Glock

Glock is a brand of polymer-framed, short-recoil-operated, striker-fired, locked-breech semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by Austrian manufacturer Glock GmbH. The firearm entered Austrian military and police service in 1982... Wikipedia

• Type:  Semi-automatic pistol, Machine pistol (Glock 18)
• Place of origin:  Austria
• In service:  1982–present
• 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 built:  20,000,000 as of 2020
• Cartridge:  9×19mm Parabellum, 10mm Auto.22 LR.357 SIG.380 ACP.40 S&W.45 ACP.45 GAP
• 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 (Glock 17, 17C, 18, 18C)
• Effective firing range:  50 m (54.68 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
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo