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Gaston Glock (German: [ˈɡastɔn ˈɡlɔk]; 19 July 1929 – 27 December 2023) was an Austrian engineer and businessman.He founded the company Glock.When he entered the 1980 competition for a new Austrian service pistol, he hired two engineers who had worked on the development of HK's first two polymer-frame pistols, the VP70 and P9 models.
Glock Ges.m.b.H. (doing business as GLOCK) is a light weapons manufacturer headquartered in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria, named after its founder, Gaston Glock. The company makes popular polymer-framed pistols , but also produces field knives , entrenching tools , various horse related products, and apparel.
Glock 17MB: The 17MB is a version with ambidextrous magazine catch. This model, along with the other MB variants, was no longer available upon the introduction of the fourth-generation models, which have a reversible magazine catch. Glock 17M: Introduced in 2016, the 17M was created in response to an FBI solicitation for a new full-size 9mm ...
Glock and his first wife, Helga, married in 1962 and divorced in 2011, according to a lawsuit filed by Helga. The lawsuit said they had three children, Brigitte, Gaston Jr., and Robert.
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Since 2010, Kathrin Glock is responsible for the Glock Horse Performance Center. [2] Members of the GLOCK Team include dressage world champions Edward Gal, Hans Peter Minderhoud, and Nicole Werner, [3] as well as the show jumping equestrian Gerco Schröder. [4] In the year 2012, Kathrin Glock became a board member of the Glock Ges.m.b.H.