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Published: 2009-04-29 08:14:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 621; Favourites: 4; Downloads: 4
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A SWAT guy. Since patrolmen and transit police now carry M4s in their cruisers, I suspect the Tactical Unit no longer uses MP5s.Pencil Drawing, done a few years back.
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~D
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It has it's uses. The M4 isn't perfect and as far as I know does not function well with a silencer. It adds length to the barrel, which was the whole point of shortening the weapon from the full-size M16. So the MP5 is quiet and still easy to work inside a building.
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I think they began the switch after the big robbery/shootout in North Hollywood, when the LAPD found the regular weapons couldn't reliably penetrate body armor. The uniformed DHS officers have recently gone over to the FN P90, which supposedly has better penetrative capabilities, but you still see a broad range of weapons in use. I believe motorcycle patrolmen still have MP5s, because they fit in containers on the back.
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I knew they added the AR's to the patrol cars. I'm not sure about penetration since the FN is still a 9mm. Interesting to know though.
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The military version is a 5.7mm intermediate round, sort of neither a pistol or rifle bullet. The government already buys lots of weapons from FN, so maybe they get a bulk discount on them...
The FBI had a MP5 variant chambered for .40 S&W (the MP5/10), I think it's still in use, but I'm not sure - outside of DHS the Feds tend to keep a lower profile than the local police.
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Sounds like a nasty surprise for anyone expecting a 9mm round out of it.
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