</ref> and [[Delta Force]].
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