Here is a link to a great article about the MP5 (by the master, Ken Hackathorn).
http://www.tacticalmedicine.com/files/BGun2009.pdf
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Here is a link to a great article about the MP5 (by the master, Ken Hackathorn).
http://www.tacticalmedicine.com/files/BGun2009.pdf
Thanks for the link. The recent importation of MP5 type firearms manufactured by MKE has rekindled my interest in this platform. The MP5 has long been one of my favorite firearms. They are a dream to shoot.
I will always have a soft spot for the MP5. I have wanted one for a long time and will most likely continue wanting one.
I had dinner with Mr. Hackathorn after a class a few years back. He said almost everything that is in that article. I remember some other folks at the table giving him the stink eye. He didn't seem concerned.
Good article. I fell in love with the MP5 after having an opportunity to famfire it before our push into Kuwait many years ago. I've wished I could have one ever since.
Greg - thank you for posting the link to this! It was a freakin' fantastic article IMO... It is nice now and again to get a REALITY CHECK from an individual who is able to ladle them out from a giant pot of experience.
Always good to read an article from Ken.
The MP5 is just friggin' cool as hell. There's nothing in the firearms world as cool as slapping that bolt handle to chamber a round.
Take that crap to the MP5smg.net! ;)
Really interesting read, two things I noticed:
While I don't doubt his rationale that the M4 might have some "Superbowl" appeal, I thought one of the main reasons that the swtich was made was because of more body armor on BGs, like in West Hollywood shootout?
I thought his comment about the difficulty in taking the safety once it is shoulder mounted was interesting. Wouldn't the gun be used mostly by officers in a stack, where they would have the guns on safe until they were ready to shoot.
I've only shot an MP5 and MP5K a couple of times and they are a hoot. I got the GSG-5 to play around with and let people plink with.
Well I think that Ken made a good point in the article. The MP5 is an indoor CQB weapon and the West Hollywood thing was an outdoor running gunfight. So if that incident did in fact contribute to the switch, then the rationale in that instance may have been flawed.
Great article. Thanks for the link.