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| weaponinfo = The Glock pistol, sometimes referred to by the manufacturer as a Glock "Safe Action" Pistol or colloquially as a Glock, is a series of polymer-framed, short recoil-operated, locked-breech semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by Glock Ges.m.b.H., located in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria. It entered Austrian military and police service by 1982 after it was the top performer on an exhaustive series of reliability and safety tests.
| weaponinfo = The Glock 17 is a polymer-frame, short recoil-operated, locked-breech semi-automatic pistol chambered in 9x19mm Parabellum. It the first pistol in a massive lineup of polymer handguns produced by Glock Ges.m.b.H. in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria. The manufacturer refers to them as the Glock "Safe Action" Pistol.


Despite initial resistance from the market to accept a "plastic gun" due to durability and reliability concerns, and fears, (subsequently shown to be unfounded), that the pistol would be "invisible" to metal detectors in airports, Glock pistols have become the company's most profitable line of products, commanding 65% of the market share of handguns for United States law enforcement agencies, as well as supplying numerous national armed forces, security agencies, and police forces in at least 48 countries. Glocks are also popular firearms among civilians for recreational/competition shooting, home/self defense, and concealed or open carry.<ref name="wiki">[[wikipedia:Glock|Wikipedia entry on Glock 17]]</ref>
THe Glock 17 entered Austrian military and police service by 1982 after it passed an exhaustive series of reliability and safety tests. It is one of the first "wondernine" pistols that replaced .38 Special revolvers in popular usage.


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Despite initial resistance in the United States to accept a "plastic gun" due to durability concerns, and fear that the pistol would be "invisible" to metal detectors in airports, Glock pistols have taken 65% of the market share of handguns for American law enforcement agencies. They have also supplied numerous armed forces, security agencies, and police forces in 48+ countries. Glocks are extremely popular firearms among civilians for recreational/competition shooting, home/self defense, and concealed or open carry.
 
There are many numbered Glocks produced in various calibers: The Glock 17 is a service size 9mm pistol. The Glock 19 is a compact 9mm and the most popular Glock model. The Glock 26 is a subcompact 9mm that is very concealable. The Glock 18C is a police/military-only 9mm machine pistol with an extremely high rate of fire. And the list goes on...
 
The Glock 17 currently has five generation models, each generation adding small changes like accessory rails and changeable backstraps.<ref name="wiki">[[wikipedia:Glock|Wikipedia entry on Glock 17]]</ref>
 
| design = Glock 17's outfit kind of resembles that of a police officer, due to the Glock's popularity with law enforcement agencies.


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