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Glock 17

Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 July 2009 13:32 Written by Administrator Thursday, 02 July 2009 12:55

The Glock 17 is a semiautomatic pistol designed and manufactured by Glock GmbH of Austria. The pistol was designed in the year 1980 and continues to be employed in service till date by many countries.

The Glock 17 was designed in response to the Austrian Military’s requirement for a new pistol to replace the older Walther P38. It was officially adopted by the Austrian military and police forces in 1982 under the designation P80 i.e. “Pistole 80”. Subsequently, several other countries such as the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden also purchased the Glock 17 for their armed forces.

Several modifications and versions of the Glock 17 have been manufactured. Variants of the gun are chambered for various calibres and also have different dimensions. Ever since the gun was introduced, more than 2.5 million units have been sold to more than 100 different countries.

The Glock 17 is chambered for the 9x19mm Parabellum round. It feeds from a double-column 17 or 19-round magazine. The body frame, magazine body and other parts of the pistol are fabricated using a high-strength known as “Polymer 2”. The body of the gun is highly resistant to corrosion and is also very strong because it is made to under a proprietary nitriding process known as “Tenifer”.

Several variants of the Glock 17 have been designed. These include:

>> Glock 17C: The 17C was introduced in 1996. This variant has clots in the barrel and slide to control the recoil.

>> Glock 17L: This variant was introduced in 1988 and features an extended barrel. This version has been discontinued.

>> Glock 17A: Version designed for the Australian market.

>> Glock 17S: This version has external manual safety. This version was manufactured for use by Israeli, Pakistan and the Tasmanian security forces.

>> Glock 17T: Training version of the Glock 17, designed to fire rubber or paint balls.

>> Glock 17P: Training version without the chamber and firing pin. This was a dummy pistol designed to demonstrate loading and unloading the Glock 17.

>> Glock 17Pro: Variant of the Glock 17 designed for the Finnish market. The Glock 17Pro features a few design alterations.

>> Glock 17DK: The 17DK was designed to conform to handgun regulations in Denmark.