CODE – 02-041-991
NAME – MP5/10A3
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Germany
DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1991
CALIBER – 10×25.2 mm (10mm Auto)
OVERALL LENGTH – 49 cm (19.29 in) Stock collapsed, 66 cm (25.98 in) Stock extended
OVERALL LENGTH WITH SUPPRESSOR MOUNTED – 66.1 cm (26 in) Stock collapsed, 83.1 cm (32.72 in) Stock extended
BARREL LENGTH – 22.5 cm (8.85 in)
SUPPRESSOR LENGTH – 19.1 cm (7.50 in)
SUPPRESSOR DIAMETER – 3.5 cm (1.375 in)
RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4 Grooves, Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 38 cm (1 turn in 15 in)
BULLET DIAMETER – 10.2mm (0.400 in)
BULLET WEIGHT – 11.34 g (175 grain) – Winchester 175 Grain Silvertips
MUZZLE VELOCITY – 420 m/s (1377 fps)
MUZZLE ENERGY – 999 j (737 ft/lb)
WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 2.85 kg (6 lb 4.5 oz)
WEIGHT (LOADED) – 3.47 kg (7 lb 10.4 oz) with 30 rounds
WEIGHT (LOADED) WITH SUPPRESSOR – 4.09 kg (9 lb 0.3 oz)
SUPPRESSOR WEIGHT – 0.43 kg (15.2 oz)
SUPPRESSOR MOUNTING – Threads to muzzle, 14mm x 0.75 tpi right-hand thread
SUPPRESSOR OPERATION – Two-stage, expansion chamber, 7-baffle stack
SUPPRESSOR DECIBLE REDUCTION – 38 db (Wet) or 28 db (Dry) down from 157 db
SIGHTS – Open iron, adjustable, Front – Ring-protected fixed blade, Rear – Rotating vertical drum with 4 peep apertures of varying size, Adjustable for windage and elevation, Factory zeroed to 25 m (27 yards)
EFFECTIVE RANGE – 200 m (219 yards)
OPERATION – Roller-delayed blowback, fires from closed bolt, hammer fired
TYPE OF FIRE – Selective, Semiautomatic, Full automatic
RATE OF FIRE – 40 rpm Semiautomatic, 120 rpm Full automatic
CYCLIC ROF – 800 rpm
FEED DEVICE – 30-round translucent, plastic box magazine, Double column, Double feed with metal feed lip inserts
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 30-round – 0.113 kg (4.0 oz)
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 30-round – 0.62 kg (1 lb 5.9 oz)
BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Six 30-round magazines (180 rounds)
LOAD WEIGHT – 3.72 kg (8 lb 3.2 oz)
MANUFACTURER – Heckler & Koch GmbH Oberndorf am Necker, Germany
STATUS – Out of production in 2000
SERVICE – Law Enforcement use, commercial sales.
This is almost exactly the same weapon as the MP5/40A3 except for being chambered for the 10mm Automatic round rather than the .40 Smith & Wesson.
There are also A5 versions of these weapons with two or three-round controlled burst trigger packs. The bolt catch of the MP5/10 and MP5/40 weapons prevents the sliding stock from being exchanged with the MP5. The same holds true for the trigger packs. The MP5 may use stocks and trigger groups from the MP5/10 or 40 series, but the reverse is not true.
