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Last edited by earthworm94; 12-30-09 at 20:05.
that was a great article. made a lot of sense.
I am indeed fortunate to have had the opportunity to have been instructed in the proper use of the MP-5 last Summer by Mr. Hackathorn himself.
I would love to win the lottery and be able to afford one.
My brother saw Deliverance and bought a Bow. I saw Deliverance and bought an AR-15.
The problem is that you never know when your indoor gunfight is going to transition to the outdoors...
For example, as you are moving up to a house with a long driveway to serve a high risk warrant, the Bad Guys decide to start shooting before you get a chance to stack and enter; your team is pinned down 50-100 yards from the dwelling--if you only have MP5's, you might be in a world of hurt.
Same scenario, but this time when the bad guys see you coming, they jump into vehicles, egress at high speed, and engage your team in a mobile running gunfight--once again, MP5's are not the weapon of choice to be stuck with in this situation.
You are called to an active shooter scenario at a mall--even inside the structure you may have 100+ yard shots; if the bad guys are able to get outside, you potentially have even longer shots across parking lots. Once again, here is another situation when the MP5 is not the gun of choice.
If they still made the MP5 in 10mm, then I'd feel a bit better about carrying an MP5, however, as much fun and handy as MP5's are, most times I'd prefer an AR15.
In today's world, if you are a SWAT officer and are only wearing IIIa armor, you should seriously re-think your protocols.
Last edited by DocGKR; 12-31-09 at 05:28.
Yeah, you definitely need to keep some rifles around.
If you aren't armed when you take a dump in your own home then your opinion on what is a practical daily carry weapon isn't interesting to me.
I was lucky enough to be a C3 back when MP5's were cheap as dealer sample keepers.
The MP5SD is my favorite one of bunch and a blast to shoot.
I believe that Ken's point is that for 80-90% of what a lot of SWAT does day to day the MP5 works pretty well.
Like PDW's, SMG's are niche weapons. In their niche, they work pretty good.
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