G17

The G17 is a 9 mm handgun featured in both ArmA: Cold War Assault and ArmA 2.

ArmA: Cold War Assault

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The Glock pistol is a short recoil operated, locked breech weapon firearm that was first developed in 1982 to replace the obsolescent P38 pistol in use by the Austrian army. Simplicity of operation combined with having a minimum number of parts as well as a polymer design has made it a highly popular weapon, with many armies and police forces throughout the world using it. Weapon Description

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Glock 17 9 mm
Faction	United States
Type	Handgun
Calibre	9×19 mm
Magazine capacity	14
Dispersion	0.004 rad
Variants	Glock 17S
Games

The Glock 17 is used exclusively by U.S. special operations units in ArmA: Cold War Assault.

Overview

The Glock 17 is a semi-automatic pistol chambered to fire the 9×19 mm round.

It loads from 14-round magazines and can attain a fire rate of up to 600 rounds per minute, with a muzzle velocity of 375 m/s.

One of the most modern handgun designs of its time, the Glock 17 served as the standard-issue sidearm of U.S. special forces operatives during the Cold War. Compared to both the 92F issued to conventional U.S. forces and the Soviet Tokarev TT-33, the Glock 17 is superior in almost every way, from magazine capacity to accuracy, as well as being able to fit a suppressor.

Though its 9 mm round is somewhat weaker compared to the TT-33's 7.62 mm (like the 92F), it compensates for this by having large magazine size and fast rate of fire.

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Variants

Glock 17S

Glock 17S 9 mm
Faction	United States
Type	Handgun
Calibre	9×19 mm SD
Magazine capacity	14
Dispersion	0.004 rad
Variants	Glock 17
Games

The Glock 17S is simply a modified version of the baseline Glock 17 pistol that has a sound suppressor fitted to it.

There are barely any changes to the way the Glock 17S's performs or handles. The only major difference is that the Glock 17S feeds from magazines loaded with subsonic 9 mm ammunition instead.

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Ammunition

Base damage value	Initial velocity (m/s)
6	375

Both variants of the Glock 17 only support a single magazine. It requires one inventory slot to carry:

Glock 17S Mag.

Standard 14-round magazine.

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Trivia

• Unlike its real-life counterpart, Cold War Assault's Glock 17 is incorrectly depicted using 14-round magazines as opposed to 17.
• Along with all other handguns, the Glock 17 was not actually included as part of the default set of weapons that could be used in Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis (the initial release name of Cold War Assault). It was only added with the Resistance expansion pack, whereupon it was set as the sidearm of U.S. special forces units.

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Gallery

U.S. black ops carrying the regular, unsuppressed Glock 17.

U.S. sniper armed with the Glock 17S.

ArmA 2

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The G17 is a semi-automatic pistol with a polymer frame. Despite the initial resistance of the costumers to buy a plastic gun, these pistols soon became know as perfect handguns for both military use and self-defence. Armoury Description

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G17 9 mm
Faction	U.S. Army KSK ACR ION
Type	Handgun
Calibre	9×19 mm
Magazine capacity	17 / 15
Dispersion	0.02 rad
Variants	None
Games

The G17 is used by several BLUFOR and INDFOR factions in ArmA 2. It was added with the release of the Operation Arrowhead expansion pack.

Overview

This is a premium asset that requires ownership of the Operation Arrowhead expansion pack.

The G17 is a polymer framed, semi-automatic handgun chambered to fire the 9×19 mm round.

It now loads from 17-round box magazines, and can attain a fire rate of up to 600 RPM with a muzzle velocity of 360 m/s. The G17 can no longer mount optical accessories or muzzle attachments, but has an integrated tactical flashlight fitted just beneath the barrel.

Similar in role and function to the M9, the G17 has ergonomic tritium night sights that are very simple to aim with. It is generally accurate between the ranges of roughly ~ 52 and up to 70 metres. In addition, it is capable of sharing the same 15 round 9 mm magazines used by the M9.

Compared to all other sidearms aside from the PDW, it is arguably the best handgun to use due to its ideal combination of having a large magazine size, superb accuracy, and overall low recoil.

Its only real drawback is its usage of 9×19 mm ammunition. As in Cold War Assault, the G17's 9 mm round has very little stopping power and is fairly ineffective against armoured targets. While the G17 can compensate for this weakness thanks to its large magazine, it is still underpowered compared to other handguns chambered to fire more powerful cartridges (i.e. M1911s).

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Ammunition

Round name	Base damage value	Aerodynamic friction	Initial velocity (m/s)
9×19 mm	5	-0.001513	360
9×19 mm SD	5	-0.001312	320

The G17 supports being loaded with three types of magazines. All three require one secondary weapon inventory slot apiece:

G17 Mag.

Standard 17-round magazine. Does not contain any visible tracers.

M9 Mag.

15-round magazine intended for use with the M9. Rounds fired from this magazine have a slightly higher muzzle velocity of 398 m/s.

M9SD Mag.

Special magazine loaded with reduced velocity ammunition. Rounds fired from this magazine have a muzzle velocity of 315 m/s. Remains otherwise identical to regular M9 magazines.

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Trivia

• Like its Cold War Assault predecessor, ArmA 2's G17 is based on the real-life 9 mm "Glock 17" pistol designed by Austria-based firearms company GLOCK. Due to licencing reasons however, it is simply abbreviated instead of being referred to by its actual product name.
  • It is however, incorrectly depicted in-game as the standard-issue sidearm of German KSK operatives. In reality the KSK (at the time of the expansion's release) utilised the German-made "P8" handgun designed by Heckler & Koch GmbH instead.
• It is the only sidearm in ArmA 2 (not including the CZ 75 handgun from Army of the Czech Republic) that is fitted with an integrated flashlight accessory.
• During the pre-Alpha phase of development and all the way to release, the G17's icon was erroneously used as a placeholder for the P07 handgun in ArmA 3. This was later rectified with the release of Game Update 1.26, which gave the P07 a correct inventory icon.

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Gallery

German KSK scout armed with the G17. Note the integrated flashlight module.

Czech 601st SFG operators breaching a militia house with G17s.

External links

• Wikipedia: Glock 17

See also

Weapons of comparable role and configuration

• M9 (USMC/U.S. Army counterpart)
• M1911 (British Army counterpart)
• CZ 75 (ACR counterpart, ArmA 2: ACR only)
• Makarov (OPFOR counterpart)

United States - Armoury (ArmA: Cold War Assault)
Handguns	92F 9 mm • Glock 17 9 mm • S&W .357
Submachine guns	MP5SD3 9 mm • UZI 9 mm
Carbines	XM-177E2 5.56 mm (XM-177S)
Assault rifles	AUG A1 5.56 mm • M16A2 5.56 mm (M16A2 GL)
Sniper rifles	M21 7.62 mm
Machineguns	M60 7.62 mm
Grenade launchers	MM-1
Launchers	Carl Gustav M2 • FIM-92 Stinger • M72 LAW
Static	M2
(Parenthesis) denote variants.

U.S. Army - Armoury (ArmA 2)
Handguns	G17 9 mm • M1911 .45 • M9 9 mm
Submachine guns	PDW 9 mm
Shotguns	M1014
Carbines	Mk16 CQC 5.56 mm
Assault rifles	SCAR series (Mk16, Mk16 EGLM, Mk17, Mk17 EGLM)
Designated marksman rifles	M14 7.62 mm • Mk17 Sniper 7.62 mm
Sniper rifles	M107 .50 • M110 7.62 mm • M24 7.62 mm
Squad automatic weapons	M249 SAW 5.56 mm
Machineguns	Mk 48 Mod 0 7.62 mm • M240 7.62 mm
Grenade launchers	M32 • Mk13
Launchers	FGM-148 Javelin • FIM-92F Stinger • M136 • MAAWS
Static	M2 • M252 • Mk19 • M119A1 • Searchlight • Stinger • TOW
(Parenthesis) denote variants. Operation Arrowhead

KSK - Armoury (ArmA 2)
Handguns	G17 9 mm
Carbines	G36 series (G36C, G36K)
Assault rifles	G36A 5.56 mm
Squad automatic weapons	MG36 5.56 mm
(Parenthesis) denote variants. Operation Arrowhead

ACR - Armoury (ArmA 2)
Handguns	CZ 75 9 mm • G17 9 mm
Submachine guns	CZ Scorpion Evo 3 A1 9 mm
Carbines	M4A3 5.56 mm (M4A3 M203)
Assault rifles	CZ 805 BREN A1 5.56 mm (CZ 805 A1 G1, CZ 805 BREN A2, CZ 805 B1 G1) • Sa-58V 7.62 mm (Sa-58P)
Sniper rifles	CZ 750 S1 M1 .308 • SVD Dragunov 7.62 mm
Squad automatic weapons	M249 Para 5.56 mm
Machineguns	M60E4 7.62 mm • UK-59 7.62 mm
Launchers	MAAWS • RPG-7V
Static	DShKM • RBS-70
(Parenthesis) denote variants. Operation Arrowhead | Army of the Czech Republic

ION Services - Armoury (ArmA 2)
Handguns	G17 9 mm • M9 9 mm
Shotguns	AA-12
Carbines	M4A1 5.56 mm (M4A3) • XM8 Compact 5.56 mm
Assault rifles	FN FAL 7.62 mm • M16A2 M203 5.56 mm • XM8 series (XM8, XM8 M320)
Designated marksmen rifles	XM8 Sharpshooter 5.56 mm
Sniper rifles	AS50 12.7 mm • KSVK 12.7 mm
Squad automatic weapons	XM8 Automatic Rifle 5.56 mm
Machineguns	PKM 7.62 mm
Launchers	FIM-92F Stinger • RPG-18
(Parenthesis) denote variants. Operation Arrowhead | Private Military Company