Heckler & Koch MP5

Posted July 28th, 2009 by Navy SEAL

The Heckler &Koch MP5 is probably the weapon of choice for Close Quarter battle(CQB) and Counter Terrorism Operations. Used by the British SAS &SBS, the German GSG9 and many other special forces units around theworld the MP5 and variants have seen more operational CQB experiencethan any other comparable weapon.

MP5SD as used by British Special Forces and closely related to the MP5N

The US Navy issueda project specification designed to satisfy SEAL requirements. Theresult was the H&K MP5N or Navy version which utilizes a modifiedclosed bolt action providing greater reliability and improvedaccuracy. For one shot kill action the MP5 has no equal where theopening shot needs to be the last in a CQB action. The weapon can befired in single, triple shot or full automatic mode using 9mmparabellum rounds fed from a 30 round magazine.


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