Glock Factory and HQ (Deutsch Wagram)

 factory, uniform supply shop

www.glock.com/

Mainly known for being the manufacturer of polymer-framed pistols, Glock also produces equipment such as field knives and entrenching tools. The company started as a manufacturer of curtain rods, then branched out into supplying the Austrian Army with machine gun belts, practice hand grenades, plastic magazines, field knives and entrenching tools. Since then, the company has added different options and accessories such as tactical lights and a quick-draw holster to its product line.

While Glock marketing materials spell the company name as if it were an acronym ("GLOCK"), newspapers in Austria, Germany, and the United States forgo the capitalization of all letters in the interest of readability.

Its first handgun model was the Glock 17, a 9 mm Luger semi-automatic pistol with a magazine capacity of 17 rounds (unusually large at the time), introduced in the early 1980s as a response to the Austrian army's request for a new sidearm. The 17 was so-named because it was Gaston Glock's seventeenth patent, not because it carries seventeen rounds of ammunition. Glock pistols are popular with law enforcement agencies, the military, security personnel, and private citizens. Glock was the first manufacturer to offer models chambered in the .40 S&W cartridge (Glock 22 and Glock 23; 1990), beating Smith & Wesson to the marketplace with their own cartridge. The Glock 22 is currently (as of mid-2006) the single most popular police sidearm in use in the United States. The Glock 19, a compact version of the Glock 17, remains one of the most popular 9mm firearms in the world.

Glock also offers pistols chambered in .357 SIG, .380 ACP, 10 mm Auto, .45 ACP, and the new .45 GAP (Glock Automatic Pistol). A very small run of 9 x 21 mm Glock 19 pistols was made. Glock .380 pistols are not currently available in the United States due to the BATFE's point system.
"C" models are built with a "compensator" feature to reduce recoil.

The company is privately held and does not release any figures concerning its revenue or internal operations.

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