Glock
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Glock (; stylized as GLOCK) is a brand of polymer-framed, short-recoil-operated, locked-breech semi-automatic pistols (as well as some rifles and one machine pistol) designed and produced by Austrian manufacturer Glock GmbH. The firearm, designed by company founder Gaston Glock (1929–2023), entered Austrian military and police service in 1982 as the P80 (later known commercially as the Glock 17) after outperforming established competitors in reliability and safety tests. Despite initial market resistance to its "plastic" construction, the Glock became the first commercially successful line of
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Glock
- Weapon.image
- Glock 17 (6825676904) без фона.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- A first-generation Glock 17 adopted by the Norwegian Armed Forces under the P80 designation
- Weapon.origin
- Austria
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1982–present
- Weapon.used_by
- See Users
- Weapon.wars
- Kurdish–Turkish conflict War in Afghanistan Iraq War Mexican drug war Syrian Civil War War in Iraq Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine 2024 conflict in Ecuador
- Weapon.designer
- Gaston Glock
- Weapon.design_date
- 1979–1982
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Glock GmbH
- Weapon.production_date
- 1982–present
- Weapon.number
- 20,000,000 as of 2020
- Weapon.variants
- See Variants
- Weapon.action
- Short recoil, locked breech, tilting barrel (straight blowback for Glock 25, 28, and 44)
- Weapon.rate
- 1,100–1,400 rounds/min (Glock 18)
- Weapon.velocity
- (Glock 17, 17C, 18, 18C)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.glock.com
- Image
- Glock 17-removebg-preview.png
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- Commons category
- Glock
- service entry
- 1982-01-01
- total produced
- 5000000
- nickname
- Drastic Plastic
- social media followers
- 142751
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40 sectionsContents
- History
- Development
- Product evolution
- First-generation models
- Second-generation models
- Third-generation models
- Fourth-generation models
- 2011 recoil spring assembly exchange program
- M series
- Fifth-generation models
- Discontinuation of prior generations and launch of V-designation models
- Design details
- Operating mechanism
- Features
- Barrel
- Safety
- Magazine
- Sights
- Accessories
- Glock switch
- Commemorative, anniversary, engraved, and other rare Glocks
- Variants
- 9×19mm Parabellum
- 9×21mm
- 10mm Auto
- .45 ACP
- .40 S&W
- .380 ACP
- .357 SIG
- .45 GAP
- .22 Long Rifle
- Production in other countries
- Clones
- Users
- Criminal use
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Glock (; stylized as GLOCK) is a brand of polymer-framed, short-recoil-operated, locked-breech semi-automatic pistols (as well as some rifles and one machine pistol) designed and produced by Austrian manufacturer Glock GmbH. The firearm, designed by company founder Gaston Glock (1929–2023), entered Austrian military and police service in 1982 as the P80 (later known commercially as the Glock 17) after outperforming established competitors in reliability and safety tests. Despite initial market resistance to its "plastic" construction, the Glock became the first commercially successful line of pistols with a polymer frame.
The weapon utilizes the company's proprietary "Safe Action" system, which consists of three independent internal safety mechanisms: the trigger safety, the firing pin safety, and the drop safety. These mechanisms prevent accidental discharge without an external on-off switch. The pistols are also noted for their high magazine capacity relative to their weight and their resistance to corrosion, originally achieved through a ferritic nitrocarburizing surface treatment known as Tenifer.