GLOCK history
Discover the milestones of the GLOCK success story!
1963
PERFECTION STARTS
1970-1979
FIRST MILITARY PRODUCTS
1980
FOUNDING OF GLOCK GmbH
1980-1982
BIRTH OF THE GLOCK PISTOL
In the early 1980s the semi-automatic GLOCK service pistol was born. It's polymer frame and the developed Safe Action® System revolutionized the pistol market.
Read more about the history of the GLOCK P80 here.
1983
ENTRENCHING TOOL
1985
GLOCK GOES U.S.
1987
GLOCK IS GROWING
1988
A NEW GENERATION IS INTRODUCED
1996
GLOCK FOR TRAINING
1998
RAIL FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
1999
BIRTH OF GLOCK 36
2000
NEW HEADQUARTER
2002
TACTICAL LIGHTS BY GLOCK
2009
START OF GEN 4
2014/15
GLOCK SLIMLINE PISTOLS
2014
GLOCK GOES EAST
2016
EASY MOUNTING OF OPTICS
2017
START OF THE NEXT GENERATION: GEN 5
2018
G19X JOINED FORCES
2018
GEN5 FAMILY EXPANDS
2018
MOS - FIRST MODULAR OPTIC SYSTEM MODEL FOR GEN5
2018
GLOCK FM78 ANNIVERSARY
2018
G45 COMPACT CROSSOVER
2018
GEN5 MOS - FAMILY IS GROWING
2019
SILVER SLIDE: SLIM IS BEAUTIFUL
2019
G45 GETS MOS SLIDE
2019
ALL-BLACK G43X AND G48 WITH RAIL
2019
G44 IN CALIBER 22 l.r.
2019
NEW OFFICE BUILDING IN DEUTSCH-WAGRAM
2020
OPTIC READY SLIMLINE
2020
THE GEN5 FAMILY GROWS
2020 - 2022
GLOCK P80 Anniversary
Established in the 1980ies the GLOCK P80 later got released to the commercial market as the GLOCK 17 and became one of the most known pistols in the world.
2022
GEN5 TRAINING MODELS IN MOS CONFIGURATION
GLOCK introduces the newest Gen5 training pistol models G17T, G19T and G45T with the additional benefit of being configured as Modular Optics System (MOS) ready.
Designed specifically for use with either FX®, FOF, UTX® or UTM Ammunition, these pistols offer the same ergonomics and touch-and-feel which officers are familiar with their service pistols.
2023
IN MEMORIAM
GASTON GLOCK
19.07.1929 - 27.12.2023