HK MG5
| HK121 | |
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| general information | |
| Civil name: | HK121 |
| Military designation: | MG5 |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Heckler |
| Manufacturer country: | Germany |
| Weapon Category: | Machine gun |
| Furnishing | |
| Overall length: | 1112 mm |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : | 7.62 × 51 mm NATO |
| Ammunition supply : | Ammunition belt |
| Cadence : | approx. 640/720/800 rounds / min |
| Fire types: | Burst of fire , continuous fire |
| Twist : | right |
| Visor : | Rear sight |
| Mounting system: | NATO rail |
| Closure : | Turret lock |
| Charging principle: | Gas pressure charger |
| Lists on the subject | |
The HK MG5 , or originally HK121 , is a universal machine gun from the Swabian handgun manufacturer Heckler & Koch .
history
Work on the MG5 began, still under the name HK121, shortly after the development of the MG4 light machine gun , which Heckler & Koch first presented as the HK MG 43 at the MILIPOL 2001 trade fair in Paris . The Oberndorf-based weapons manufacturer presented a prototype of the HK121 to a wider public for the first time on the 14th Infantry Day in July 2010 in Hammelburg .
Around 4,400 MG5s have been delivered to the Bundeswehr so far (as of August 2018), in the versions standard and infantry. This means that more than half of the 7,114 machine guns of this type estimated as a minimum have now arrived in the troops, but so far not in the built-in version for vehicles. In the long term, the armed forces are to receive up to 12,733 new machine guns of this type in order to replace the MG3 in its role as an infantry weapon.
technology
The MG5 is a gas pressure loader in the 7.62 × 51 mm NATO caliber . The approx. 11 kg weapon is characterized by its operation largely identical to the MG4. Safety and fire selector levers can be operated from both sides. Depending on the version, the shoulder rest can be folded down and adjusted in length and has a height-adjustable cheek rest. Numerous NATO rails allow the attachment of optical sights and other additional devices. The barrel has a heat protection plate and is equipped with a carrying handle and an exchange handle, which means that it can be replaced without a heat protection glove. The mechanical sight consists of a foldable grain on the barrel and a vertically and laterally adjustable diopter . The cocking lever is on the right side of the weapon. 50-shot belt drums or 120-shot belt boxes can be attached to the left side of the housing. The weapon can be partly using additional adapters on imported MG3 - guns set. The bipod can be adjusted in three heights. A special practice lock has been introduced for the use of practice ammunition , for the development of which the federal government has provided budget funds amounting to 7.3 million euros.
Model variants
| variant | Total length mm |
Pipe length mm |
Height mm |
Width mm |
Weight kg |
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| MG5 (Universal) | 1202 (960) | 550 | 241 | 120 | 11.60 (3.00) | ||
| MG5 A2 (infantry) | 1112 (870) | 460 | 11.20 (2.50) | ||||
| MG5 A1 (built-in weapon) | 942 | 550 | 195 | 10.10 (3.00) | |||
| MG5 S (special forces) | 1012 | 239 | 171 | 12.10 (3.00) | |||
use
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Germany - Bundeswehr as MG5 -
Germany - Federal Police as MG5 A1
literature
- Jan-Phillipp Weisswange u. a .: Hand weapons, ordnance and equipment for infantry use . In: Defense Technical Report . No. 4 . Report, Bonn / Sulzbach November 2010.
- VISIER-Special 67 Infantry today and tomorrow . 1st edition. VS Medien, ISBN 978-3-9813948-9-4 .
Web links
- Product description on the Heckler & Koch website
- Description on the strategy technology blog
- 60 seconds Bundeswehr - MG 5 machine gun ( YouTube video, January 8, 2020)
Individual evidence
- ↑ New MG5 machine gun: 4,400 units delivered to the troops: eyes straight ahead. Retrieved January 21, 2019 .
- ↑ German Bundestag printed matter 18/6491 ( memento of March 20, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), procurement of the MG5 and G27 rifles, (PDF, 829 kB) accessed on March 20, 2018
- ↑ Karin Zeger: Heckler & Koch: major order for the German armed forces. In: Black Forest Messenger. July 15, 2013, archived from the original ; Retrieved July 15, 2013 . , accessed March 20, 2018
- ↑ German Bundestag printed matter 19/8109 ( memento of March 20, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), reports on lack of material at the Federal Police, (PDF, 829 kB) accessed on March 9, 2019