H&K MP5
The HK MP5 is undoubtedly one of the most popular military weapons of the last 50 years. Produced by the prestigious German firm Heckler & Koch, the Maschinen Pistole 5 occupies a privileged position among the weapons used by Special Forces around the world. In Spain, the special forces units of the National Police and the Civil Guard, as well as the Special Operations Command of the Army and other similar bodies are equipped with this effective submachine gun. A weapon characterized by its small dimensions, which facilitates its concealment and portability, its caliber of short weapon (9mm Parablleum or .45ACP, mainly), and mainly for its enormous reliability.
Although the origins of the HK MP5 date back to the 1960s, its international outpouring came as a result of two military interventions in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The first took place in Mogadishu in 1977. the Somali capital's airport, members of the German GSG-9, equipped with the MP5 submachine gun, managed to free the hostages of a Lufthansa plane that had been kidnapped by several Palestinian terrorists. With the same efficiency and with the same significance, three years later the British SAS soldiers, who released several hostages held at the Iranian embassy in London. The images of the operation in which the members of the SAS equipped with the HK MP5 appeared around the world and sent the German submachine gun definitively to the stardom. So much so that from then on, that is, from 1980 onwards, the HK MP5 became the first choice of military submachine guns, dislodging from their post of honor up to that time untouchable Uzi.
The HK MP5 is characterized by a rollover system similar to that used by other military rifles such as the German G3, also produced by Heckler & Koch. The submachine gun is powered by easily removable curved loaders capable of storing 15 or 30 cartridges of the 9x19mm caliber (standard version). Throughout its more than 40 years of history, the MP5 has staged to fire other types of ammunition. In this sense, the FBI has two special versions of the MP5: the MP5 / 10 (calibrated for the 10mm Auto) and the MP5 / 40 (for the .40S & W). Its action system and its cold-forged floating barrel guarantee the shooter a high precision and an effective range close to 100 meters. On the contrary, its rate of fire is not very high for a weapon of this characteristics (about 750 shots per minute). As for its measurements, the standard MP5 weighs approximately 2.5 kilograms in vacuum and has a total length of 490mm (190mm more with the deployed cylinder head).
One of the derivatives of the H & K Mp5 is the SAR M41 which has practically the same characteristics that have helped the MP5 to become the submachine gun for special forces units around the world. Roller locking system, removable chargers for the 9mm Parabellum caliber, cold forged barrel, semi-automatic fire mode ... in short, a legend weapon that is already within the reach of the civilian shooter. Unlike other models manufactured in other nations and mimicking the design and mechanism of action of the MP5, the SAR M41 is produced entirely in Germany, with parts manufactured by Heckler & Koch and Rheinmetall.
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