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Production history; Designer: Gaston Glock: Designed: 1979–1982: Manufacturer: Glock Ges.m.b.H. ... Glock 17: The Glock 17 is the original 9×19mm Parabellum model ...
Glock Ges.m.b.H. (doing business as GLOCK) is a light weapons manufacturer headquartered in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria, named after its founder, Gaston Glock. The company makes popular polymer-framed pistols , but also produces field knives , entrenching tools , various horse related products, and apparel.
Gaston Glock (German: [ˈɡastɔn ˈɡlɔk]; 19 July 1929 – 27 December 2023) was an Austrian engineer and businessman.He founded the company Glock.When he entered the 1980 competition for a new Austrian service pistol, he hired two engineers who had worked on the development of HK's first two polymer-frame pistols, the VP70 and P9 models.
Glock 17: 9x19mm Parabellum: Semi-automatic pistol Austria: Standard issue sidearm London Police Service: Ontario: Glock 17 Glock 22: 9×19mm Parabellum.40 S&W: Semi-automatic pistol Austria: Standard issue sidearm Medicine Hat Police Service: Alberta: Glock 17: 9×19mm Parabellum: Semi-automatic pistol Austria: Standard issue sidearm Nelson ...
Colt's stable of double-action revolvers and single-action pistols was seen as old-fashioned by a marketplace that was captivated by the new generation of "wondernines" – higher capacity handguns chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum, as typified by the Glock 17. Realizing that the future of the company was at stake, labor and management agreed to ...
Glock 44: Glock Ges.m.b.H..22 LR Austria: 2019-present GMC pistol Garb Monetti y Cia .22 Long Rifle Argentina: 1960 Grebey automatic pistol.30 Carbine United States: 1943 Grand Power K100: Grand Power: 9×19mm Parabellum Slovakia: 2002-present GSh-18: KBP Instrument Design Bureau: 9×19mm Parabellum Russia: 2001-present Guncrafter Industries ...
Man firing a fully automatic 9×19mm Glock 18 machine pistol with a shoulder stock. The 9 mm Parabellum Glock 18 is a select-fire variant of the Glock 17, developed in 1986 at the request of the Austrian counter-terrorist unit EKO Cobra. This machine pistol has a lever-type select-fire switch, installed on the left side, at the rear of the ...
It was the first polymer-framed handgun, predating the Glock 17 by 12 years. At 820 g (28.9 oz) unloaded, the weapon is lighter than most metal framed pistols of the time. It has a double-stack, double-feed magazine; double-feed magazines are uncommon for pistols even today.