Glock

Also known as Glock pistol

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

Article

40 sections

Contents

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

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.