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DescriptionGlock 17 MOD 45154998.jpg |
English: The Glock 17 Gen4 handgun as issued by the British Armed Forces under the L131A1 General Service Pistol designation.
The MOD has signed a £9m contract to provide the Armed Forces with more than 25,000 new Glock sidearms. The Glock 17 Gen4 pistol is much lighter than the current Browning Hi-Power pistol, and more accurate. The Glock 17 also has an increased magazine capacity of 17 9mm rounds, compared to 13 rounds for the Hi-Power Personnel across all three Services will begin to receive the new Glock 17s in the coming weeks and troops deployed to Afghanistan will be among the first to use the new weapon. The contract with Viking Arms Ltd of Harrogate, Yorkshire, also includes more than 25,000 holsters.
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Author | Andrew Linnett |
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Camera manufacturer | NIKON CORPORATION |
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Camera model | NIKON D3 |
Author | Andrew Linnett |
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Exposure time | 1/80 sec (0.0125) |
F Number | f/3.2 |
ISO speed rating | 800 |
Date and time of data generation | 10:02, 9 January 2013 |
Lens focal length | 52 mm |
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Width | 3,000 px |
Height | 2,263 px |
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Orientation | Normal |
Number of components | 3 |
Horizontal resolution | 400 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 400 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0 Windows |
File change date and time | 15:14, 13 November 2013 |
Exposure Program | Manual |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Date and time of digitizing | 11:17, 27 June 2009 |
APEX shutter speed | 6.321928 |
APEX aperture | 3.356144 |
APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 3 APEX (f/2.83) |
Subject distance | 0.67 meters |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Unknown |
Flash | Flash did not fire |
DateTimeOriginal subseconds | 58 |
DateTimeDigitized subseconds | 4 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Sensing method | One-chip color area sensor |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Manual exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
Focal length in 35 mm film | 52 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Scene control | Low gain up |
Contrast | Normal |
Saturation | Normal |
Sharpness | Normal |
Subject distance range | Unknown |
Image width | 3,000 px |
Image height | 1,934 px |
Serial number of camera | 2025814 |
Rating (out of 5) | 0 |
Date metadata was last modified | 16:14, 13 November 2013 |
Special instructions | Mandatory Credit: All use and/or reproductions shall be acknowledged thus: Photo: Photographers name/MOD (eg Photo: Cpl Joe Blogs/MoD). |
Headline | Glock 17 |
Source | MOD |
Category | MOD |
Credit/Provider | Crown Copyright |
Online copyright statement | www.defencenewsimagery.mod.uk |
Copyright status | Copyrighted |
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Contact information | andrew.linnett475@mod.uk
www.defencenewsimagery.mod.uk Larch 0, NH 2, Abbey Wood #2020 Bristol, Bristol, BS34 8JH England 01225 468180 07779 658563 |
City shown | Woolwich |
Province or state shown | London |
Country shown | England |
IIM version | 2 |
Fixture name | Free |