THE ARMOURY
CLASSIC ARMY
SPORTLINE
B&T MP5 K
Classic Army’s Sportline Series is aimed at airsofters on a limited budget, but
does it suffer because of that? Ratty takes a look at its MP5K to find out
MP5: A brief history
The Heckler & Koch MP5 series is now
an icon in the firearms industry, used
by Special Forces, law enforcement,
intelligence and security services round
the world. It is now made under licence
in at least five other countries outside of
Germany and there are many variants,
developed as the usage of the MP5 has
grown.
As a government agency you can
pretty much custom-build your MP5
from a selection of stocks, front-ends
and trigger assemblies. All of this has
helped it become (perhaps) the most
famous SMG of all time – an accolade
probably aided in no short measure by its
appearance on a certain balcony in West
London on 5 May 1980!
The original MP5 started life in 1964 and,
not two years later, was adopted by the
German Federal Police, Border Guard Force
and German Special Forces, GSG-9. Trials
and modifications were undertaken