CODE 04-041-013
NAME – MG5 A3 S (Special Forces)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Germany
DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 2013
CALIBER – 7.62x51mm NATO
OVERALL LENGTH – 101.2 cm (39.84 in)
BARREL LENGTH – 55 cm (21.65 in)
RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4 Grooves, Right hand twist, 1 turn in 30.5 cm (12 in)
LOAD – M80 Ball Spitzer-pointed full jacketed ball
BULLET DIAMETER – 7.82 mm (0.308 in)
BULLET WEIGHT – 9.66 g (149 grains)
MUZZLE VELOCITY – 865 m/s (2837 fps)
MUZZLE ENERGY – 3611 j (2663 ft/lb)
WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 11.4 kg (25 lb 2 oz) without bipod
WEIGHT (LOADED) – 13.22 kg (29 lb 2 oz) loaded with 50-round belt drum with 50 rounds M80 ball in M13 links
WEIGHT (MOUNTED) – 13.92 kg (30 lb 11 oz) with bipod, loaded with 50-round belt drum with 50 rounds M80 ball in M13 links
TYPE OF MOUNT – Folding bipod
WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 0.70 kg (1 lb 9 oz)
WEIGHT OF SPARE BARREL – 3 kg (6 lb 10 oz)
SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable, Folding front sight with post, adjustable for elevation and windage for zero, Mechanical Rear sight – Square notch, adjustable for range from 100 to 1,000 meters in 100 meter increments (109 to 1,094 yards in 109 yard increments), Integral Mil-STD-1913 Picatinny rail on top of receiver accepts optical and electro-optical sights
OPTICAL SIGHT – Hensoldt/Zeiss ZO 4×30 with illuminated reticle (40x30i)
OPTICAL SIGHT WEIGHT – 0.60 kg (1 lb 5 oz) with battery and mount
OPTICAL SIGHT MAGNIFICATION – 4 Power
OPTICAL SIGHT FIELD OF VIEW – 8 degrees – 140 m @ 1000 m (41.89 ft @ 100 yds)
EFFECTIVE RANGE – 1,200 m (1,312 yards)
OPERATION – Gas, fires from open bolt
TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic
RATE OF FIRE – 100 rpm
CYCLIC ROF – 640, 720 or 800 rpm, depending on gas setting
FEED DEVICE – M13/DM60 flexible disintegrating metallic link belt, 50-round belt drum,
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.21 kg (7 oz) 50 empty M13 links, 0.428 kg (15 oz) 100 empty M13 links, 1.07 kg (2 lb 6 oz)
BELT DRUM (EMPTY) – 0.31 kg (11 oz)
BELT BOX 100-rd (EMPTY) – 1.08 kg (2 lb 6 oz)
M19A1 AMMUNITION BOX (EMPTY) – 1.68 kg (3 lb 11 oz)
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 1.48 kg (3 lb 4 oz) belt loaded with 50 rounds M80 ball, 2.97 kg (6 lb 9 oz), 100 rds M80 ball in M13 links, 7.42 kg (16 lb 6 lb) 250 rds M80 ball in M13 link belt
BELT DRUM (LOADED) – 1.79 kg (3 lb 15 oz) belt loaded with 50 rounds M80 ball
BELT BOX 100-rd (LOADED) – 4.05 kg (8 lb 15 oz) belt loaded with 100 rounds M80 Ball,
M19A1 AMMUNITION BOX (LOADED) – 9.1 kg (20 lb 1 oz) with 250 rounds M80 ball in M13 links
BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Three – 50-rd drums, four – M19A1 Ammunition cans with belts (1,150 rounds)
LOAD WEIGHT – 41.77 kg (92 lb 1 oz)
MANUFACTURER – Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf/Neckar, Germany
STATUS – Production
SERVICE – International military sales
