U.K. Army Get NYPD Pistol as Glock Bests Browning After 46 Years
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U.K. troops in Afghanistan will be issued with side-arms from Glock GmbH, the provider of handguns to two-thirds of U.S. police departments, after the Austrian company displaced a Browning Arms Co. model used for 46 years.
A first batch of 2,000 Glock 17 Gen 4 pistols was delivered last month by the Deutsch-Wagram-based manufacturer following a 9 million-pound ($15 million) contest to provide a total of 25,000 guns, the U.K. Ministry of Defence said today.