CODE – 02-041-968

NAME – MP5A2

NAME (NATIVE) – Maschinenpistole 5 Art 2 (Machine pistol 5 Type 2)

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Germany

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1968

CALIBER – 9x19mm

OVERALL LENGTH – 68 cm (26.77 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 22.5 cm (8.85 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4 Grooves, Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 25 cm (1 turn in 9.86 in)

BULLET DIAMETER – 9.02mm (0.355 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 8.04 g (124 grain)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 400 m/s (1312 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 643 j (474 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 2.45 kg (5 lb 2.4 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 2.94 kg (6 lb 7.7 oz) with 30 rounds, straight magazine [1968]

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 2.98 kg (6 lb 9.1 oz) with 30 rounds, curved magazine [1977]

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 and Full automatic

RATE OF FIRE – 45 rpm Semi, 100 rpm Full

CYCLIC ROF – 750 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 30-round straight box magazine, Double column, Double feed [1968]

FEED DEVICE – 15 or 30-round curved box magazine, Double column, Double feed (1977]

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.137 kg (4.6 oz)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 15-round curved – 0.12 kg (4.23 oz), 30-round curved – 0.17 kg (6 oz) [1977]

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.49 kg (1 lb 1.3 oz)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 15-round curved – 0.30 kg (10.6 oz), 30-round curved – 0.53 kg (1 lb 2.7 oz) [1977]

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Six-30 round magazines (180 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 2.94 kg (6 lb 7.7 oz)

LOAD WEIGHT – 3.18 kg (7 lb 0.2 oz) [1977]

MANUFACTURER – Heckler & Koch GmbH Oberndorf am Necker, Germany

STATUS – In production

SERVICE – In military and Law Enforcement use in over 95 countries.  Manufactured under license by Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey among others as well as unlicensed copies.