LanCay P.I. Prototype M9s

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Carlo: Yesterday I also read the M9 commentary in Gary Cunningham's book. I was under the impression if a production contract was awarded by the government, a manufacturer would receive the specified amount or unit cost per item in the award until completed. From what Gary wrote, the LanCay webbing system, though lacking a stone flap, may have been considered product improved over the original Phrobis system. He mentions LanCay was able to reduce the cost of producing the bayonet with nearly every change in the design, & it looked like the U.S. Government was the one to benefit by the reduced production costs rather than LanCay. Perhaps the unit price reductions would not be realized until another contract or extension to the existing one was authorized by the government; the cost to produce the bayonet in the then current pattern being less than before.