Glocks also went into action with National Security Guard (NSG) commandos during the terror attack on Pathankot air force base in 2016 and in other operations. Though out of reach of India’s gun owners till now, the world’s first military service pistol to sport a light polymer frame and trigger safety feature, is a familiar name to the nation.Īlso Read: ‘No war, no peace in Ladakh,’ says IAF chief RKS BhadauriaĪ 9 mm Glock 26 compact pistol was the only weapon wing commander Abhinandan Varthaman was armed with when he was captured in Pakistan in February 2019 after the Balakot air strikes. The erstwhile Congress government at the Centre banned import of all types of firearms in 1984, giving exemptions only to national and international shooters and state agencies.
In India, the majority of licensed firearms owners are saddled with old or antiquated foreign handguns imported before 1984 or the ones being made by government ordnance factories. Today, Glock produces fifth generation pistols with competitors following its polymer technology. In the delegation was a man who was part of the team that helped the designer, Gaston Glock, make the first pistol in 1981,” said Jayarajan. “A team from Glock landed in Chennai in January 2019 and flew to Delhi to meet Union defence ministry officials after visiting our site. We have permission to set up our own proof testing facility,” said Jayarajan. Our first priority is to supply the 9 mm pistols to the armed forces. “The Covid-19 lockdown delayed our project by more than six months. The pistol is sold to citizens in many countries, including the USA. With permission from the Centre, CMT has now set a target to sell the pistols to civilians by the end of March 2021, one of the Indian company’s directors and major shareholder, Jayakumar Jayarajan, told HT.įor India’s civilian arms market, the arrival of the Glock will be a game changer, stakeholders feel.
The joint venture was initially signed for supplying Glocks only to the government. (CMT) and Glock Ges.m.b.H, Austria, entered into a partnership to produce the pistols at the CMT plant in Tiruvallur district, which is part of the state’s defence industrial corridor planned by the Centre. In 2019, the Tamil Nadu-based Counter measures technologies pvt.
Currently serving with the military, police and special forces in more than 70 nations, including India, America, England and France, the famous polymer-frame Glock pistols from Austria may soon be available to Indian citizens in non-service calibres.
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