Glock

The Glock was a series of old-world short-recoil operated, locked-breech semi-automatic pistols of Austrian origin. Chambered for several cartridges including 9x19mm Parabellum, 10mm Auto, and even .45 ACP, the Glock has become a highly sought-after sidearm in the wasteland due to it's ease of use and high customization.

Design
The Glock pistol has seen much change over the course of it's existence, but the overall design has been relatively the same. The firearm's locking mechanism uses a linkless, vertically tilting barrel with a rectangular breech that locks into the ejection port cut-out in the slide. During the recoil stroke, the barrel moves rearward initially locked together with the slide only a short distance until the bullet leaves the barrel and chamber pressure drops to a safe level. A ramped lug extension at the base of the barrel then interacts with a tapered locking block integrated into the frame, forcing the barrel down and unlocking it from the slide. This camming action terminates the barrel's movement while the slide continues back under recoil, extracting and ejecting the spent cartridge casing.

The Glock typically comes with a polymer frame, and comes with a 15-round detachable box magazine (though varying cartridges can change the number of rounds held).

Cartridge
As previously stated, the Glock can be easily customized to fire various cartridges. While the most common type is the 9x19mm Parabellum cartridge, it can also hold the 10mm Auto, .45 ACP, .22 Long Rifle, and the .357 cartridges.

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 * Glock (1e)