2023-12-27 22:50:46
Austrian engineer Gaston Glock died on Wednesday at the age of 94. Glock designed one of the best-selling handguns in the world and gave it his name.
Glock designed a weapon in the 1980s that was innovative at the time. The Glock pistol was not only lighter and simpler than other weapons, but also cheaper and more reliable.
The weapons are used in various armies, including the Dutch, British and French. The weapon is also popular on the American consumer market.
Glock achieved great success with his company, which he built from 1963 and which made him a millionaire. Last year, the arms manufacturer GLOCK made a profit of 146 million euros.
The businessman was known as media shy, but still appeared in the news several times. In 1999, Glock survived an assassination attempt.
In 2011, Glock made the news with the difficult divorce from his first wife. Glock remarried that year to Kathrin Tschikof, 51 years his junior. She has been Glock’s successor as director of the weapons manufacturer since 2021.
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