The U.S. experimented with a fully automatic 1911 with 30-round magazines — hilarious for a platform that routinely struggles to get through 7-round mags without jamming.

Germany’s Mauser C96 saw a few select-fire iterations that mostly cooked off rounds from overheating after sustained fire.

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And the Soviets adopted a machine pistol in the APS Stechkin, although the AKS74U eventually replaced it.

Realistically, most firearms designers experimenting with machine pistols kind of came to the same conclusion…

Outside of relatively specific circumstances, there are just not many scenarios in which a fully automatic handgun will outperform a submachine gun.

Perhaps, above all else, fully automatic capabilities jammed into a package that small tends to be pretty tough to control.

So where exactly does the Glock18 automatic 9mm fit into this?

Glad you asked…we’re going to dive into the history behind the iconic full-Glock18 automatic 9mm. We’ll walk through how it came to be, and, even better, we got our hands on one, so we can take it to the range.

The Glock 18 is a fully automatic pistol chambered in 9mm. It is a select-fire weapon that can shoot in both semi-automatic and fully automatic modes. It is primarily used by military and law enforcement personnel. Is there anything specific you would like to know about the Glock 18?