Airsoft Rifle Information

The MP5-A4 is popular with the SWAT and anti-terrorist groups. The fixed stock on the AEG accommodates a large type battery. Metal parts include the magazine, bolt, trigger, firing selector, front and rear sights.

Product Highlights

Gear Box - Version 2
Motor - EG700
Magazine - 50 rounds (with AEG) / 200 or 240 rounds (optional purchase)
Length - 680mm
Weight - 1500g
Muzzle Velocity - 260 - 280fps
Battery - Large type (not included)
Package includes (AEG, manual, magazine, loading tube, cleaning rod)

Real Steel Rifle Information

The Heckler & Koch MP5 is a submachine gun, developed by German weapons manufacturer Heckler & Koch (HK) in the 1960s. A typical MP5 fires 9 mm Luger ammunition from a curved detachable box-type magazine. The MP5's accuracy, reliability, and wide range of accessories and variants have made it the submachine gun of choice for military and law enforcement agencies worldwide.

The original MP5 was available with a fixed or collapsible stock. Some variants did not have a 3-round burst capacity, or had only a 3-round burst mode. In 1971 (MP5A2) and 1973 (MP5A3), HK made several general improvements in the MP5.

The next major development was the MP5SD series (SD1-SD6), introduced in 1974. This model had an integrated suppressor and a specially-made barrel which reduced the muzzle velocity of its ammunition to just below the speed of sound. The result was that the MP5SD series is almost inaudible at distances of more than 15 meters. By its remarkable sound and almost invisible muzzle flash, it is chosen as a stealthy operating weapon in many police and military forces.

Under a special contract from the United States Navy, HK developed the MP5N or "MP5 Navy" variant for the Navy's elite special operations units (including the U.S. Navy SEALs). The MP5N features a fully-ambidextrous trigger group, a retractable stock, and a threaded barrel for mounting suppressors. In addition, HK replaced many of the metal parts on the MP5N with lighter and corrosion-resistant plastics.

MP5 models

* MP5A2— Fixed stock, "SEF" trigger group
* MP5A3— Retractable stock, "SEF" trigger group. The most used MP5 version
* MP5A4— Fixed buttstock, 3-round burst trigger group
* MP5A5— Retractable buttstock, 3-round burst trigger group
* MP5SFA2— SF denotes "single fire", with full-auto removed, making it an ideal police weapon; fixed    stock
* MP5SFA3— MP5SF with retractable stock
* MP5N— Model developed especially for U.S. Navy
* MP5K— The very short version of the MP5
* MP5KA1— MP5K w/ smooth upper surface and small iron sights
* MP5KA4— MP5K w/ 3-round burst trigger group
* MP5KA5— MP5KA1 w/ 3-round burst trigger group
* MP5KN— MP5K w/ "Navy" trigger group
* MP5K-PDW— Personal Defense Weapon; MP5K with added foldable stock and ability to add suppressor
* MP5SD1— integrated suppressor (Schalldämpfer) buttcap w/ sling loop; "Navy"/"SEF" trigger group
* MP5SD2— integrated suppressor (Schalldämpfer), fixed stock; "Navy"/"SEF" trigger group
* MP5SD3— integrated suppressor (Schalldämpfer), retractable stock; "Navy"/"SEF" trigger group
* MP5SD4— MP5SD1 w/ 3-round burst trigger group
* MP5SD5— MP5SD3 w/ 3-round burst trigger group
* MP5SD6— MP5SD3 w/ 3-round burst trigger group
* MP5/10— chambered in 10 mm Auto, available in various stock/trigger group configurations
* MP5/40— chambered in .40 S&W, available in various stock/trigger group configurations

One famous counter-terrorist operation involving this gun is Operation Nimrod on April 30, 1980 in the UK. The Special Air Service (SAS), armed with MP5s, was deployed to neutralize the terrorists who had taken over the Iranian embassy in London. Stun grenades were used to startle and confuse the terrorists. Then, SAS members went through the front door, second, and third story windows. Most of the terrorists were shot and killed. The gun is popular with special forces and counter-terrorism units around the world.

The MP5 is a very popular image in popular culture. It is a very common movie prop, appearing in countless films such as Air Force One, Batman Begins, Bad Boys II, Die Hard, Mission: Impossible 3, Predator, S.W.A.T., Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, The Rock and Tomorrow Never Dies, to name a few. It is notable that up until the 1990s, the MP5 and Uzi were the only non-American weapons that were as widespread in Hollywood productions as the US-produced Colt M1911 pistols, M16 assault rifles, and revolvers.

In Die Hard, Bruce Willis dangles in an elevator shaft suspended from the sling of his evidently sturdy MP5. In The Matrix, the first gun Neo (Keanu Reeves) uses in the lobby scene is a HK MP5K, a variant of the MP5. In Batman Begins, it is used by Scarecrow's thugs.