The thought of bringing 3 more inches with a 10.5-11.5 inch gun is the way to go for an AR. I just made the case that a full size AKs-74 is also 3 inches longer with the stock folded. It is long enough to conceal under a longer jacket still. I hate to show a movie reference as an example of a certain scenario and gear selection but the bank heist in
Heat is a good example of how small some of those rifles are and how easy they are to conceal.
If you are going to dabble in 5.56 with a little 7.5 inch barrel you might as well just use 5.7x28... That at least takes care of the deafening concussion and the concealability. The overall length of a P90(under 20 inches with a 10+ inch barrel) and the 50 round mag make up for a few of the AR's short comings with that short of a barrel. We all know the KAC PDW is tits, but ammo and mags are not exactly available everywhere.
I have fired a real MP5. You can wear all the body armor you want. Unless you are wearing it on your head you got real problems. I will not even go into the argument of sound level when things like the SD6, MP5/10, and UMP exist. 9mm/10mm/45acp can get the job done in that range. The P90 isn't my first choice, but I would rather have it than some 7.5 AR. And the Glock 19 with 33 rounders clearly has an edge in concealment and weight over some 25 inch long ar. One person could carry 4 loaded Glock 19s with 33 rounders for that same weight. Hell The Glock 21SF with the 30 round vector extensions works too. 30 rounds of 45 ACP ends fights less than 50 meters.
All of those options are lighter, quiter, shorter and have better ballistics.
Hi cap pistols: Glock 19/ all the others
Subs with extending or folding stocks: MP5/UMP/AK74u
PDWs: P90/KAC PDW/MP7
Shorter Rifles with folding stocks: G36c/AK/Galil/FNC /FAL/G3/Sig 552/HK33/ and more
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