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.
