Just to clarify... The 5.7mm ammunition you can buy as a citizen is NOT what this weapon was designed to shoot. The Fiveseven was intended and designed to shoot a lighter, faster, steel cored bullet which gives some limited armor penetration. It was meant to provide a sidearm that can actually wound an enemy on the modern battlefield where body armor is common.

What you can buy on the public market has that plastic tip to promote bullet expansion, and is not considered armor penetrating. It's hilarious that the police were annoyed about this handgun because it would supposedly negate their soft armor; the actual armor penetrating 5.7mm isn't available to the public.