Heckler & Koch MP5

Also known as HK MP5, Machinenpistole 5, H&K MP5, MP5K, MP5

German submachine gun built with cal. 9 mm and others, produced from 1964 to date; used by police services and special forces worldwide

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The Heckler & Koch MP5 is a German submachine gun that fires 9mm bullets and has been manufactured since 1964. It is widely used by police departments and military special forces around the world.

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Official website: www.heckler-koch.com/en/products/military/submachine-guns/mp5/mp5/overview.html
Image: A U.S. Air Force SSGT fires a 9-mm HK MP5 sub-machine gun at a firearms demonstration during exercise Bright Star '82 DF-ST-82-10100.jpg

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The Heckler & Koch MP5 (German: Maschinenpistole 5, lit. 'Submachine gun 5') is a submachine gun developed in the 1960s by German firearms manufacturer Heckler & Koch. It uses a similar modular design to the Heckler & Koch G3, and has over 100 variants and clones, including select fire, semi-automatic, suppressed, compact and even marksman variants. The MP5 is one of the most widely used submachine guns in the world, having been adopted by over forty nations and numerous militaries, police forces, intelligence agencies, security organizations, paramilitaries and non-state actors.

Attempts at replacing the MP5 by Heckler & Koch began in the 1980s, but despite functional prototypes having promising performance, a formal successor did not enter commercial production until 1999, when the Heckler & Koch UMP was developed. However, despite being more expensive, the MP5 remained the more successful of the two designs, because of its preexisting widespread use, design familiarity and lower recoil due to its roller-delayed action as opposed to the UMP's straight blowback action.