| The MP5 or 'machine pistol model 5' is developed and | | | | used a hammering mechanism when firing and has |
| designed by a German arms manufacturer Heckler & | | | | adjustable round sights. The round sights take |
| Koch. It is a 9mm sub-machine gun and is currently | | | | advantage of the human eye and the brain's ability to |
| one of the most widely used submachine guns in the | | | | align a smaller circle into a bigger circle. Predecessors |
| world. Designed in 1964 to 1966 by Tilo Möller, | | | | of the first MP5 included retractable stocks, 3 round |
| Manfred Guhring, Georg Seidl and Helmut Baureuter, | | | | burst firing and higher calibers. |
| the MP5 is used by military and law enforcement | | | | Due to the rifles lightweight and user friendly design, |
| agencies alike. | | | | the MP5 can be seen being used in movies, video |
| Heckler & Koch is small arms manufacturer that | | | | games and in Airsoft. The MP5 is the movie |
| developed a family of small arms based from the | | | | producers / directors' primary weapon of choice |
| success of the G3 Automatic Rifle. The development | | | | when shooting scenes where a SWAT (Special |
| of the rifle started in 1964 and after two years was | | | | Weapons And Tactics) Team is ready to swarm into |
| adapted by the German Federal Police. | | | | a room to apprehend a suspect or rescue a hostage. |
| Initial version of the MP5 family was the lightweight | | | | Its distinctively short design makes it a handy |
| and air-cooled MP5A2. The succeeding versions had a | | | | weapon in close combat encounters. In video games, |
| straight double column magazine until 1977 where the | | | | like the world famous Counter Strike, the MP5 is one |
| slightly curving metal magazine was used. The MP5 | | | | of the choices when buying for a weapon. |