CODE – 02-041-977

NAME – Special Case

NAME (NATIVE) – Spezialkoffer (Special Case) [original name], or Schieβkoffer (Shooting Box) [present name]

COMMON NAMES – Briefcase

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Germany

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1977

USED WITH – Any of the MP5K series weapons without suppressors except PDW models

OVERALL LENGTH – 44.2 cm (17.4 in) Long, 10.8 cm (4.25 in) Thick, 32.2 cm (12.67 in) Tall – excluding handle

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 3.52 kg (7 lb 11.5 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 6.05 kg (13 lb 5.4 oz) with MP5K loaded with 30 round curved magazine

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 6.82 kg (15 lb 0.6 oz) with MP5K loaded with 30 round curved magazine, spare 30 round curved magazine, cleaning kit

SIGHTS – None

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 5-8 m (5.5-8.8 yards)

OPERATION – Manual, operator pulls trigger mounted inside handle

TYPE OF FIRE – Set by operator according to weapon

FEED DEVICE – 15 or 30 round curved box magazine, Double column, Double feed

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – 2-30 round curved magazine (60 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 1.06 kg (2 lb 5.4 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Heckler & Koch GmbH Oberndorf am Necker, Germany

STATUS – In limited (on order) production

SERVICE – Executive protection details and security services, commercial sales

     This is a discrete concealment case intended to carry an MP5k series submachinegun. There is no external sign that the case is anything other than a standard hard-sided briefcase except for the small trigger inside of the handle and the safety button on the side of the handle.