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{{Short description|Swiss-German semi-automatic pistol}}
{{Infobox weapon
| name               = SIG Sauer P226
| image              = File:SIG Sauer P226 neu.jpg
| image_size         = 300
| caption            = 
| origin             = [[West Germany]]<br>[[Switzerland]]
| type               = [[Semi-automatic pistol]]
<!-- Type selection -->| is_ranged          = yes
<!-- Service history -->| service            = 1985–present
| used_by            = See [[#Users|''Users'']]
| wars               = <!-- Production history -->
| designer           = 
| design_date        = 1980–1983
| manufacturer       = [[SIG Sauer]]
| unit_cost          = 
| production_date    = 1984–present
| number             = 
| variants           = See [[#Variants|''Variants'']]
<!-- General specifications -->| spec_label         = 
| weight             = {{convert|964|g|oz|abbr=on}} (w/ magazine)<ref name="SSP226">{{cite web
 |title       = Products & Services - SIG SAUER (P226)
 |url         = http://www.sigsauer.com/products/ShowCatalogProductDetails.aspx?categoryid=7&productid=90
 |publisher   = SIG Sauer
 |access-date  = 2011-02-28
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100410110654/http://www.sigsauer.com/products/ShowCatalogProductDetails.aspx?categoryid=7&productid=90
 |archive-date = 2010-04-10
}}</ref>
| length             = {{convert|196|mm|in|abbr=on}}
| part_length        = {{convert|112|mm|in|abbr=on}}
| width              = 38.1 mm (1.5 in)<ref name=SSP226/>
| height             = {{convert|140|mm|in|abbr=on}}<ref name=SSP226/>
<!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->| cartridge          = * [[9×19mm Parabellum]]
* [[7.65mm Parabellum]]
* [[9×21mm IMI]]
* [[.357 SIG]]
* [[.40 S&W]]
* [[.22 Long Rifle]] (Classic 22 model only)
| action             = Mechanically locked, [[Recoil operation#Short recoil operation|recoil operated]] ([[DA/SA]], DAK (double action Kellerman), or [[Double action only|DAO]]), or SAO
| rate               = 
| velocity           = 
| range              = 
| max_range          = 
| feed               = {{Plain list|
* 10-, 12-, 13-, or 15-round [[Magazine (firearms)#Box|magazine]] (.40 S&W, .357 SIG)
* 10-, 15-, 17-, 18-, or 20-round magazine (9×19mm Parabellum, 9×21mm IMI)
* 10-round polymer magazine (Classic 22 only)
}}
| sights             = [[Iron sight]]s
}}

The '''SIG Sauer P226''' is a full-sized service pistol made by [[SIG Sauer]]. This model is available in four chamberings: the [[9×19mm Parabellum]], [[.40 S&W]], [[.357 SIG]], or [[.22 Long Rifle]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=McNab |first=Chris |title=Weapons of the US Special Operations Command |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] |year=2019 |isbn=978-1472833099 |page=9 |language=en}}</ref> It has the same mechanism of operation as the [[SIG Sauer P220]], but is developed to use higher capacity, double stack magazines in place of the single stack magazines of the P220.

The P226 itself has spawned further sub-variants; the [[#P228 (M11)|P228]] and [[#P229|P229]] are both compact versions of the double stack P226 design, while the [[#P224|P224]] is a subcompact variant. The SIG Sauer P226 and its variants are in service with numerous law enforcement and military organizations worldwide.<ref name="valpolini2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.armadainternational.com/09-6/article-full_09_6_Combat_Pistols.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313041809/http://armadainternational.com/09-6/article-full_09_6_combat_pistols.pdf |title=There Are Two Types of Men in This World... |archive-date=2016-03-13 |author=Valpolini, Paolo |date=June 2009 |publisher=Armada International |access-date=2010-02-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
{{Further|Sauer & Sohn}}[[Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft]] ('''SIG''') is a Swiss company, now known as Sig Sauer AG.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zefix – Central Business Name Index |url=https://www.zefix.ch/en/search/entity/list/firm/536506?name=SIG%20SAUER%20AG&searchType=exact |access-date=2020-01-25 |website=www.zefix.ch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Über uns |url=https://www.sigsauer.swiss/de/ueber-uns.php |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=www.sigsauer.swiss}}</ref> In 1975, SIG entered into an agreement with German gun manufacturer  [[Sauer & Sohn|J.P. Sauer & Sohn]] to develop and market a new handgun which became the P220. The P220 was the first SIG Sauer handgun sold in the US.  It was marketed initially by Browning as the '''Browning BDA'''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ayoob |first=Massad |date=2012-11-26 |title=Sig Sauer P220 |url=https://www.athlonoutdoors.com/article/sig-sauer-p220/ |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Athlon Outdoors |language=en-US}}</ref> The SIG Sauer P220 is a refinement of the Petter-Browning design used in the SIG P210. The locked breech design is very different and was pioneered by SIG Sauer.

The P226 was designed for entry into the XM9 Service Pistol Trials (see also [[Joint Service Small Arms Program]]) that were held by the [[United States Army|US Army]] in 1984 on behalf of the [[United States Armed Forces|US Armed Forces]] to find a replacement for the [[M1911 Colt pistol|M1911A1]] and 24 other makes of handgun in US military service. Only the [[Beretta 92]]SBF and the SIG P226 satisfactorily completed the trials.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.berettaweb.com/92%20Successo/Beretta%2092%20a%20global%20success.htm|title=Beretta Success in winning the XM9 competition.|access-date=2016-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709123449/http://www.berettaweb.com/92%20Successo/Beretta%2092%20a%20global%20success.htm|archive-date=2016-07-09|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ayoob |first=Massad |title=The Gun Digest Book of Sig-Sauer: A Complete Look At Sig-Sauer Pistols |publisher=Gun Digest Books |year=2004 |isbn=978-0873497558 |edition=1st |pages=31–42 |language=en}}</ref> According to a [[Government Accountability Office|GAO]] report, Beretta was awarded the M9 contract for the 92F due to a lower total package price.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PISTOL PROCUREMENT - Allegations on Amy Selection of Beretta 9-mm. as DOD Standard Sidearm |url=https://www.gao.gov/assets/nsiad-86-122.pdf |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=gao.gov}}</ref> The P226 cost less per pistol than the 92F, but SIG's package price with magazines and spare parts was higher than Beretta's. The [[Navy SEALs]], however, later chose to adopt the P226 as the P226 MK25 with special corrosion protection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sofrep.com/navy-seals/weapons-gear/|title=Army Rangers - Weapons - Guns - Gear - Spec Ops - SOFREP|access-date=2015-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626164350/http://sofrep.com/navy-seals/weapons-gear/|archive-date=2015-06-26|url-status=live}}</ref>

For the U.S. military XM9 trials, the P226 was imported by [[SACO Defense|Saco Defense]]. [[Interarms]] took over importing when the pistol was introduced for civilian sales. SIG Sauer eventually founded SIGARMS, Inc. (now SIG Sauer) in the United States to handle importation of their products. In 2000, SIG Holding AG sold J.P. Sauer & Sohn GmbH to two German businessmen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sigsauer.de/ |title=Sauer: Intro |publisher=Sigsauer.de |access-date=2011-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226035130/http://www.sigsauer.de/ |archive-date=2012-02-26 |url-status=live }}</ref> The brand name SIG Sauer remained at J.P. Sauer & Sohn GmbH.

[[File:SIG P226 IMG 3053-labels.jpg|thumb|right|Detail of the controls and parts: 1. Ejection port/locking lug, 2. Rear [[Iron sight|sights]], 3. [[Hammer (firearm)|Hammer]], 4. Takedown lever, 5. [[Decocker]], 6. [[Slide stop]], 7. [[Trigger (firearms)|Trigger]], 8. [[Magazine release]].]]

==Manufacture==
[[File:PC-9_Zoaf_-_transparent_bg.png|thumb|PC-9 ZOAF, the Iranian clone of the P226.]]
[[SIG Sauer]] firearms are manufactured in [[Eckernförde]], Germany by Sig Sauer, [[Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung|GmbH]] and in [[Newington, New Hampshire]], [[United States]] by SIG Sauer Inc., (formerly SIGARMS Inc.).  Both of these companies along with Swiss Arms AG, [[Mauser|Mauser Jagdwaffen GmbH]], [[J.P. Sauer & Sohn]], [[John Rigby & Company]], [[German Sport Guns GmbH]] and [[Blaser|Blaser Jagdwaffen Gmbh]] are subsidiaries of Luke and Ortmeier Gruppe of Emsdetten, Germany.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sensation: Lüke Group takes over majority shares at GSG|url=https://www.all4shooters.com/en/Shooting/pistols/GSG-new-management/|website=All 4 Shooters.com|date=3 June 2013 |access-date=13 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114021200/https://www.all4shooters.com/en/Shooting/pistols/GSG-new-management/|archive-date=14 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

Copies of the P226 are produced in China by [[Norinco]], under the name of NP22.<ref name="Armsrock">{{Cite web|url=http://www.armsrock.com/article/401|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615003907/http://www.armsrock.com/article/401|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 15, 2020|title=从经典到新品，第九届警用装备展上的国产手枪}}</ref> These were subcontracted to the Zhejiang Xinhua Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (浙江省机电集团),<ref>{{Cite web | title=军事丨国产新型9毫米手枪，已被部分警察采用，工艺堪称完美-今日头条 | url=https://www.toutiao.com/article/6834131123056935438/?log_from=d12627292719e8_1706077924171 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124064012/https://www.toutiao.com/article/6834131123056935438/?log_from=d12627292719e8_1706077924171 | access-date=2024-12-29 | archive-date=2024-01-24}}</ref> known as State Factory 972<ref name="Armsrock"/> or known as the Xinhua Factory. Subsequent manufacturing improved on its ability to withstand failure after more than 10,000 rounds are fired.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.toutiao.com/article/6834131123056935438?wid=1706078221795 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124063701/https://www.toutiao.com/article/6834131123056935438?wid=1706078221795 | archive-date=2024-01-24 | title=军事丨国产新型9毫米手枪，已被部分警察采用，工艺堪称完美-今日头条 }}</ref>

The variants consist of the NP22, NP22A, NP34, NP56 and the NP58.<ref name="NP22">{{Cite web|url=http://pewpewpew.work/china/handgun/np22/np22.htm|title = Np22/34/56/58、Lp3/Lp4、Px3型手枪 ——〖枪炮世界〗}}</ref> The SDM XM9 is a variant of the NP22 chambered in 9×21mm for countries that don't allow any pistol calibers that are only for the military and police.<ref name="NP22"/> The LP3 and LP4 are versions of the NP22 and NP34 with manual safeties on the slide.<ref name="NP22"/> The NP762 is chambered to fire 7.62×25mm bullets, which were exported in 2019.<ref name="NP22"/> They were first made by Xinhua in 1999 and were known then as the NP2000 for potential contracts in China for the PLA and various law enforcement agencies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mil.news.sina.com.cn/p/2008-08-28/1005518676.html|title = 详解国产Np2000手枪：曾参与我军92式项目竞标_新浪军事_新浪网}}</ref>

The ZOAF is a clone of the P226 made in [[Iran]].{{sfnp|Thompson|2020|p=63}}

==Variants==
===P226 Navy===
[[File:SIGSAUER MK25 AND SUREFIREX300ULTRA.jpg|thumb|A P226 Mk25 model featuring the UID barcode, Silver Anchor and a [[SureFire|Surefire]] X300 Ultra weapon light mounted on the [[Picatinny rail]].]]
U.S. Navy SEAL teams started using the SIG P226 in the 1980s, after German [[Kampfschwimmer]] tested them successfully. In 1989, the P226 was adopted by the U.S. Navy SEALs and DEVGRU under the name '''Mk25 Mod 0'''.<ref name="P226namedMk25">{{cite web |title=P226 MK25 FULL-SIZE |url=https://www.sigsauer.com/p226-mk25-full-size.html |website=Sig Sauer |access-date=18 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424161610/https://www.sigsauer.com/p226-mk25-full-size.html |archive-date=24 April 2022}}</ref>

The first [[United States Naval Special Warfare Command|Naval Special Warfare]] inspired P226 pistols to be offered to the public were the NSW Commemoratives, issued in early 2004. The SIG P226-9-NAVY is a version of the SIG P226 produced that features a stainless steel slide engraved with an anchor to designate them as Naval Special Warfare pistols. SIGARMS raised  $100,000 for the [[Special Operations Warrior Foundation]] through the sale of these NSW serialized pistols. The pistol with the serial number NSW0001 was sold during a live auction on the US-wide syndicated [[Laura Ingraham]] radio show for an additional $25,000. Later produced commercial versions added a universal rail for accessory attachments while retaining the anchor of previous models, but do not have the SIGLITE Night Sights.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3197/is_9_50/ai_n15654797 |work=Shooting Industry |title=Sigarms donates $100,000 to foundation |year=2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111041001/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3197/is_9_50/ai_n15654797 |archive-date=2008-01-11 }}</ref>

===P226 E2===
[[Image:SIG Sauer P226 E2 - 10rd Magazine.jpg|thumb|SIG Sauer P226 E2. Note magazine capacity in this picture is capped at 10 rounds.]]
Introduced at the 2010 [[SHOT Show]], the '''P226 E2''' at the time was a significant update to the P226 line. 'E2' (pronounced 'E-squared'), or otherwise known as "Enhanced Ergonomics", is SIG Sauer's attempt to make the large frame gun more ergonomic for persons with small and medium-sized hands. A reduced grip size and reduced reach trigger bring the trigger face back more than {{convert|13|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}}, thus potentially allowing better trigger manipulation and control for a greater number of shooters. Other standard features include the Short Reset Trigger, aggressive grip finish texture, and a new wrap-around, one-piece grip panel configuration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gunsholstersandgear.com/2010/08/31/sig-sauer-p226-e2-review/|title=SIG Sauer P226 E2 Review|publisher=gunsholstersandgear.com|access-date=2010-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916054244/http://www.gunsholstersandgear.com/2010/08/31/sig-sauer-p226-e2-review/|archive-date=2010-09-16|url-status=live}}</ref> The gun was discontinued from the P226 model lineup at the end of 2010 but the E2-style grip system has been adopted on and carried over to other P226 variants.

===P228 (M11)===
{{Infobox weapon
| name               = SIG P228 & P229
| image              = M11 Pistol (7414627234).jpg
| image_size         = 300
| caption            = SIG Sauer P228/M11
| origin             = Germany<br /> Switzerland
| type               = [[Semi-automatic self-loading pistol|Semi-automatic pistol]]
<!-- Type selection -->| is_ranged          = yes
<!-- Service history -->| service            = 1989–present
| used_by            = See ''[[#Users|Users]]''
| design_date        = 1989
| wars               = <!-- Production history -->
| designer           = 
| manufacturer       = [[SIG Sauer]]
| production_date    = 1989–present
| number             = 
| variants           = See ''[[#Variants|Variants]]''
<!-- General specifications -->| weight             = {{convert|825|g|oz|abbr=on}} (P228)<br />{{convert|905|g|oz|abbr=on}} (P229)
| length             = {{convert|180|mm|in|abbr=on}}
| part_length        = {{convert|99|mm|in|abbr=on}}
| width              = {{convert|38|mm|in|abbr=on}}<ref name="sig229prodpage">{{cite web |url=http://www.sigsauer.com/Products/ShowCatalogProductDetails.aspx?categoryid=8&productid=63 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012231009/http://www.sigsauer.com/Products/ShowCatalogProductDetails.aspx?categoryid=8&productid=63 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-10-12 |title=P229 |work=Products and Services |publisher=SIG Sauer |access-date=2010-12-17 }}</ref>
| height             = {{convert|137|mm|in|abbr=on}}<ref name="sig229prodpage" />
<!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->| cartridge          = [[9×19mm Parabellum]] (P228 & P229)<br />[[.40 S&W]], [[.357 SIG]] (P229 only)
| caliber            = 
| action             = mechanically locked, [[Recoil operation#Short recoil operation|recoil operated]] ([[DA/SA]] or [[Double action only|DAO]])
| rate               = 
| velocity           = 
| range              = 
| max_range          = 
| feed               = * 9×19: 10-round, 13-round, or 15-round [[box magazine]]
* .40 S&W and .357 SIG: 12-round magazine
| sights             = [[Iron sight]]s
}}

[[File:US Navy 100201-N-1291E-055 9mm pistol training at a military shooting range in Bahrain.jpg|thumb|left|U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal range practice]]
A compact version of the P226, the '''P228''' was introduced in 1988.<Ref>{{cite web|url=https://gunmagwarehouse.com/blog/the-sig-p228-its-an-oldie-but-goodie/|title=The Sig P228 — It’s An Oldie But Goodie!|date=2020-07-02|author=Jim Davis|publisher=Gun Mag Warehouse}}</ref> It is in use with various law enforcement agencies and also with the [[United States Armed Forces]], where it is designated as the '''M11'''.<ref name="sigsauerm11"/> The P228 has a shorter slide and barrel than the P226. Unlike the P226, the P228 is available only in [[9×19mm Parabellum]] with a 13-round magazine, but can also use P226 15- or 20-round magazines. Aftermarket magazines extend the capacity of the P228 to 15 rounds.

From a distance, the P228 can be differentiated from the P226 by comparing the [[trigger guard]]s (the P228's is curved, while the P226's is slightly hooked) and the barrel and slide lengths (the P228's barrel {{convert|99|mm|in|abbr=on}}, thus having a corresponding shorter slide). Also in a side-by-side comparison the P228 would appear slightly shorter ({{convert|15|mm|in|abbr=on}} shorter) than the P226. The larger capacity P226 magazine can also be employed in the P228 although it extends from the base of the grip. Civilian sales of the P228 were discontinued with the introduction of 9mm chambering in the [[SIG P226#P229|P229]] but were recently reintroduced in limited quantities to civilians with an [[Rail Integration System|accessory rail]] and hooked trigger guard, designated the P228R.

The P229 is nearly identical to the P228, however its slide is made from milled [[stainless steel]] (versus the P228's folded [[carbon steel]] slide) and is available in [[9×19mm Parabellum|9mm]], [[.40 S&W]], and [[.357 SIG]].  In the summer of 2012, SIG Sauer announced they were releasing the M11A1, which is essentially the milled-slide P229 chambered in 9mm with P228-labeled grips, a short reset trigger, SIGLITE [[tritium night sight]]s, Mec-Gar 15-round magazines, and a military style smart tag and serial number. Later in 2012, U.S. Air Force M11b versions of the P228 were released for civilian sale. The M11 is to be replaced in the Army and Air Force through the [[Modular Handgun System]] program.<ref>[http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130723/NEWS04/307230008/Testing-M9-replacement-start-next-year Testing of M9 replacement to start next year] - Armytimes.com, 23 July 2013</ref>
On January 19, 2017, it was announced that the [[SIG Sauer P320#Variants|SIG Sauer P320 Compact (M18)]] had been selected to replace the M11 as the U.S military service pistol. One factor in winning the Modular Handgun System competition was the ability to employ 9mm Parabellum, .357 Sig or .40 S&W cartridges within the same basic frame.{{cit|date=July 2025}}

===P229===
Introduced in 1992, the '''P229''' is an upgrade to the P228 being an identical compact [[firearm]] often used for duty or [[concealed carry in the United States|concealed carry]] purposes. Developed specifically for the US market and assembled with both German and US-made parts, the P229 features a heavier slide to tolerate more powerful rounds than the P228 is capable of tolerating. The standard version features a DA/SA trigger. The pistol has also been made available in a  [[Double Action Kellerman]] (DAK) model, which is a DAO system with two trigger reset points, and a lighter, smoother pull than that of traditional DAO handguns. Most of the above-mentioned factory variants of the P226 are also available for the P229, including the Equinox option, Elite lineup, as well as a SAS GEN 2 model.

The P229 differs from its cousin the P226 in several respects, and was originally introduced to supplement and then replace the P228 by adding the .357 SIG and .40 S&W as available chamberings.  The P229 was the first production handgun introduced that could chamber the [[.357 SIG]] round.<ref name="shootingillustrated357sig">{{cite web |url=http://www.shootingillustrated.com/index.php/6999/357-sig/ |title=.357 Sig&#124;Shooting Illustrated |author=Wiley Clapp |publisher=Shooting Illustrated |date=2011-03-09 |access-date=2012-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102115535/http://www.shootingillustrated.com/index.php/6999/357-sig/ |archive-date=2013-11-02 |url-status=live }}</ref> The P226 and P228 were originally manufactured using a stamped-steel slide on an aluminum alloy frame. The P229 consists of a CNC-milled stainless steel slide, typically colored black with a [[Ferritic nitrocarburizing|Nitron]] finish.  The P229's milled steel slide was introduced to handle the higher slide velocities created by the .357 SIG and .40 S&W loads, which the stamped slide of the P228 could not handle without the use of a much stiffer recoil spring. This would have made operating the slide manually much more difficult, so the use of a milled stainless slide (coupled with the new milling and stainless production capabilities found in the U.S. factory) with a standard weight recoil spring was chosen instead.

A standard weight recoil spring for the P229 is {{convert|71|N|lb-f|abbr=on}}. A spring weight of {{convert|89|N|lb-f|abbr=on}} or higher would have been required if a stamped slide was used for the .40 S&W or .357 SIG chamberings.  The SAAMI maximum chamber pressures of 9mm, 9mm +P, .40 S&W, and .357 SIG are as follows: {{convert|35000|psi|MPa|order=flip|abbr=on}}; {{convert|38500|psi|MPa|order=flip|abbr=on}}; {{convert|35000|psi|MPa|order=flip|abbr=on}}; and {{convert|40000|psi|MPa|order=flip|abbr=on}}. The slide on the P226 was redesigned in a similar fashion, and civilian sales of the P228 were discontinued in early 2005 due to declining sales and the advent of the P229 in 9mm.  The P226 and P229 are both available with optional accessory rails and optional forged stainless steel frames.

The P229 can be chambered in .22 LR, [[9×19mm Parabellum|9mm]], [[.40 S&W]] or [[.357 SIG]]. Changing between [[.40 S&W]] and [[.357 SIG]] is as simple as switching out the barrel; both calibers use the same magazine. Conversion barrels also allow a P229 or P226 to change between a .40 S&W/.357 SIG to a 9mm caliber.  The [[9mm]] model (both railed and non-railed) can be converted to .22 LR, but in the past its receivers were not designed to provide the space needed for handling the larger rounds of .357 SIG and .40 S&W. As SIG Sauer has slowly begun adopting the E2-style grip system across the P229 model range in 2011—a move similar to what is also happening to the larger P226—they have also begun using the .357 SIG/.40 S&W spec frame dimensions for their factory 9mm P229s, presumably to streamline the number of variations in parts needed to be kept in inventory. Although the manufacturer has announced that older-configuration magazines will continue to operate in the new receiver configuration, SIG Sauer has nonetheless revised new P229 9mm factory magazines to a design that is specific to the resized magazine well of the newly reconfigured receiver/frame.  As a consequence, the newer magazines are not back-compatible, due to their larger width.

===P224===
The '''P224''' is a subcompact variant of the series. It has a barrel length of {{convert|3.5|in|cm}} and an unloaded weight of {{convert|29|oz}}.<ref name=Scarlata/> It has a 12-round capacity when chambered in 9mm; it is also available in .357 SIG and .40 S&W.<ref name=Scarlata>{{cite web |url=https://www.policemag.com/341214/sig-sauer-p224-da-sa-subcompact-pistol |title=SIG Sauer P224 DA/SA Subcompact Pistol |first=Paul |last=Scarlata |website=policemag.com |date=October 16, 2014 |access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref> The P224 was introduced in 2012 as double-action only (DAO); it was reintroduced in 2013 as double action / single action (DA/SA) with a [[Decocker|decocking lever]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gunsandammo.com/editorial/introducing-the-sig-sauer-p224-da-sa/249973 |title=Introducing the SIG Sauer P224 DA/SA |website=gunsandammo.com |date=January 22, 2013 |access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref> The P224 was discontinued in 2016.

==Users==
[[File:SIG Sauer P226 Users.png|thumb|Map with SIG Sauer P226 users in blue]]<!--READ FIRST: This section is for cited entries only. Please do not add entries into this list without a citation from a reliable source. All entries without a citation will be removed. Thank you.-->

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Country
! Organization Name
! Model
! Reference
|-
| rowspan="4" |{{flagu|Canada}}
| [[Canadian Special Operations Forces Command|Canadian Special Forces]] ([[Joint Task Force 2]])
| style="text-align:center;" | P226
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="valpolini2009" />
|-
| [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] (Emergency Response Team)
| style="text-align:center;" | P226
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Military/police+handgun+cartridges+of+Canada-a0207349479 |title=Military: police handgun cartridges of Canada |first=Paul |last=Scarlata |date=1 September 2009 |work=The Free Library |access-date=2010-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022061344/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Military/police+handgun+cartridges+of+Canada-a0207349479 |archive-date=22 October 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Royal Newfoundland Constabulary]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rnca.ca/%5Clib%5Cfiles%5C2004114-14415-32%5CMinutes%20of%20Executive%20Meeting%20December%2013,%202004.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807043348/http://www.rnca.ca/%5Clib%5Cfiles%5C2004114-14415-32%5CMinutes%20of%20Executive%20Meeting%20December%2013,%202004.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 7, 2011 |title=Minutes of executive meeting |date=December 2004 |publisher=RNC Association |page=3 |access-date=January 16, 2011 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Vancouver Police Department]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediareleases.vpd.ca/2012/05/24/missing-police-firearm/|title=Missing Police Firearm|date=May 24, 2012|publisher=[[Vancouver Police Department]]|access-date=May 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102112704/http://mediareleases.vpd.ca/2012/05/24/missing-police-firearm/|archive-date=November 2, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|{{flagu|China}}
| [[Hubei]] province [[SWAT]]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | NP22
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.cnhubei.com/xw/hb/xy/201608/t3683443_mob.shtml |title=襄阳特警配发拐弯枪等一批高精尖装备(图) |language=zh |date=2016-08-19 |access-date=2019-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102193508/http://news.cnhubei.com/xw/hb/xy/201608/t3683443_mob.shtml |archive-date=2019-01-02 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{Ill|Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau|zh|天津市公安局}} SWAT
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-18 |title=讲武谈兵｜从天津公安接收的新装备来看我国警用枪械发展 |url=https://m.thepaper.cn/wifiKey_detail.jsp?contid=3939286&from=wifiKey# |website=The Paper}}</ref>
|-
||{{flagu|Colombia}}
| [[Colombian National Police]]
| style="text-align:center;" | SP2022
| style="text-align:center;" | Standard side weapon of the Colombian Police, replaced the [[.38 S&W]] caliber weapons in service since 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.infodefensa.com/latam/2016/07/04/opinion-construccionborradorlos-servicio-pistola-sauer-sp2022-policia-colombiana.php |language=es |date=2016-04-07 |title=La SIG Sauer SP2022 de la Policía colombiana, diez años después - Opinión Infodefensa América |access-date=2019-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417152138/https://www.infodefensa.com/latam/2016/07/04/opinion-construccionborradorlos-servicio-pistola-sauer-sp2022-policia-colombiana.php |archive-date=2019-04-17 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.ecsbdefesa.com.br/defesa/fts/SP2022.pdf | title=SIG SAUER SP 2022, Pistola de reglamento de la policia nacional de Colombia | language=es | trans-title=SIG SAUER SP 2022, Colombian National Police Regulation Pistol | access-date=2019-04-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126080723/http://www.ecsbdefesa.com.br/defesa/fts/SP2022.pdf | archive-date=2013-11-26 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-14370458 |title=Compra de pistolas Sig Sauer, a debate en Alemania y Colombia |date=11 August 2014 |access-date=2019-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428203101/https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-14370458 |archive-date=2019-04-28 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
||{{flagu|El Salvador}}
| [[National Civil Police (El Salvador)|National Civil Police of El Salvador]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P228
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Infantry Weapons of the Salvadoran Forces|magazine=Small Arms Review|volume=3|issue=8|date=May 2000|first=Julio A.|last=Montes|url=http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=3006|access-date=2019-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119230730/http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=3006|archive-date=2019-01-19|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|Egyptian Paratroopers, Navy Special Forces and [[Sa'ka Forces]]
[[Unit 777]]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" |
|-
||{{flagu|Finland}}
| [[Finnish Army]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="valpolini2009" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{flagu|France}}
| ''[[National Gendarmerie Intervention Group]]'' (GIGN), The Tactical Squad of [[French Gendarmerie]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226, P228
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gign.org/groupe-intervention/?page_id=1197|title=GIGN.ORG » PISTOLETS|access-date=24 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019175635/http://www.gign.org/groupe-intervention/?page_id=1197|archive-date=19 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|''Escouade de contre-terrorisme et de libération d'otages'' (ECTLO), counter-terrorist and hostages rescue squad of [[French Navy]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://le.cos.free.fr/ectlo.htm|title=ECTLO - Escouade de Contre Terrorisme et de Libération d'otages|access-date=24 November 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208054011/http://le.cos.free.fr/ectlo.htm|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagu|Georgia}}
| Used by [[Georgian Police]] and [[Georgian Special Forces]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://geo-army.ge/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=9&lang=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309192408/http://geo-army.ge/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=9&lang=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 March 2012|title=Armament of the Georgian Army|date=9 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagu|Germany}}
| [[Special Deployment Commando|Spezialeinsatzkommando]]s (SEKs) of the police, and the [[Federal Criminal Police Office (Germany)|Federal Criminal Police Office]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226, P229
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://dienstwaffen.di.funpic.de/herstellersasi/sigsauer/5119799b3a0d9fb07.html|title=P226|publisher=Dienstwaffen.di.funpic.de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103223528/http://dienstwaffen.di.funpic.de/herstellersasi/sigsauer/5119799b3a0d9fb07.html|archive-date=2013-11-03|access-date=2011-08-06}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagu|Greece}}
| [[Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (Greece)|EKAM]] counter-terrorist unit of the [[Hellenic Police]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P229
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="astymonia2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.astynomia.gr/images/stories/DOCS/Attachment11480_ENHMEROTIKO_EKAM_ENGL.pdf |title=Greece Ministry of Public Order Press Office: Special Anti-Terrorist Unit |date=July 2004 |publisher=Official Website of the Hellenic Police |access-date=2009-10-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l7wscAut?url=http://www.astynomia.gr/images/stories/DOCS/Attachment11480_ENHMEROTIKO_EKAM_ENGL.pdf |archive-date=2009-11-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kalibar.rs/code/navigate.php?Id=74 |title=Trojanski Konj za Teroriste |language=sr |author=Milosevic, Milan |year=2005 |publisher=Kalibar |access-date=2009-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227190204/http://www.kalibar.rs/code/navigate.php?Id=74 |archive-date=2012-02-27 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |{{flagu|Indonesia}}
| ''[[Kopassus|Komando Pasukan Khusus]]'' (Kopassus) special forces group of the [[Indonesian Army]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226, P228
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="idnvojnik">{{cite web|url=http://www.hrvatski-vojnik.hr/hrvatski-vojnik/1612007/ind.asp |title=Kopassus & Kopaska - Specijalne Postrojbe Republike Indonezije |language=hr |publisher=Hrvatski Vojnik Magazine |access-date=2010-06-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822145526/http://www.hrvatski-vojnik.hr/hrvatski-vojnik/1612007/ind.asp |archive-date=2010-08-22 }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Kopaska|Komando Pasukan Katak]]'' (Kopaska) tactical diver group of the [[Indonesian Navy]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226, P228
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="idnvojnik" />
|-
| ''[[Kopasgat|Komando Pasukan Gerak Cepat]]'' (Kopasgat) special force of [[Indonesian Air Force]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Detasemen Bravo 90 |url=http://p2k.unimus.ac.id/ind/3040-2937/Detasemen-Bravo-90_164154_unimus_p2k-unimus.html |publisher=ENSIKLOPEDI DUNIA |access-date=7 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005051028/http://p2k.unimus.ac.id/ind/3040-2937/Detasemen-Bravo-90_164154_unimus_p2k-unimus.html |archive-date=5 October 2021}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagu|Iran}}
| [[Defense Industries Organization]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Police-and-Homeland-Security-Equipment/ZOAF-9-mm-pistol-Iran.html|title=ZOAF 9 mm pistol (Iran), PISTOLS|access-date=2009-05-31|date=2003-06-02|publisher=[[Jane's Information Group]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612081708/http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Police-and-Homeland-Security-Equipment/ZOAF-9-mm-pistol-Iran.html|archive-date=2009-06-12|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{flagu|Ireland}}
| [[Defence Forces (Ireland)|Defence Forces]] [[Army Ranger Wing]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226, P228
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |author=Janq Designs |url=http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/Ireland/Rangers/Weapons.htm |title=Special Operations.Com |publisher=Special Operations.Com |access-date=2011-08-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820073744/http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/Ireland/Rangers/Weapons.htm |archive-date=2011-08-20 }}</ref>
|-
| Garda; plainclothes officers, [[Special Detective Unit|SDU]], [[Garda Emergency Response Unit|ERU]], [[Garda Armed Support Unit|ASU]], [[National Bureau of Criminal Investigation|NBCI]], [[Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="barrtrib7">{{cite web|url=http://www.mulley.net/BarrTribunalReport/BarrTribunalReportChapter7.html|title=The Aftermath — Post-Mortem, Forensic and Ballistic Examination|access-date=2009-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120140556/http://www.mulley.net/BarrTribunalReport/BarrTribunalReportChapter7.html|archive-date=2009-11-20|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.garda.ie/Documents/User/col_yr_bk_english.pdf|title=Garda College Yearbook listing weapons training on page 66|access-date=2014-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140124082839/http://www.garda.ie/Documents/User/col_yr_bk_english.pdf|archive-date=2014-01-24|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
||{{flagu|Israel}}
| [[Israeli Special Forces Units]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226, P228
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isayeret.com/content/weapons/handguns/sig.shtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160731153322/http://www.isayeret.com/content/weapons/handguns/sig.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-07-31|title=isayeret.com}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagu|Japan}}
| [[Special Boarding Unit]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226R
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="MSDF SF">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128032045/http://jieitaisaiyou.web.fc2.com/tokusyu_msdf.html |url=http://jieitaisaiyou.web.fc2.com/tokusyu_msdf.html |access-date=2012-11-28 |archive-date=2013-01-28 |script-title=ja:海上自衛隊 特殊部隊 解説 |language=ja |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |{{flagu|Malaysia}}
|[[10th Parachute Bridge The Malaysian Army 
| style="text-align:center;" | P226
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Malaysian SpecOps">{{cite web |url=http://www.tactical-life.com/online/special-weapons/malaysian-special-forces |title=Malaysian Special Forces |author=Thompson, Leroy |date=December 2008 |publisher=Special Weapons |access-date=2010-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402013858/http://www.tactical-life.com/online/special-weapons/malaysian-special-forces/ |archive-date=2012-04-02 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Grup Gerak Khas]] or Special Operation Forces Group Command The Malaysian Army
| 
| style="text-align:center;" | P226
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Malaysian SpecOps" />
|-
| [[PASKAU]] Special Air Forces Squadron The Royal Malaysian Air Force 
| style="text-align:center;" | P226
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Malaysian SpecOps" />
|-[[Tiger Platoon-GOF]] Batalion Infantry General Operation Force The Royal Malaysian Police| P226 |P228
|{{flagu|Myanmar}}
| [[Myanmar Army]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226
| style="text-align:center;" |<!-- <ref name="jones2009"/> -->
|-
|{{flagu|Netherlands}}
| ''[[M-Squadron]]'' of the [[Netherlands Marine Corps]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dutchdefencepress.com/?p=1350 |title=Royal Netherlands Marine Corps, Dutch core Expeditionary Force |publisher=Dutch Defence Press |date=2001-01-04 |access-date=2011-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117134851/http://www.dutchdefencepress.com/?p=1350 |archive-date=2012-01-17 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{flagu|New Zealand}}
| [[New Zealand Defence Force]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226, P226R designated ''P226AL''
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.army.mil.nz/our-army/equipment/weapons/default.htm|title=Personal Weapons of the NZ Army|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091218164455/http://www.army.mil.nz/our-army/equipment/weapons/default.htm|archive-date=2009-12-18}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagu|Pakistan}}
| [[Special Services Group]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226, P229
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|title=IDEAS 2006: Pakistan selects SIG Sauer pistols for Special Forces|url=http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Defence-Weekly-2006/IDEAS-2006-Pakistan-selects-Sig-Sauer-pistols-for-special-forces.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216073615/http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Defence-Weekly-2006/IDEAS-2006-Pakistan-selects-Sig-Sauer-pistols-for-special-forces.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-02-16|first=Andrew|last=White|website=articles.janes.com}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagu|Philippines}}
| [[Philippine Air Force]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P228
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.intrade-apc.com/index.php/about-us |title=Intrade Asia Pacific - About Us |access-date=2015-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115045122/http://intrade-apc.com/index.php/about-us |archive-date=2014-11-15 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{flagu|Poland}}
| [[GROM]] special group
| style="text-align:center;" | P228
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |author=Sebastian Miernik |url=http://www.grom.mil.pl/uzbrojenie_pliki/UZBROJENIE.HTM |title=Strona poświęcona Wojskowej Formacji Specjalnej GROM |publisher=Grom.mil.pl |access-date=2011-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814155936/http://www.grom.mil.pl/uzbrojenie_pliki/UZBROJENIE.HTM |archive-date=2011-08-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|{{flagu|Portugal}}
| [[Portuguese Armed Forces]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P228
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.exercito.pt/meios/Documents/media_MeiosOp/Armamento/SIG%20SAUER%209mm.pdf |title=exercito.pt |access-date=2011-10-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809173324/http://www.exercito.pt/meios/Documents/media_MeiosOp/Armamento/SIG%20SAUER%209mm.pdf |archive-date=2011-08-09 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{flag|Romania}}
|''[[Brigada Specială de Intervenție a Jandarmeriei]]'' (BSIJ)
| align="center" | P226
| align="center" |<ref name="fotob1">{{cite web|url=https://www.brigadaspeciala.ro/fotob1dotare.html|title=FotoB1dotare|website=brigadaspeciala.ro|access-date=2023-05-28|archive-date=2023-08-16|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20230816200853/https://www.brigadaspeciala.ro/fotob1dotare.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Romanian Special Operations Forces Command|Special Operations Forces]]'' (FOS)
| align="center" | P226
| align="center" |<ref name="special forces">{{cite web|url=http://romanianspecialforces.com/vulturii.html|title=Special Forces|work=romanianspecialforces.com|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126221021/http://romanianspecialforces.com/vulturii.html|archive-date=2013-11-26}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagu|Singapore}}
| [[Singapore Armed Forces]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/publications/cyberpioneer/features/2011/mar11_fs2.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805005244/http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/publications/cyberpioneer/features/2011/mar11_fs2.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-08-05 |title=cyberpioneer - Features - Small & deadly (Mar 11) |publisher=Mindef.gov.sg |access-date=2011-08-06 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" |{{flagu|Slovenia}}
| [[Specialna Enota Policije|Special Unit]] ([[Law enforcement in Slovenia|Slovenian Police]] - "CT")
| style="text-align:center;" | P226 Enhanced Elite
| style="text-align:center;" | {{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
|-
|  Security and Protection Center ([[Law enforcement in Slovenia|Slovenian Police]] - "CP")
| style="text-align:center;" | P226
| style="text-align:center;" | {{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
|-
| Special Operations Unit ([[Slovenian Armed Forces|Slovenian Army]] - "SF")
| style="text-align:center;" | P226
| style="text-align:center;" | {{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
|-
| [[Specialized Unit for Special Tactics|Specialized unit for Special Tactics]] ([[Slovenian Armed Forces|Slovenian Army]] - "MP SWAT")
| style="text-align:center;" | P226
| style="text-align:center;" | {{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
|-
|{{flagu|Republic of Korea}}
|[[Republic of Korea Naval Special Warfare Flotilla]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226N
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |date=2012-01-20 |title=ROKN |url=http://blue-paper.tistory.com/901 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226212401/http://blue-paper.tistory.com/901 |archive-date=2012-12-26 |access-date=2012-01-24}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{flagu|Spain}}
| ''[[Grupo Especial de Operaciones]]'' (GEO) of the ''[[Cuerpo Nacional de Policía (Spain)|Cuerpo Nacional de Policía]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | P226
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.policia.es/org_central/dao/geo/material.html |title=Web Del Grupo Especial De Operaciones (GEO) |language=es |publisher=Official Website of the Spanish National Police Corps |access-date=2009-06-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720143143/http://www.policia.es/org_central/dao/geo/material.html |archive-date=2011-07-20 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Bilbao]] Police
| style="text-align:center;" | P229
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilbao.eus, Perfil de contratante. Contratos de la Administración, Suministro de 67 pistolas, del modelo marca SIG SAUER, modelo P-229 Black Nitron correspondiente al arma de dotación de la Policía Municipal de Bilbao. |url=http://www.bilbao.eus/cs/Satellite?LicitAyu=si&c=BIO_Licitacion_FA&cid=1279190770874&estadoLicitacion=Adjudicacion&language=es&pageid=3000012799&pagename=Bilbaonet/BIO_Licitacion_FA/BIO_Licitacion&rendermode=previewnoinsite/1279183332228?fuente=OD |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=www.bilbao.eus |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagu|Sweden}}
| [[Swedish Police Authority]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226, P228, P229, P239
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.polisen.se/Global/www%20och%20Intrapolis/Informationsmaterial/Stockholm/Polis-presentation_eng.pdf |title=Stockholm County Police - A presentation |access-date=2011-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928112531/http://www.polisen.se/Global/www%20och%20Intrapolis/Informationsmaterial/Stockholm/Polis-presentation_eng.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-28|url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|{{flagu|Taiwan}}
|[[Republic of China Marine Corps]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226 MK25
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nownews.com/news/5185744?srsltid=AfmBOopBhX914OtPfQQnNHS3pYuPT8099KYD1jfXzDSxneDBH_DP2k5Y |title=軍武／海陸悍將戰力強！陸戰特勤隊武器大點兵 |language=zh-tw |publisher=NOWNEWS  |access-date=2021-02-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251031014249/https://www.nownews.com/news/5185744?srsltid=AfmBOopBhX914OtPfQQnNHS3pYuPT8099KYD1jfXzDSxneDBH_DP2k5Y|archive-date=2025-10-31 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Trinidad and Tobago Police Service]]
|
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>Dowlat, Rhondor (October 8, 2015) "Long overdue" Trinidad and Tobago Guardian, Guardian Media, https://www.guardian.co.tt/article-6.2.367900.5072b56fac Date accessed: November 17, 2024</ref>
|-
|{{flagu|Thailand}}
| [[Royal Thai Army]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/site/faminacgm/yuththopkrn-thi-praca-kar-nipa/xawuth-pra-cak/xawuth-praca-kay-hlak |title=อาวุธประจำกาย และอาวุธธประจำกายทหารราบ |language=th |trans-title=Body armor and weapons for the infantry |website=Thai Army |access-date=2019-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324045542/https://sites.google.com/site/faminacgm/yuththopkrn-thi-praca-kar-nipa/xawuth-pra-cak/xawuth-praca-kay-hlak |archive-date=2019-03-24 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" |{{flagu|Turkey}}
| [[Special Forces (Turkish Armed Forces)|Special Forces]]
| style="text-align:center;" |P229
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="valpolini2009" />
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| [[Underwater Offence Group Command]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226, P229
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="ozelkuvvetler">{{cite web|url=http://www.ozelkuvvetler.com/sat/sualti-taarruz-komutanligi|title=Sualtı Taarruz Komutanlığı|language=tr|date=29 October 2011|work=Özel Kuvvetler|access-date=10 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211131504/http://www.ozelkuvvetler.com/sat/sualti-taarruz-komutanligi|archive-date=11 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" |{{flagu|United Arab Emirates}}
| [[United Arab Emirates Army]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P228
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="valpolini2009" />
|-
| Various [[special forces]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P228
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="valpolini2009" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{flagu|United Kingdom}}
| [[British Army]] (including [[Special Air Service]] and [[Royal Military Police Close Protection Unit]]), [[Royal Air Force]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226 (standard model designated ''L105A1'', corrosion resistant version designated ''L106A1''), P226R (designated ''L105A2'' or ''L106A2''), P228 (designated ''L107A1''), P229 (designated ''L117A1/A2'')
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="valpolini2009" /><ref>{{cite web |author = Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) |title = Royal Military Police train for close protection |year= 2012 |url= https://www.gov.uk/government/news/royal-military-police-train-for-close-protection |access-date= 20 June 2020|quote=Their main weapon is the 5.56mm C8 Colt Diemaco (L119A1), made in Canada. During training exercises, the recruits usually carry eight or ten magazines, each with 30 rounds. In addition, they will be armed with the Sig Sauer P229 pistol, in a holster worn on the thigh or chest.|author-link = Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) }}</ref><ref name="RAF_Aircraft_and_Weapons">{{cite web|title=Royal Air Force Aircraft and Weapons|year=2013|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/E28BE76F_5056_A318_A833EB4C9A735AD8.pdf|access-date=1 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710150246/https://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/E28BE76F_5056_A318_A833EB4C9A735AD8.pdf|archive-date=10 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="dinsept2013page7">{{cite web |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263787/DIN_DIGEST_sept_2013.pdf#page=7|title=DIN Digest September 2013 |website= assets.publishing.service.gov.uk|format=PDF|access-date=2021-04-02}}</ref><ref name="Tactical_Hearing_Protection_System_(THPS)_User_Information">{{cite web |author=Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) |author-link=Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) |title = Tactical Hearing Protection System (THPS) User Information |url= http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Tactical_hearing.pdf |access-date= 14 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014233713/http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Tactical_hearing.pdf|archive-date=14 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=10 November 2018|title=Request for Information|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/767517/15464.pdf#page=2|website=assets.publishing.service.gov.uk}}</ref>
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| [[Ministry of Defence Police]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P229
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/498753/20160202_REDACTED_Reply_eCase_00790_RFI_2416_Re_MDP_Duties.pdf|title=Ministry of Defence Police, Freedom of Information Response|date=2 Feb 2016|website=UK Government|access-date=25 Dec 2017}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="27" |{{flag|United States}}
| [[United States Army]] (Including [[United States Army Criminal Investigation Command]])
| style="text-align:center;" | P228 (designated M11)
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="miller2001">Miller, David (2001). ''The Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns''. Salamander Books Ltd. {{ISBN|1-84065-245-4}}.</ref><ref name="sigsauerp229">{{cite web |url=http://www.sigsauer.com/lawenforcement/default.aspx?categoryid=8&productid=119 |title=P229 DAK |work=Products and Services |publisher=SIG Sauer |access-date=2010-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102204157/http://www.sigsauer.com/lawenforcement/default.aspx?categoryid=8&productid=119 |archive-date=2013-11-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="sigsauerm11" />
|-
| [[United States Air Force]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P228 (designated M11)
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="sigsauerm11" />
|-
|-
| [[United States Coast Guard]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P229R DAK (.40 S&W)
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="sigsauerp229" />
|-
| [[United States Department of Homeland Security]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P229 DAK (.40 S&W)
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="sigsauerp229" />
|-
| [[Diplomatic Security Service|U.S. Diplomatic Security Service]] (U.S. Department of State)
| style="text-align:center;" | P226R, P228, P229, P229R (9×19mm)
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="sigsauer1">{{cite web |url=http://www.sigsauer.com/LawEnforcement/Le-Mil-Overview.aspx |title=LE/Military Overview |publisher=Sigsauer.com |access-date=2011-08-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807042939/http://www.sigsauer.com/LawEnforcement/Le-Mil-Overview.aspx |archive-date=2011-08-07 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Federal Air Marshal Service|U.S. Federal Air Marshals]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P229 (.357 SIG)
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-12-07-air-marshals_x.htm | work=[[USA Today]] | title=Air marshals in spotlight | first1=Thomas | last1=Frank | first2=Mimi | last2=Hall | first3=Alan | last3=Levin | date=2005-12-08 | access-date=2010-05-23 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715063724/http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-12-07-air-marshals_x.htm | archive-date=2010-07-15 | url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Naval Criminal Investigative Service]]
| style="text-align:center;" |P229R DAK (.40 S&W), P239 DAK (.40 S&W)
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sigsauer.com/aboutus/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=4 |title=About Us : News |publisher=Sigsauer.com |access-date=2011-08-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726095610/http://www.sigsauer.com/aboutus/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=4 |archive-date=2011-07-26 }}</ref>
|-
| [[United States Navy]] ([[Naval Special Warfare]], Including [[Explosive ordnance disposal (United States Navy)|Navy EOD]])
| style="text-align:center;" | P226 (designated MK25), P226R, P228 (designated M11), and P229 (9×19mm)
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="P226namedMk25" /><ref name="sigsauerm11">{{cite web |url=http://sigsauer.com/CatalogProductDetails/m11-a1.aspx |title=M11 |publisher=Sigsauer.com |access-date=2012-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028040550/https://www.sigsauer.com/CatalogProductDetails/m11-a1.aspx |archive-date=2012-10-28 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navyseals.com/m11 |title=M11 |publisher=navyseals.com |access-date=2007-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705152638/http://www.navyseals.com/m11 |archive-date=2012-07-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P229R DAK (9×19mm)
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nebraska.va.gov/services/Police_Service.asp/ |title=Police Service |website=VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System |publisher=U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910142539/http://www.nebraska.va.gov/services/Police_Service.asp |archive-date=2014-09-10 }}</ref>
|-
| [[United States Secret Service|U.S. Secret Service]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P229 (.357 SIG)
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="rand2009">{{cite web |url=http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG819.pdf |title=A Stability Police Force for the United States: Justification and Options for Creating U.S. Capabilities |year=2009 |publisher=RAND Research Corporation |access-date=2010-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215035155/http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG819.pdf |archive-date=2010-02-15 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[United States Postal Inspection Service]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P229R DAK (.40 S&W)
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americancopmagazine.com/JF06Prvw.htm |title=Americancopmagazine.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206031846/http://www.americancopmagazine.com/JF06Prvw.htm |archive-date=December 6, 2010 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Texas Ranger Division]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226 (.357 SIG)
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasranger.org/today/Equipment.htm|title=Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum - Texas Rangers Today - Standard Issue Equipment|year=2009|access-date=29 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603160917/http://www.texasranger.org/today/Equipment.htm|archive-date=3 June 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| [[New York City Police Department]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226 DAO (9×19mm) (retired from service)
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/training_nypd/firearm_tatics.shtml|title=NYPD Training Manual|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714061829/http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/training_nypd/firearm_tatics.shtml|archive-date=2010-07-14}}</ref>
|-
| [[Delaware State Police]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226, P229 (.357 SIG)
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.personaldefenseworld.com/2013/01/sig-sauer-p229/|title=Sig Sauer P229: The handgun that protects the President—and you!|date=January 2013|access-date=2014-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810120215/http://www.personaldefenseworld.com/2013/01/sig-sauer-p229/|archive-date=2014-08-10|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Ohio State Highway Patrol]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P320 (.40 S&W)
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Sig Sauer P226 Product Details">{{cite web|url=http://www.sigsauer.com/CatalogProductDetails/p226.aspx|title=SIG Sauer P226 Product Details|access-date=2013-05-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823010426/http://sigsauer.com/CatalogProductDetails/p226.aspx|archive-date=2013-08-23|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Orlando Police Department]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226R (9×19mm)
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aele.org/orlando-218.pdf|title=ORLANDO POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICY AND PROCEDURE 1702.1, FIREARMS AND POLICE IDENTIFICATIONl|access-date=2010-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204185329/http://www.aele.org/orlando-218.pdf|archive-date=2010-12-04|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Memphis Police Department]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P229 DAK
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://memphispolice.org/Academy.htm |title=MPD Academy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503160609/http://www.memphispolice.org/Academy.htm |archive-date=2010-05-03 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Shelby County Sheriff's Office (Tennessee)|Shelby County Sheriff's Office]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226, P229 DAK (.40 S&W)
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shelby-sheriff.org/admin/firearmsdep.html|title=Shelby County Sheriff's Office|access-date=2011-08-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905142147/http://www.shelby-sheriff.org/admin/firearmsdep.html|archive-date=2011-09-05|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Connecticut State Police]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P229 (.40 S&W), P220 (.45 ACP)
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |author=Division of Criminal Justice |url=https://portal.ct.gov/DCJ/Whats-News/Reports-on-the-Use-of-Force-by-Peace-Officers/2001---June---Robert-Phelps---Danielson |title=CSAO: Report on the Death of Robert Phelps |publisher=Ct.gov |access-date=2011-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120195333/http://www.ct.gov/csao/cwp/view.asp?A=1802&Q=286120 |archive-date=2010-11-20 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|Franklin County Sheriff's Office (Ohio)
| style="text-align:center;" |P226R (9×19mm)
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sigsauer.com/press-releases/franklin-county-sheriffs-office-selects-sig-sauer-p226-as-standard-issue-pistol/|title=Franklin County Sheriff's Office Selects SIG SAUER P226 as Standard Issue Pistol|website=Sig Sauer|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321165326/https://www.sigsauer.com/press-releases/franklin-county-sheriffs-office-selects-sig-sauer-p226-as-standard-issue-pistol/|archive-date=2019-03-21|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Ferguson Police Department (Missouri)|Ferguson, Missouri Police Department]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P229 (.40 S&W)
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Ferg-doc">{{cite news|last1=Calamur|first1=Krishnadev|title=Ferguson Documents: The Physical Evidence|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/25/366575509/ferguson-documents-the-physical-evidence|access-date=4 December 2014|publisher=[[NPR]]|date=November 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208100438/http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/25/366575509/ferguson-documents-the-physical-evidence|archive-date=8 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Houston Police Department]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P229R, P226 (.40 S&W)
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hpdblog.com/2010/10/what-kind-of-pistols.html |title=Houston Police Department Recruiting: What kind of pistols? |publisher=Hpdblog.com |date=2010-10-13 |access-date=2011-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712224637/http://www.hpdblog.com/2010/10/what-kind-of-pistols.html |archive-date=2011-07-12 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Sacramento Police Department]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226R, P229R, P239
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofsacramento.org/generalservices/procurement/bid-results/documents/B072124016.pdf |title=cityofsacramento.org |access-date=2011-10-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926215311/http://www.cityofsacramento.org/generalservices/procurement/bid-results/documents/B072124016.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-26 }}</ref>
|-
| [[San Francisco Police Department]]
| style="text-align:center;" |P226R
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2011/07/25/bayview-shooting-explaining-the-discrepancy-between-sfpd-guns-and-bullet-found-in-kenneth-harding/ |title=Bayview Shooting: Explaining the Discrepancy Between SFPD Guns and Bullet Found in Kenneth Harding |work=KQED News |access-date=24 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102220731/http://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2011/07/25/bayview-shooting-explaining-the-discrepancy-between-sfpd-guns-and-bullet-found-in-kenneth-harding/ |archive-date=2 November 2013 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Tampa Police Department]] Tactical Response Team (TRT/SWAT)
| style="text-align:center;" | P226R (9×19mm)
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tampagov.net/dept_Police/ABOUT_US/INVESTIGATIONS_AND_SUPPORT/SPECIAL_SUPPORT_DIVISION/SPECIALTY_TEAMS/TACTICAL_RESPONSE_TEAM/WEAPONS_AND_EQUIPMENT/ |title=Tampa PD Tactical Response Team |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309020015/http://www.tampagov.net/dept_Police/ABOUT_US/INVESTIGATIONS_AND_SUPPORT/SPECIAL_SUPPORT_DIVISION/SPECIALTY_TEAMS/TACTICAL_RESPONSE_TEAM/WEAPONS_AND_EQUIPMENT/ |archive-date=2013-03-09 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Fairfax County Police Department]]
| style="text-align:center;" | P226R (.40 S&W)
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Sig Sauer P226 Product Details" />
|}

==See also==
* [[Joint Combat Pistol]]
* [[M9 pistol]]
* [[SIG Sauer P320]]
** [[SIG Sauer M17]]
* [[Zastava CZ99]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Leroy |date= 2020 |title= The Browning High-Power Pistol |location=Oxford |publisher=Osprey Publishing |isbn=978-1472838094 }}

==External links==
{{Commons category multi|SIG-Sauer P226|SIG-Sauer P229}}
* [https://www.sigsauer.com/products/firearms/pistols/p226/ Official page]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111016155220/http://www.sigsauer.com/upFiles/CmsContent/documents/1201073%20OPERATORS%20MANUAL%20220%20226%20229%20239%20REV%2001%20LR.pdf P226 operator's manual]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111016155220/http://www.sigsauer.com/upFiles/CmsContent/documents/1201073%20OPERATORS%20MANUAL%20220%20226%20229%20239%20REV%2001%20LR.pdf P229 operator's manual]
* [http://remtek.com/arms/sig/model/226/226.htm The Arms Site review and history of the P226] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621200318/http://remtek.com/arms/sig/model/226/226.htm |date=2012-06-21 }}
* [https://modernfirearms.net/en/handguns/handguns-en/switzerland-semi-automatic-pistols/sig-sauer-p226-eng/ SIG-Sauer P226 pistol (Switzerland)] at Modern Firearms
* [http://archive.gao.gov/d4t4/130439.pdf ''Pistol Procurement, Allegations on Army Selection of Beretta 9mm. as DOD Standard Sidearm''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721043159/http://archive.gao.gov/d4t4/130439.pdf |date=2011-07-21 }}—GAO report, June 1986
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