Glock 17

semi-automatic pistol

Key facts

Type: Semi-automatic pistol Machine pistol (Glock 18)
Place of origin: Austria
In service: 1982–present
Used by: See Users
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
Designer: Gaston Glock
Designed: 1979–1982
Manufacturer: Glock GmbH
Produced: 1982–present
Number span no built: 20,000,000 as of 2020
Variants: See Variants
Cartridge: 9×19mm Parabellum 10mm Auto .22 LR .357 SIG .380 ACP .40 S&W .45 ACP .45 GAP 7.62×25mm Tokarev (Vietnamese variant under name SN7VN M24)
Action: Short recoil , locked breech, tilting barrel ( straight blowback for Glock 25, 28, and 44)
Rate of fire: 1,100–1,400 rounds/min (Glock 18)
Muzzle velocity: 375 m/s (1,230 ft/s) (Glock 17, 17C, 18, 18C)
Effective firing range: 50 m (55 yd) (Glock 17, 17C, 18, 18C)
Feed system: 6-, 10-, 13-, 15-, 17-, 19-, 24-, 25-, 31-, 33-, or 40-round detachable box magazine , or 50- or 100-round detachable drum magazine

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Wikidata facts

Mass: 710
Official website: us.glock.com/en/pistols/g17-gen5-fs-us
Image: Glock 17 (6825676904).jpg
Height: 138
Width: 30
Length: 204

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native label: Glock 17
caliber: 9
Commons category: Glock 17
service entry: 1980-00-00
short name: P9A1
inception: 1980-00-00
muzzle velocity: 375

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Glock ( German: [ˈglɔk]; 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.