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Currently, there are several families of Glock pistols for all major pistol calibers (9 mm Parabellum, .40 S&W, 10 mm Auto, .357 SIG, .45 ACP, .380/9x17 mm Kurz).

The frames of all pistols are made of impact-resistant plastic. The valves are made of steel using high-precision casting and are subjected to special treatment to increase corrosion and wear resistance. Early releases of pistols had handles with flat cheeks and grooved front and back surfaces.

Pistols of later releases have recesses for fingers on the front side of the grip and small “shelves” for the thumb on their sides. In addition, on the frame of full-size and semi-compact models, now fashionable guides for attaching accessories (laser pointer or flashlight) appeared under the barrel.

For most modifications, options are available with an integrated barrel flip compensator. The compensator is made in the form of a group of holes in the upper muzzle of the barrel, and corresponding cutouts in the bolt next to the front sight. The compensator is designed to reduce barrel vibrations. Such models have the letter “C” added to their name. The following models are equipped with a compensator: G17C, G19C, G20C, G21C, G22C, G23C, G31C, G32C.

All families (except caliber .380) consist of a full-size, compact and sub-compact model and are built according to the scheme with short stroke barrel and locking using a protrusion on the barrel that fits into the bolt window for extracting cartridges. The reduction of the trunk is carried out by a figured tide made under the trunk.

.380 caliber pistols are built according to the blowback design. All pistols have a striker-fired trigger of the so-called “Safe Action”, with 3 automatic safeties, including one on the trigger. A feature of the “safe action” trigger is that during the reloading cycle of the pistol, the firing pin is only partially cocked, while it is blocked using an automatic safety lock. The firing pin is re-cocked only when the trigger is pressed, while the firing pin remains blocked from moving forward until the trigger is fully pulled.

In this way, it is possible to achieve a uniform force on the trigger from the first to the last shot, which has a positive effect on shooting accuracy. The trigger force is adjusted from 2.5 to 5 kgf by replacing the spring.

The disadvantages of this design sometimes include the inability to re-fire a cartridge that has misfired. Another unpleasant consequence of the design without manual safeties is a fair number of accidents among American police officers, with enviable regularity, shooting themselves in the legs while holstering a pistol.

In the absence of the proper skills, they often try to put the pistol into the holster without removing their finger from the trigger, the finger hits the edge of the holster, squeezes the trigger... and urgently call 911. However, this is, of course, more a question of lack of skills than the design of the pistol.

Sights Glocks are removable and installed in transverse dovetail grooves. Non-adjustable sights with white or luminous (tritium) dots are installed as standard for easy aiming in low-light conditions. “Sporting” models (for example Glock17 L) can be equipped with an adjustable rear sight and front sight.

Another highly touted feature of the Glock 17 pistol (and only the 17 model) is the ability to fire underwater. To do this, a special return spring is installed on the gun. In itself, this possibility is not of particular value, since shooting can only be carried out at shallow (on the order of several meters) depths and at ultra-short ranges (a meter or two).

On the other hand, such tricks, firstly, demonstrate high structural strength and, secondly, allow you to use the weapon in the presence of water in the barrel (in the rain, for example), which in some other pistols can lead to swelling or even rupture of the barrel.

Tactical and technical characteristics of Glock 17:
Caliber, mm - 9x19 Parabellum
Length, mm - 204
Barrel length, mm - 114
Height, mm - 138
Width, mm - 30
Rifling - right-handed, hexagonal, pitch 250 mm
Weight without cartridges, g - 710
Curb weight, g - 910
Magazine, cartridges - 17, optionally 10; 33

In the early 1980s, the Austrian military department announced a competition to develop a new, simplest, most effective and reliable model of short-barreled weapon to replace the outdated models of pistols in Austria's arsenal.

The following took part in the struggle for a promising order: famous manufacturers weapons such as Beretta, Fabrique Nationale, Heckler & Koch, Sig-Sauer, among which was the previously unknown company in the field of small arms production, Glock GmbH.

At that time, the small company Glock GmbH was owned by engineer Gaston Glock, who himself founded it in 1963 in the town of Deutsch-Wagram near Vienna. Initially, Glock was engaged in the production of machine tools for completely peaceful purposes, and later retrained as a manufacturer of military products - combat knives, entrenching tools, sapper blades, spare parts for machine guns, hand grenades and machine gun belts. During his career, Glock graduated from the Ferlach Higher Weapons Technical School and decided to try his hand at the weapons field. In the mid-1970s, Gaston Glock set his designers the task of creating an ideal pistol, which should be as easy to use and maintain as possible, have a low weight, have high reliability and firepower.

As a result, Glock GmbH presented a sample of a 9-mm pistol, called Glock 17, for the competition of a new pistol for the Austrian army. In May 1982, based on the results of tests, the Glock 17 pistol was adopted by the Austrian army under the designation P80.

The new pistol turned out to be extremely reliable and convenient, lightweight and durable, with simple design. It consists of only 34 parts and can be completely disassembled in less than one minute using a pin or nail. The main feature of the Glock 17 pistol was that its frame, together with the handle and trigger guard, as well as a number of small parts, were made of high-strength, heat-resistant (up to 200 ° C) polymer plastic. The second feature was the absence of a safety box and trigger.

However, in fairness, it is worth noting that the pioneer in this area was Heckler & Koch GmbH, which in 1973 released a pistol with a polymer frame VP 70. But the use in this weapon of an inertial method of locking the barrel with the mass of the bolt when using the fashionable 9x19 mm cartridge required making the bolt very heavy, which did not result in any weight gain, and the VP 70 pistol was discontinued. Gaston Glock, having studied the experience of Heckler & Koch and appreciating the future role of plastics in the production of personal weapons, reoriented his company to the development and subsequent production of pistols chambered for powerful cartridges using plastics, choosing for his pistol the Browning system for locking the channel trunk

Currently, there are several families of Glock pistols for all major pistol calibers (9 mm Parabellum, .40 S&W, 10 mm Auto, .357 SIG, .45 Auto, .380 Auto and .45 GAP).

The Glock 17 automatic operates due to the recoil of the barrel during its short stroke. The barrel bore is locked by the upper protrusion of the barrel entering the window of the bolt casing. The barrel bore is unlocked by lowering its breech down using the lower breech boss and axis during recoil of the barrel. The shutter is made of steel using high-precision casting and subjected to special treatment to increase corrosion and wear resistance with a special Tennifer coating. As a result of this treatment, the surface to a depth of 0.05 mm acquires a hardness of about 69 Rockwell units (for comparison, the hardness of industrial diamonds is 71-72).

The barrel inside has a hexagonal groove and chamber, outside - a cylindrical surface and a square breech, which has a protrusion at the top in the shape of the upper part of the bolt casing window for removal spent cartridges, and at the bottom there is a tide with a figured cutout for contact with the axis of the frame and a bevel for directing the cartridge from the magazine to the chamber.

At the bottom of the chamber there is a valve that ensures the removal of powder gases that break into the pistol handle when the pressure in the barrel exceeds 150-200%. The shutter casing is U-shaped.

The frame of the pistol, together with the handle and trigger guard, is made of high-strength polymer material (plastic) of the monocoque type, which ensures structural strength and some mitigation of recoil. The guide frames along which the steel shutter-casing moves are reinforced with steel inserts.

The pistol grip is part of the frame, which ensures its relatively small size and convenient shape with a large-capacity double-row magazine. The angle of inclination of the handle to the axis of the bore is 108 °. Early releases of pistols had handles with flat cheeks and grooved front and back surfaces. Pistols of later releases received recesses for fingers on the front side of the grip and small “shelves” for the thumb on their sides, as well as guides for attaching accessories (laser pointer, flashlight, etc.) on the frame under the barrel.

The shape of the front bend of the trigger guard is designed to accommodate index finger second hand when shooting with two hands. The front edge of the trigger guard is grooved for better stability of the weapon in the hand when shooting.

The pistol is fed with ammunition from a detachable box magazine with a double-row arrangement of 17 rounds in a checkerboard pattern. Although standard magazines are designed for 17 rounds, it is possible to use magazines with a capacity of 10 and 33 rounds.

The magazine latch is located at the junction of the trigger guard and the handle and is pressed forward.

After the cartridges in the magazine are used up, the bolt casing remains in the rear position on the bolt stop, the head of which is located on left side frames above the handle. The barrel lock with its lever is located on the left side of the frame above the trigger.

The pistol does not have manual safeties, but is equipped with an integrated safety system consisting of three independently operating automatic safeties that are turned off only when the trigger is pulled. It includes the following fuses: trigger safety. It is located on the trigger, blocks it and does not allow movement back. It turns off only when you press the trigger firmly with your finger; combat fuse. He blocks the firing pin. It is turned off by a special protrusion on the trigger rod when the trigger is pressed; shockproof fuse. Designed in the form of a cross-shaped protrusion on the trigger rod, which on one side lies in the figured window of the bolt frame in the upper position. Before firing, a special protrusion on the back of the firing pin is pinched with a tooth at the end trigger pull.

Trigger mechanism striker-type with pre-cocking of the striker, so-called Safe Action, with 3 automatic fuses. A feature of the Safe Action trigger is that during the reloading cycle of the pistol, the firing pin is only partially cocked, while it is blocked by an automatic safety. The firing pin is re-cocked only when the trigger is pressed, while the firing pin remains blocked from moving forward until the trigger is fully pulled. The trigger force is adjusted from 2.5 to 5 kgf by replacing the spring. In this way, it is possible to achieve a uniform force on the trigger from the first to the last shot, which has a positive effect on shooting accuracy.

The trigger mechanism works as follows. When you press the trigger, the trigger safety is first pulled out. When you press the trigger further, a special protrusion on the trigger rod lifts the combat safety upward and releases the channel along which the firing pin moves. The rear end of the trigger rod is cross-shaped and one side of the “cross” lies in the figured window of the bolt frame in the upper position. When the weapon is ready to fire, a special protrusion on the back of the firing pin engages a tooth on the end of the trigger rod. When you press the trigger, the trigger rod moves back and cocks the firing pin with the mainspring. On last stage movement, the trigger rod rests against the disconnector and drops to the lower position, the firing pin is released and moves forward under the action of the mainspring and breaks the primer. A shot occurs. During the working cycle, the recess on inside The bolt moves and disengages the trigger rod from the disconnector, allows it to rise to the upper position under the action of the trigger spring, and the tooth at its end again engages the protrusion at the end of the firing pin. As the trigger rod moves forward, the firing pin spring returns to its normal condition, and the fuse resumes its action.

Open-type sighting devices are mounted on a flat top surface shutter-casing and include a front sight and a replaceable permanent sight installed in a transverse dovetail groove. The front sight is equipped with a luminous dot, and the rectangular slot of the sight is framed by a luminous frame. The sight can be replaced with an adjustable one, but this is not practiced for military pistols. “Sporting” models (for example Glock17L) can be equipped with an adjustable rear sight and front sight.

The outer body and frame of the gun can be made of plastic in various colors. The most famous is classic black, there is also a camouflage option. In the production of parts subject to the greatest load, plastic is reinforced metal plates. The guide frames along which the shutter casing moves are reinforced with steel inserts. At the bottom of the frame there is a small metal plate on which the factory serial number of the pistol is stamped.

For most modifications, options are available with an integrated barrel flip compensator. The compensator is made in the form of a group of holes in the upper muzzle of the barrel, and corresponding cutouts in the bolt next to the front sight. The compensator is designed to reduce barrel vibrations. Such models have the letter “C” added to their name. The following models are equipped with a compensator: G17C, G19C, G20C, G21C, G22C, G23C, G31C, G32C.

• - High resistance to corrosion, thanks to the use of special barrel processing technology patented by Glock and a large number of polymer parts.
• - Effective use of weapons in almost all climatic zones, with the exception of the far north and areas with sharply continental climate, in which the air temperature can drop below −40 °C.
• - Smooth recoil and high accuracy of fire, thanks to the use large quantity polymer parts.
• - Less weight than pistols of a similar class due to the body and frame of the pistol being made of plastic.
• - High wear resistance of components and mechanisms. The barrel allows you to fire 300-350 thousand shots before burning out (for other pistols, on average, this value is 40-50 thousand shots).
• - Putting into firing position does not require switching any fuse.
• - Manufacturer's stated ability to shoot at aquatic environment without damaging the gun when changing the return spring.
• - The gun can be easily disassembled for cleaning and maintenance without the use of special equipment.

• - The small area of ​​the guides causes their relatively rapid wear, which leads to the appearance of lateral play in the bolt casing, and as a consequence, to a decrease in firing accuracy.
• - There is a possibility that if carried in a pocket for a long time without regular maintenance, small debris may jam the firing pin release lever, making it impossible to fire. But, according to individual sources, this event is too unlikely to affect the actual combat effectiveness of the pistol.
• - Due to use polymer materials the gun becomes more brittle at temperatures below −40 °C, which can lead to cracks in the receiver and frame under mechanical stress. At high temperatures- above 200 °C - deformation of the plastic components of the gun may occur. IN technical recommendations Glock's operating temperature range is from −40 to +200 °C, and using the pistol outside this temperature range may lead to failure of its main components and structural components.
• - During prolonged use, microcracks appear due to “fatigue” of the plastic.
• - The coating on the bolt casing wears off, which gives the weapon a sloppy appearance.
• - The disadvantages of this design sometimes include the inability to re-fire a cartridge that has misfired.

A widely touted feature of the Glock 17 pistol was its ability to fire underwater when equipped with a special reinforced recoil spring. This effect is achieved due to the strength of the barrel and simple and reliable automation that does not use complex systems gas outlet, and replacing the standard return spring with a reinforced one allows you to return the bolt back to the firing position even with a significantly increased resistance of the environment. The practical value of this ability is not great - this is due to the fact that in water the energy of a bullet is very quickly extinguished due to the high density of the medium, and the effective firing range does not exceed 1-2 meters. But, despite the low effectiveness of the pistol in this situation, the very presence of this ability indicates the high reliability and wear resistance of components and mechanisms, the preservation of the combat effectiveness of the weapon in conditions of any, no matter how high humidity, and even the ability to fire when there is water in the barrel bore , which in many other models of pistols can lead to deformation of the barrel or serious damage to components and assemblies of the weapon.

There is a widespread misconception that due to the extensive use of polymers in the Glock 17's design, the "plastic pistol" is undetectable by metal detectors. This misconception was refuted, including personally by Gaston Glock himself. Despite the widespread use of polymers, the mass of metal components in the pistol is about 400 grams.

There is also a false myth about the high fragility of a pistol: supposedly if you drop a pistol on a hard surface, it can split or crack. In fact, cracks and deformations of plastic components can occur under mechanical stress, but typically at temperatures below −40 °C or under severe mechanical stress that would deform and destroy pistols made from conventional materials.

The Glock 17 is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the pistol that has been subjected to the most severe tests and has remained combat-ready afterward. It is capable of firing from under water, in conditions of heavy dust, in mud, in conditions of any humidity, after being removed from liquid mud and sand.

This pistol is a typical self-defense weapon. Maximum sighting range shooting range is 50 meters; effective shooting at such a distance requires good shooting training and experience in handling the weapon from which fire is fired. On average, the Glock 17 is most effective at a distance of 20-25 m, due to the fact that even a poorly trained shooter is able to hit a target at such a distance. The initial speed of a bullet fired from a Glock 17 at the muzzle of the barrel is 350-360 m/s. The muzzle energy is about 500 J. These characteristics determine the scope of application of this weapon model.

1. Remove the magazine, pull the bolt back and make sure there is no cartridge in the chamber, pointing the weapon in a safe direction and pull the trigger.
2. Move the bolt to the rearmost position and press down the barrel lock lever.
3. Remove the bolt with barrel and return mechanism from the frame forward.
4. Turn the bolt over and remove it from it return mechanism(return spring with guide rod).
5. Remove the barrel from the bolt by lifting it by the breech.
6. Assembly is carried out in reverse order.

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Glock pistols 9mm caliber. The .357 and .40 caliber weapon families look the same and have similar dimensions

Glock .45 caliber pistols

Glock pistols caliber 9x17 (.380)

Glock 17 pistol on x-ray. All bright, contrasting parts are made of steel and only the plastic frame and trigger are visible as a faint outline

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In 1980, due to the moral and physical obsolescence of the pistols in service in Austria, a competition was announced for a new army pistol called Pistole 80. Pistols from such experienced manufacturers as Beretta, Heckler-Koch, Steyr took part in the competition, but in 1982 Austrian army The pistol of the hitherto practically unknown company Glock Model 17 was officially adopted for armament under the designation P80. Before the competition began, Glock was known mainly as a manufacturer of military knives and sapper blades. Its ambitious owner, Gaston Glock, specifically recruited a team of experienced gunsmith designers to participate in the competition and gave them the opportunity to create a pistol “from scratch,” and they succeeded. Using several unorthodox, but essentially not new ideas, the Glock team managed to create an exceptionally simple, reliable and inexpensive pistol.
Based on the existing positive experience of using polymers in the creation of small arms in pistols (VP-70 from the German company Heckler-Koch) and assault rifles(AUG of the Austrian company Steyr) Glock engineers created a pistol with a polymer frame. This solution made it possible to reduce the cost of production, increase survivability and corrosion resistance, and make the weapon lighter. To ensure the simplest possible handling of weapons, the Austrians abandoned manual safeties, leaving only automatic safeties. The striker-operated trigger design with pre-cocking of the striker was inherited from the Austrian Roth-Steyr pistol of the 1907 model, the automatic safety on the trigger is from German pistol Sauer 1930, modified Browning barrel locking system - from a SIG-Sauer P220 pistol. The total number of parts of the new pistol, including the magazine, was only 33.

In 30 s extra years Since the appearance of the first Glock model 17 pistol, the company has created on its basis several dozen models in all the most popular pistol calibers (9x17, 9x19, .357SIG, .40SW, .45ACP) and even tried to create its own cartridge.45GAP (Glock Auto Pistol) , which turned out to be not so successful. Glock pistols have gained worldwide popularity as army weapons(are in service not only in Austria, but also in Great Britain, Sweden and many other countries). In addition, these pistols are popular as police weapon(in particular in the USA), as well as as a civilian weapon for self-defense and sport.

Over the years of production of Glock pistols, they have changed four generations of models.

First generation of Glock pistols consisted of a Glock 17 / P80 pistol, which had smooth handles with fine corrugation “in a circle”.

Second generation of Glock pistols, introduced in 1988, additionally included the first compact Glock 19 model and featured larger checkering on the front and rear grip surfaces.

Third generation of Glock pistols, which appeared in 1998, received a guide for mounting a flashlight or laser sight under the barrel, recesses for fingers and a “shelf” for thumb on the handle of the weapon and a new ejector, which additionally serves as an indicator of the presence of a cartridge in the chamber.

Fourth generation of Glock pistols, launched into series in 2010 and produced in parallel with the 3rd generation models, received pistol grips of a reduced cross-section with replaceable pads on the back of the grip, allowing the weapon to be adapted to shooters with a wide variety of palm sizes. In addition, the 4th generation pistols received an enlarged magazine release button, which can be moved to both sides of the weapon, and a number of smaller design improvements.

The Glock 18 automatic pistol stands apart from this entire line of weapons. Created for law enforcement services, this pistol was never put on public sale and was produced in small quantities.

As mentioned above, the main advantages of Glock pistols are ease of design and use, high reliability, significant service life, and relatively low weight. The disadvantages of these pistols usually include the not very comfortable shape of the handle (corrected in the currently produced 4th generation of pistols) as well as the absence of any manual safeties, which, if users are insufficiently trained, periodically leads to accidental shots.
Widely circulated in media mass media The “plastic” design of the Glock pistol, which supposedly made the pistol invisible in X-rays and not detected by metal detectors, is nothing more than a fabrication of the press. In fact, any Glock pistol consists of metal for more than half of its mass and is perfectly detectable by any special means.

The automatic operation of all pistols of the Glock series (except for pistols models 25 and 28 of 9x17 caliber) is based on the Browning scheme with a short barrel stroke and rigid locking of one protrusion in the breech of the barrel behind the window for ejecting cartridges in the bolt. The distortion of the breech of the barrel to unlock and lock it is carried out by the interaction of the figured tide under the barrel with a steel insert in a polymer frame. The valves are made of steel using precision casting and have a special coating that is highly resistant to external influences. The barrels have polygonal rifling. The trigger mechanism is striker-fired, with preliminary cocking of the mainspring and its additional cocking by the shooter’s muscular force at the moment the trigger is pressed. To pre-cock the mainspring, simply pull the bolt back about 15mm and release. The pistol does not have non-automatic (manual) safeties. The automatic safety system (safeaction) includes a fuse on the trigger (blocking its movement if pressed incorrectly), a blocking of the firing pin when the trigger is not pressed, and a blocking against the striking of the firing pin from the sear when strong blows. The frame of the pistol is made of impact-resistant plastic in black or olive green (more recently) color. When it is cast, steel guides for the bolt are integrated into the frame, as well as a small metal plate on which the serial number of the weapon is engraved. In the front part of the frame of modern pistols there is a guide for attaching a combat flashlight or laser target designator. The sights are open, with white contrasting or luminous inserts. Glock pistols with the index “C” after the model number have a barrel toss compensator, made in the form of upward-pointing holes in the muzzle of the barrel and the bolt casing. On the frame above the trigger guard on both sides there are sliders, when pressed downwards the incomplete disassembly pistol (removing the barrel, recoil spring and bolt from the frame). The cartridges are fed from box-shaped double-row plastic magazines with cartridges exiting in one row (with the exception of the most compact models 36 and 42, which have single-row magazines).

The Glock 18 automatic pistol differs from the basic Glock 17 model by the presence of a fire mode translator on the left side of the slide. For this pistol, extended magazines with a capacity of 33 rounds were developed and produced, also compatible with 9mm Glock pistols models 17, 19 and 26.

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second generation Glock 17 pistol

third generation Glock 17 pistol

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Glock 9mm pistols. The .357 and .40 caliber weapon families look the same and have similar dimensions

Glock .45 caliber pistols

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Glock 17 pistol on x-ray. All bright, contrasting parts are made of steel and only the plastic frame and trigger are visible as a faint outline

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TTXpistolsGlock caliber.40S&W

TTXpistolsGlock caliber10mm Auto

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TTXpistolsGlock caliber.45ACP

In 1980, due to the moral and physical obsolescence of the pistols in service in Austria, a competition was announced for a new army pistol called Pistole 80. Pistols from such experienced manufacturers as Beretta, Heckler-Koch, Steyr took part in the competition, but in 1982 the Austrian The army officially adopted the pistol of the hitherto practically unknown company Glock model 17 under the designation P80. Before the competition began, Glock was known mainly as a manufacturer of military knives and sapper blades. Its ambitious owner, Gaston Glock, specifically recruited a team of experienced gunsmith designers to participate in the competition and gave them the opportunity to create a pistol “from scratch,” and they succeeded. Using several unorthodox, but essentially not new ideas, the Glock team managed to create an exceptionally simple, reliable and inexpensive pistol.
Based on the existing positive experience of using polymers in the creation of small arms in pistols (VP-70 from the German company Heckler-Koch) and assault rifles (AUG from the Austrian company Steyr), Glock engineers created a pistol with a polymer frame. This solution made it possible to reduce the cost of production, increase survivability and corrosion resistance, and make the weapon lighter. To ensure the simplest possible handling of weapons, the Austrians abandoned manual safeties, leaving only automatic safeties. The striker-operated trigger design with pre-cocking of the striker was inherited from the Austrian Roth-Steyr pistol of the 1907 model, the automatic safety on the trigger was inherited from the German Sauer pistol of 1930, and the modified Browning barrel locking system was inherited from the SIG-Sauer P220 pistol. The total number of parts of the new pistol, including the magazine, was only 33.

For more than 30 years since the appearance of the first Glock model 17 pistol, the company has created on its basis several dozen models in all the most popular pistol calibers (9x17, 9x19, .357SIG, .40SW, .45ACP) and even tried to create its own cartridge.45GAP (Glock Auto Pistol), which turned out to be not so successful. Glock pistols have gained worldwide popularity as army weapons (they are in service not only in Austria, but also in the UK, Sweden and many other countries). In addition, these pistols are popular as police weapons (particularly in the USA), as well as civilian weapons for self-defense and sport.

Over the years of production of Glock pistols, they have changed four generations of models.

First generation of Glock pistols consisted of a Glock 17 / P80 pistol, which had smooth handles with fine corrugation “in a circle”.

Second generation of Glock pistols, introduced in 1988, additionally included the first compact Glock 19 model and featured larger checkering on the front and rear grip surfaces.

Third generation of Glock pistols, which appeared in 1998, received a guide for mounting a flashlight or laser sight under the barrel, recesses for fingers and a “shelf” for the thumb on the handle of the weapon, and a new ejector, which additionally serves as an indicator of the presence of a cartridge in the chamber.

Fourth generation of Glock pistols, launched into series in 2010 and produced in parallel with the 3rd generation models, received pistol grips of a reduced cross-section with replaceable pads on the back of the grip, allowing the weapon to be adapted to shooters with a wide variety of palm sizes. In addition, the 4th generation pistols received an enlarged magazine release button, which can be moved to both sides of the weapon, and a number of smaller design improvements.

The Glock 18 automatic pistol stands apart from this entire line of weapons. Created for law enforcement services, this pistol was never put on public sale and was produced in small quantities.

As mentioned above, the main advantages of Glock pistols are ease of design and use, high reliability, significant service life, and relatively low weight. The disadvantages of these pistols usually include the not very comfortable shape of the handle (corrected in the currently produced 4th generation of pistols) as well as the absence of any manual safeties, which, if users are insufficiently trained, periodically leads to accidental shots.
The “plastic” design of the Glock pistol, which was widely discussed in the media, supposedly made the pistol invisible in X-rays and not detected by metal detectors, is nothing more than an invention of the press. In fact, any Glock pistol consists of metal for more than half of its mass and is perfectly detectable by any special means.

The automatic operation of all pistols of the Glock series (except for pistols models 25 and 28 of 9x17 caliber) is based on the Browning scheme with a short barrel stroke and rigid locking of one protrusion in the breech of the barrel behind the window for ejecting cartridges in the bolt. The distortion of the breech of the barrel to unlock and lock it is carried out by the interaction of the figured tide under the barrel with a steel insert in a polymer frame. The valves are made of steel using precision casting and have a special coating that is highly resistant to external influences. The barrels have polygonal rifling. The trigger mechanism is striker-fired, with preliminary cocking of the mainspring and its additional cocking by the shooter’s muscular force at the moment the trigger is pressed. To pre-cock the mainspring, simply pull the bolt back about 15mm and release. The pistol does not have non-automatic (manual) safeties. The automatic safety system (safeaction) includes a fuse on the trigger (blocking its movement if pressed incorrectly), blocking the striker when the trigger is not pressed, and blocking the striker from being pulled off the sear during strong impacts. The frame of the pistol is made of impact-resistant plastic in black or olive green (more recently) color. When it is cast, steel guides for the bolt are integrated into the frame, as well as a small metal plate on which the serial number of the weapon is engraved. In the front part of the frame of modern pistols there is a guide for attaching a combat flashlight or laser target designator. The sights are open, with white contrasting or luminous inserts. Glock pistols with the index “C” after the model number have a barrel toss compensator, made in the form of upward-pointing holes in the muzzle of the barrel and the bolt casing. On the frame above the trigger guard on both sides there are sliders, when pressed downwards the pistol is partially disassembled (removing the barrel, return spring and bolt from the frame). The cartridges are fed from box-shaped double-row plastic magazines with cartridges exiting in one row (with the exception of the most compact models 36 and 42, which have single-row magazines).

The Glock 18 automatic pistol differs from the basic Glock 17 model by the presence of a fire mode translator on the left side of the slide. For this pistol, extended magazines with a capacity of 33 rounds were developed and produced, also compatible with 9mm Glock pistols models 17, 19 and 26.

Despite the fact that our fellow citizens have personal short-barreled weapon for self-defense will not be seen for a long time, you need to be able to understand it at least a little. Let it be theoretically, let it be at the level of “click here, shoot there,” but it’s necessary. You never know how life will turn out... And so we will tell you something interesting about Glock pistols.

Why Glock? Oh, there are as many as 7 reasons for this, or rather, myths that only people are surrounded by. So…

1. Glock pistols are the most common short-barreled weapons in the world

Partly true. Yes, employees love Glocks. law enforcement. Same Glock 17 and its various variations are in service with the law enforcement forces of Norway, Austria, Canada, Mexico, the USA and a bunch of other NATO countries. Not to mention America, where Glock pistols are generally a ubiquitous phenomenon.

But other brands can boast of the enviable popularity of their pistols. We are talking about the arms companies CZ (Czech Republic), Beretta and Tanfoglio (Italy), Walther and Heckler & Koch (Germany), FN (Belgium) and Colt (America).

In Russia, the APS (Stechkin Automatic Pistol), PYa (Yarygin Pistol) and PM (Makarov Pistol) pistols are extremely popular among security forces, and the Glock pistol is only gaining momentum.

2. The Glock doesn't have a safety.

This is perhaps the main feature of the pistol. The Glock has three safeties (on the trigger, on the hammer and shockproof), and all of them are automatic. In order to start shooting, you do not need to intentionally press a button or switch the safety switch, the protection system will work automatically.

And this is also the reason why Glock pistols are categorically not recommended for beginners, so that they do not shoot something at themselves.

Glock is well suited for people who use weapons for work or sport and who train for several hours every day. The same law enforcement officers hone their skills in using Glock to the point of automaticity. And they are very pleased that there is no need to make unnecessary movements to remove the pistol from the safety.

3. Glock is invisible to metal detectors

A lie, of course, but there is a grain of truth here. The Glock actually shows up quite poorly on detectors because half the design is heat-resistant plastic. At least the latest models.

But the recognizable outline of the weapon, which is visible on the detector screen, is still preserved. Plus, it hasn’t worked out yet, so it will “ring” like any other weapon. And the myth that it can still be carried unnoticed appeared after the release of the film “Die Hard 2” and Bruce Willis’s phrase about it.

4. Plastic makes the Glock pistol weigh too little

Yes, the gun is relatively light, but not too light. Lightening the design - main reason, why they started using heat-resistant plastic. It really significantly reduced the weight of the pistol, while maintaining the proper level of strength.

Discharged Glock 17 weighs about the same as three full ammunition loads for it - 51 rounds of 9x19 caliber. These are 649 and 612 grams, respectively. When fully loaded, the pistol weighs 941 grams (pistol with magazine and 18 rounds). Which is comparatively more than that of PM. But given the greater power, this is quite logical.

5. The plastic Glock pistols are made of is fragile and short-lived.

And this myth is almost the opposite of the previous one. The official name of the plastic used in the production of Glocks is Polymer 2. There is information that this is simply an alternative name for another material - Glass-Reinforced Zytel® Nylon from DuPont. Which, by the way, is used to produce especially durable sneakers. So far, no one has been able to refute this information.

6. Glock has an extremely complex design and a lot of parts

Basic model Glock 17 consists of only 34 components. For comparison, the same PM of component parts has 32 positions. That is, Glock pistols are very easy to disassemble and repairable.

And taking into account the fact that Western gunsmiths are more inclined towards reliability at the expense of complexity, the Glock was almost a revolutionary concept.

7. The Glock is dangerous and very easy to accidentally shoot.

Partially true, but remember that “guns don’t kill, people kill.”

Yes, the lack of a mechanical safety can play a cruel joke on the shooter. Gaston Glock himself, after creating experimental models, preferred to work with the new pistol using only one hand - his left. That is, reload, and pick up, and clean. The gunsmith rightly feared that even an accidental pull on the trigger could trigger a shot.

Beginner Glock users are also afraid of this, but with practice the fear goes away quite quickly.