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Gaston Glock
Gaston Glock was an Austrian engineer and businessman. He founded the company Glock in 1963. 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. The first Glock pistol, chambered in 9x19mm and named the Glock 17 because of it being Gaston Glock's 17th patent…
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science · Austrian engineer-inventor-businessman (1929–2023) · engineer · inventor · designer · also Gaston Glock, Gaston Hellmut Glock, Glock
Born 19 July 1929 · Died 27 December 2023 · Q112193
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2023· 2 entries
Died 2023-12-27.
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Glock died on 27 December 2023, at the age of 94.
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Commander of the National Order of Merit (2014).
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2011· 2 entries
And entered litigation over accusations that Glock engaged in racketeering
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They divorced in 2011 and entered litigation over accusations that Glock engaged in racketeering.
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1980· 1 entry
Bought an injection-moulding machine to manufacture handles and sheaths for the field knives he was making for the Austrian army in his garage workshop
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1958· 1 entry
And they co-founded the family business in 1963
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1929· 1 entry
Born 1929-07-19.
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