Glock knife

Glock knife
Glock knife
	First-generation Glock Feldmesser FM 78 and its sheath
Type	Combat knife
Place of origin	Austria
Service history
Used by	See Users
Production history
Designer	Glock Ges.m.b.H.
Manufacturer	Glock Ges.m.b.H.
Variants	Feldmesser 78 and 81
Specifications
Length	290 millimetres (11 in)
Blade length	165 millimetres (6.5 in)
Blade type	Clip point
Scabbard/sheath	Glock polymer

The Glock knife (German: Glock Feldmesser) is a military combat knife product line designed and produced by Glock Ges.m.b.H., located in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria.

Design

Made under the request of the Jagdkommando^[1]^[2]^[3], both Glock knives have clip point blades made of SAE 1095 carbon steel with a hardness of 55 HRC and are electrophoretic coated.^[4]

The handle of the Glock field knives was originally available in the colours olive drab, black, gray and desert sand.^[5]

Variants

Glock currently manufactures two models of knife:^[6]

Feldmesser 78

The field knife 78 (German: Feldmesser 78), is a classic field knife, with a 165-millimetre-long (6.5 in) and 5-millimetre-thick (0.20 in) blade, 290-millimetre (11 in) overall length and weighs 206 g (7.3 oz).

Feldmesser 81

The survival knife 81 (German: Feldmesser 81) has the same overall dimensions as the Field Knife 78 with the addition of saw-teeth on the back of the blade and weighs 202 g (7.1 oz).

Close up of a Survival Knife 81 (*Feldmesser 81*) with saw-teeth at the back of the blade and its sheath locking clip.

Users

Austria
- Austrian Armed Forces^{[note 1]}^[7]^[8]
Denmark
- Danish Defence^{[note 2]}^[9]
Luxembourg
- Palace guards^[10]
Germany
- GSG 9^[11]
Poland
- Military Gendarmerie^{[note 3]}^[12]

Notes

↑ Field knife 78, designated as the FM 78 or FMsr 78
↑ Designated as the Feltkniv M/96
↑ Field knife 78 and 81

References

↑ "Bayonets of Austria". worldbayonets.com. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
↑ World Bayonets. Austria. Image of Glock Knife mounted on Steyr AUG. In: worldbayonets.com (PDF; 548 kB)
↑ Infoblatt der Sammlung Hugo Schürer
↑ "GLOCK Field and Survival knives". glock.com. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
↑ Glock. "Outdoor knives product page". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
↑ "GLOCK Field and Survival knives". glock.com. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
↑ Dietmar Pohl: Messer deutscher Spezialeinheiten, 2005, ISBN 978-3-613-02526-4, S. 103.
↑ "Das Jagdkommando (JaKdo)". Retrieved 24 August 2015.
↑ "Pakning af basis system M/96" (PDF). Air Force Training Centre. p. 8.
↑ Robert Schneider (4 December 2017). "Luxemburger Palastgarde bald wieder (richtig) bewaffnet". tageblatt.lu. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
↑ Dietmar Pohl: Messer deutscher Spezialeinheiten, 2005, ISBN 978-3-613-02526-4, S. 182.
↑ Paweł Supernat: Nóż w służbach mundurowych, in: Broń i amunicja 01/2010

External links

Media related to Glock knives at Wikimedia Commons

[7] Field knife 78, designated as the FM 78 or FMsr 78

[10] Designated as the Feltkniv M/96

[14] Field knife 78 and 81

[1] "Bayonets of Austria". worldbayonets.com. Retrieved 24 August 2015.

[2] World Bayonets. Austria. Image of Glock Knife mounted on Steyr AUG. In: worldbayonets.com (PDF; 548 kB)

[schuerer-3] Infoblatt der Sammlung Hugo Schürer

[4] "GLOCK Field and Survival knives". glock.com. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

[5] Glock. "Outdoor knives product page". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2007.

[6] "GLOCK Field and Survival knives". glock.com. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

[8] Dietmar Pohl: Messer deutscher Spezialeinheiten, 2005, ISBN 978-3-613-02526-4, S. 103.

[9] "Das Jagdkommando (JaKdo)". Retrieved 24 August 2015.

[11] "Pakning af basis system M/96" (PDF). Air Force Training Centre. p. 8.

[12] Robert Schneider (4 December 2017). "Luxemburger Palastgarde bald wieder (richtig) bewaffnet". tageblatt.lu. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

[13] Dietmar Pohl: Messer deutscher Spezialeinheiten, 2005, ISBN 978-3-613-02526-4, S. 182.

[15] Paweł Supernat: Nóż w służbach mundurowych, in: Broń i amunicja 01/2010

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