What is Glock 18?
[[File:Glock 18C.jpg|thumb|A Glock 18C (Glock 18 model equipped with a compensator) is shown above]]The [[Glock]] 18, more commonly known as the G18, is a select-fire pistol capable of both [[semi-automatic]] and [[Automatic firearm|fully automatic]] fire. In the up position, the selector switch provides semi-automatic fire, while in the down position, it enables fully automatic fire. == History == Originally designed in the Mid-1980s for the Austrian [[Counterterrorism|counterterror]] unit Einsatz Kommando Kobra, to test the concept of a machine pistol as a [[Personal defense weapon|Personal Defense Weapon]] and as a proof of Glock's design withstanding continous [[Automatic firearm|Automatic fire]], officially making its debut in 1987, The Glock 18 is a weapon for specialist users. Most of them being counter terrorist or VIP protection units. however, in few situations a machine pistol achieves better results than a [[pistol]] or [[Submachine gun|sub machine gun]]. For these reasons the number of Glock 18s produced is comparatively insignificant to other Glock models. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Pistols]]