The MP5, developed by the West German manufacturer Heckler & Koch (H&K) in the 1960s, has been in service for over half a century and is ubiquitous with many special forces around the World including the Hong Kong’s Special Duty Unit (SDU), Small Boat Unit (SBU) and Airport Security Unit (ASU) as well as widely seen in many action movies. See LINK. The acronym “MP” stands for Machinenpistole, which is German for machine pistol.

 

This airsoft gun is a replica of the H&K MPK variant of the MP5 submachine gun family. The “K” stands for Kurz (German for “short”). It is a legendary ultra-compact submachine gun desighed for close-quarters battle, VIP protection and covert carry.

 

Roughly the size of a large handgun, it is typically configured with a vertical foregrip and a simpler receiver endcap in place of a buttstock to minimize overall size. It is designed to be concealable or even fired from inside a specially designed H&K MP5K Operational Briefcase (or Schieβkoffer), a rare Cold War era relic manufactured in Germany by Hofbauer GmbH.

 

The briefcase was fabricated in solid polymer and aluminum disguised to resemble a normal business case. Almost as soon as it was introduced, H&K distributors had a string of fast sales to dignitary protections groups and special operations forces around the World. On 14 Apr 2003, US 7th Infantry Regiment soldiers found over 20 brand new H&K briefcase complete with MP5Ks installed in a Baghdad weapons cache.