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 The creator of the Glock pistol passes away

2023-12-28 13:20:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

 The creator of the Glock pistol passes away

Gaston Glock, the Austrian engineer who created the Glock pistol, has passed away at the age of 94.

Gaston Glock was a billionaire who rarely appeared in the media. Despite his popularity, most of the time he remained secluded in his lakeside estate in Austria.

Glock became famous in 2012 when a book was published about his business, his divorce from his first wife in 2011, and when a business associate tried to kill him in the late 90s. He was a professional wrestler and hit him 7 times in the head with a rubber bat, but Gaston Glock, then 70 years old, fought back and managed to throw the attacker to the ground.

Gaston Glock was born in 1929 and studied mechanical engineering at a college in Vienna. Later he opened a consumer goods business. In the early 1980s, his business focused primarily on military supplies. This was also the moment when he entered the world of weapons. A call from the Austrian military looking to upgrade its pistols was the starting point. Glock designed a 9mm semi-automatic pistol that fired 18 rounds./ CNA





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