The GLOCK 37 is a pistol manufactured by GLOCK. It is a GLOCK 17 modified to fire the .45 GAP ammunition. It uses a different slide, frame, barrel and magazine but is otherwise similar in looks to the GLOCK 17 but has a wider slide. It has a 10 rounds magazine capacity. For the coin, see pistole For the part of a flower, see pistil. ... GLOCK is an Austrian defense contractor (named after the founder Gaston Glock) founded in 1963 in Deutsch-Wagram, near Vienna, Austria. ... The GLOCK 17 was the first pistol designed and manufactured by the Austrian company GLOCK. It is a locked breech, short recoil 9 mm Luger semi-automatic pistol with a standard magazine capacity of 17 rounds of ammunition. ... The . ... Boxes of ammunition clog a warehouse in Baghdad Ammunition is a generic military term meaning (the assembly of) a projectile and its propellant. ... In firearms the slide is the upper half of a semi-automatic pistol. ... In firearms terminology, the receiver is the part of the firearm that houses the operating parts of the gun. ... The barrel of a firearm is the tube, usually metal, through which a controlled explosion is released in order to propel a projectile out of the end at great speed. ... A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles. ... Rimmed, centerfire . ... A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles. ...

The .45 GAP ammunition was designed by GLOCK, it has the same performance as the .45 ACP ammuntion but is short enough to fit into smaller framed pistols. The . ...

The GLOCK 37 first appeared in 2003, it is mainly available in the U.S.

It was designed for law enforcement and self defense use where its large caliber offers superior single shot stopping power, while avoiding the large frame size problems of the GLOCK 21. Self defense and defense of others (sometimes called alter ego defense or defense of a third person) are a pair of legal theories under which otherwise tortious or illegal acts may be justified when committed for the purpose of protecting oneself, or for the purpose of protecting another person. ... The word caliber (American English) or calibre (British English) designates the interior diameter of a tube or the exterior diameter of a wire or rod. ... The GLOCK 21 is a pistol manufactured by GLOCK. It is a large frame GLOCK based on the GLOCK 20 and fires the . ...

Like most GLOCK guns, the name is often referred to as a "Glock" and not as "GLOCK". According to GLOCK—the company that manufactures the gun—this is incorrect. GLOCK refers to all its guns with all uppercase letters.

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