New Glock pistol for British armed forces

British forces are to be equipped with a new standard issue pistol for the first time in more than 40 years.

The MOD has signed a £9m contract to provide the Armed Forces with more than 25,000 new Glock 17 sidearms, replacing the Browning pistol which has been in service since 1967.

BBC News - New Glock pistol for British armed forces

 

The Browning has been in UK service since about 1941.... but thats the BBC for you.

IMHO the Glock is the wrong choice, but I expect it is the cheapest.

 

HP 9mm love, hate relationship, one of my jobs I had to carry one with me at all times for over six months sick of the sight of it !- the routine , empty mag everyday and ease springs before reloading. I have mentioned before - 1970s we were issued .38 revolvers for checkpoint duty - short lived- ammunition supplies and other events put an end to it. On the NITAT team at Ballykinler we trained people on the .38 - a nicely balanced weapon but a bit short on punch the training did not last many months before the .38 was withdrawn. The RUC were using a bloody cannon which when I fired one down an underground pipe range impressed to say the least, Rugger .44 (memory on that). Fired a few and like many weapons good in some situations not in others - the balance has to influence choice.




Browning High Power Field Service Manual

 

No doubt we shall have a raft of gunshot injuries shortly as people "try them on "

Cheers

 

Yuck. Looks like a ray gun.

 

Hi,

The venerable "Browning SLP" has been in British service since WW2 if my tattered memory is correct.


I fired the Glock back in the late 80's, felt nice.

I wonder if this version will have the full automatic capability ?

The Glock has a larger magazine capacity than the Browning SLP and also the weapon is partly made from plastic which caused concern for airport security scanning.


Regards, Mick D.

 

Personally, I'm not a big fan of the Glock, I like the old Browning better (nostalgia, probably... )

I wonder if this version will have the full automatic capability ?

No, the Glock 17 does not have full auto capability. Would be pretty useless anyway!

The Glock has a larger magazine capacity than the Browning SLP and also the weapon is partly made from plastic which caused concern for airport security scanning.

The magazine capacity is indeed larger. 17 rounds for the Glock, 13 for the Browning.

And the "concern for airport security scanning" was something invented by journalists, to make it sound more awesome.

Just like journalists made the P90 more fearsome because "it could shoot through bullet proof vests".

Kind regards,

Jos

 

Hi Jos,

Many thanks for that gen, another couple of myths exploded


Kind Regards, Mick D.

 

It's a good piece of kit. I carry one at work every day. It's very accurate up to 25 metres, extremely reliable and virtually "idiot" proof (which is why we have them! )

All the best..........

 

Hmmmm the news says the Browning is made in the USA - I always thought Belgium by FN or in WWII by Inglis in Canada

 

I was using a Glock in 2004 and the Browning was replaced with the P226 Sig in 'Stan a good few years ago.

 

I was using a Glock in 2004 and the Browning was replaced with the P226 Sig in 'Stan a good few years ago.
__________________

Shows how long it takes the procurement paperwork to catch up with the bills

 

Or the Media to pick up a MOD story....I don't think anyone has even mentioned the Sig and why it was sacked.

 

Or the Media to pick up a MOD story....I don't think anyone has even mentioned the Sig and why it was sacked.

Hi Drew,

What was the reason? I've always heard they are top notch.

 

Too many ND's from what I've heard.

 

Too many ND's from what I've heard.

Not allowed to call them "ND's" anymore, it's "UD's" now!!

 

Bring back the Mk VI Webley, I say...

 

To civvies maybe

 

The Browning has been in UK service since about 1941.... but thats the BBC for you...

To be fair the BBC are only repeating what the Booty told them.

The key phrase is 'standard issue', 1967 being when the semi-auto replaced the revolver as the standard issue sidearm of the British Army.

 

The Browning has been in UK service since about 1941.... but thats the BBC for you.

I'm fairly sure that this is incorrect. It may have been used by some very select few but then so were a hell of a lot of Automatic Pistols at the time. The Canadian Army got their Brownings as an adopted service pistol in late 1944 (October if my memory serves), the British Army got theirs well after the war had ended.