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INDIAN special armed forces use GLOCK 17 as their secondary arm

INDIAN special armed forces use GLOCK 17 as their secondary arm.. glock pistol is Austrian origin and is not detectable by metal detectors as it is made of plastic (exclude rounds) It 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. These are also used by US law enforcement agencies and other security forces across the world. Operating mechanism: The Glock 17 is a 9mm short recoil-operated locked breech semi-automatic pistol that uses a modified Browning cam-lock system adapted from the Hi-Power pistol. The firearm's locking mechanism utilizes 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 approximately 3 mm (0.12 in) until the bullet leaves the barrel and chamber pressure drops

History of firearms

Pistol/Guns/Fire arms 1       history All about the pistols, hand guns had begun in early 12 th century in China. There took the birth of the firearm named hand cannon in 1200 and from there the knowledge has spread throughout the world. It is believed that the gun powder technology has spread to the west through Silk Road. Europe and Arabs have been using them in 14 th century, and japan has started mass producing them in 1543, but they know about the gun powder in the beforehand. After the gun powder was invented by China the advanced firearm was introduced by Portuguese in 15 th century. These were used until 1720 when they were replaced by flintlocks. The evolution of firearms is shown below: Hand cannons (14 th century) Hand locks- hand gonne (15 th century) Match lock Wheel lock (15 th century) Snap lock Snaphance (1550) Dog lock (17 th century) Flintlock (17 th century ) Percussion cap (19 th century) Ca