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{{short description|9×19mm Parabellum submachine gun}}
{{Infobox weapon
| name               = Heckler & Koch MP5
| image              = MP5.jpg
| image_size         = 320
| caption            = HK MP5A3 with stock extended
| origin             = West Germany
| type               = [[Engineering:Submachine gun|Submachine gun]]
<!-- Type selection -->| is_ranged          = yes
<!-- Service history -->| service            = 1966–present
| used_by            = See Users
| wars               = {{plainlist|
*The Troubles
*Operation Marajoara<ref>{{cite web | url=http://tropasearmas.com/guerrilha-contraguerrilha-araguaia.html|title=GUERRILHA E CONTRA-GUERRILHA NO ARAGUAIA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619002342/http://tropasearmas.com/guerrilha-contraguerrilha-araguaia.html |archive-date=2021-06-19 }}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis| url=https://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/71/71131/tde-02102019-152549/publico/rafaeldeabreusouzacorrigida.pdf| title=A materialidade da repressão à guerrilha do Araguaia e do terrorismo de Estado no Bico do Papagaio, TO/PA: noite e nevoeiro na Amazônia|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406003042/https://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/71/71131/tde-02102019-152549/publico/rafaeldeabreusouzacorrigida.pdf|archive-date=April 6, 2023|trans-title=The materiality of the repression of the Araguaia guerrillas and state terrorism in Bico do Papagaio, TO/PA: night and fog in the Amazon|last=Sousa|first=Rafael de Abreu e|type=PhD|date=2019}}</ref>
*Operation Feuerzauber<ref>Thompson, Leroy, ''The MP5 Submachine Gun.'' Osprey Publishing (2014)</ref>
*Operation Storm-333<ref>{{cite book |last1=Galeotti |first1=Mark |title=Storm-333: KGB and Spetsnaz seize Kabul, Soviet-Afghan War 1979 |date=18 March 2021 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4728-4188-9 |pages=57−58 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HD3wDwAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Religion:Soviet–Afghan War|Soviet–Afghan War]]
*Iranian Embassy siege
*Operation Eagle Claw
*Lebanese Civil War
*Internal conflict in Peru
*Colombian conflict
*Sri Lankan Civil War
*Salvadoran Civil War
*Afghan Civil War (1989-1992)
*Gulf War
*War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
*Iraq War<ref name ='SAS 2012 10'>{{cite book|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2012.html|chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2012/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2012-Chapter-10-EN.pdf|chapter=Surveying the Battlefield: Illicit Arms In Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia|title=Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets|publisher={{wipe|Cambridge University Press}}|year=2012|author=[[Organization:Small Arms Survey|Small Arms Survey]]|page=321|isbn=978-0-521-19714-4|access-date=2018-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831002411/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2012.html|archive-date=2018-08-31|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Armed conflict for control of the favelas in Greater Rio de Janeiro<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-02-21 |title=Weapons of Rio's crime war - |url=https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/02/21/weapons-rios-crime-war/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=The Firearm Blog |language=en-US}}</ref>
*Boko Haram insurgency<ref name="Tessières">{{Cite report|language=en|title=At the Crossroads of Sahelian Conflicts: Insecurity, Terrorism, and Arms Trafficking in Niger|author=Savannah de Tessières|isbn=978-2-940548-48-4|publisher=[[Organization:Small Arms Survey|Small Arms Survey]]|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/U-Reports/SAS-SANA-Report-Niger.pdf|date=January 2018|page=58|ref={{harvid|de Tessières 2018 (Small Arms Survey)}}|access-date=2018-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612184751/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/U-Reports/SAS-SANA-Report-Niger.pdf|archive-date=2018-06-12|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Libyan Civil War
*2013 Lahad Datu standoff<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.borneotoday.net/explosives-m16-used-in-tanduo-invasion-by-sulu-pirates-found-in-lahad-datu/ |title=Explosives, M16 Used In Tanduo Invasion By Sulu Pirates Found In Lahad Datu |date=November 30, 2016 |publisher=Borneo Today |access-date=2020-10-26|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406013101/https://www.borneotoday.net/explosives-m16-used-in-tanduo-invasion-by-sulu-pirates-found-in-lahad-datu/|archive-date= April 6, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theborneopost.com/2013/02/22/lahad-datu-standoff-three-al-jazeera-journalists-held-for-7-hours/ |title=Lahad Datu standoff: Three Al-Jazeera journalists held for 7 hours |date=February 22, 2013 |publisher=Borneo Today |access-date=2020-10-26|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406003042/https://www.theborneopost.com/2013/02/22/lahad-datu-standoff-three-al-jazeera-journalists-held-for-7-hours/|archive-date=April 6, 2023}}</ref>
*Russian invasion of Ukraine<ref>{{cite news |title=Photos of Bucha, Ukraine |newspaper={{wipe|The Washington Post}} |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/interactive/2022/photos-of-bucha-ukraine/ |access-date=21 April 2023 |date=5 June 2022 |archive-date=5 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605035110/https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/interactive/2022/photos-of-bucha-ukraine/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
*Banjska attack<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=war_noir |number=1706323902291456209 |title=More photos of the captured weapons in #Zvečan (#Mitrovica) |date=2023-09-25|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926191243/https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1706323902291456209|archive-date=September 26, 2023}}</ref>}}
<!-- Production history -->| designer           = Tilo Möller, Manfred Guhring, Georg Seidl, Helmut Baureuter
| design_date        = 1964–1966
| manufacturer       = Heckler & Koch
| unit_cost          = 
| production_date    = 1966–present
| number             = 
| variants           = See ''Variants''
<!-- General specifications -->| spec_label         = 
| weight             = {{convert|2.54|kg|abbr=on}}<ref name="Small Arms Review">{{cite web |last1=Shea |first1=Dan |title=HK Defense Technology Division Group Submachine Guns Brochure |url=https://www.smallarmsreview.com/archive/detail.arc.entry.cfm?arcid=9585 |website=Small Arms Review |access-date=15 July 2019 |archive-date=12 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012140233/https://www.smallarmsreview.com/archive/detail.arc.entry.cfm?arcid=9585 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| length             = {{convert|680|mm|in|abbr=on}}
| part_length        = {{convert|225|mm|abbr=on|1}}
| height             = {{convert|260|mm|abbr=on|1}}
| width              = {{convert|50|mm|abbr=on|1}}
<!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->| cartridge          = [[Engineering:9×19mm Parabellum|9×19mm Parabellum]]
| action             = Roller-delayed blowback, [[Engineering:Closed bolt|closed bolt]]
| rate               = 800 rounds/min
| velocity           = {{convert|400|m/s|0|abbr=on}}
| range              = {{convert|200|m|0|abbr=on}}
| max_range          = 
| feed               = 15-, 30-, 40-, or 50-round detachable box magazine<ref>{{cite web |last1=C |first1=Nicholas |title=[TFB GUNFEST] Here Come The Drums! Magpul MP5 Drum & Glock 17 Drum Magazines |url=https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2021/01/13/tfb-gunfest-magpul-mp5-drum-glock-17-drum/ |website=The Firearm Blog|date=13 January 2021 }}</ref> , 50-round drum magazine and 100-round [[Engineering:Beta C-Mag|Beta C-Mag drum magazine]]
| sights             = Iron sights. Rear: rotary drum; front: hooded post
}}

The '''Heckler & Koch MP5''' ({{lang-de|Maschinenpistole 5}}) is a [[Engineering:Submachine gun|submachine gun]] that fires [[Engineering:9×19mm Parabellum|9x19mm Parabellum]] cartridges, developed in the 1960s by Heckler & Koch. There are over 100 variants and clones of the MP5,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heckler-koch.com/en/military/products/submachine-guns/mp5/mp5/overview.html |title=H&K Web site, MP5 overview |publisher=Heckler-koch.com |access-date=2012-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119043103/http://www.heckler-koch.com/en/military/products/submachine-guns/mp5/mp5/overview.html |archive-date=2013-01-19 |url-status=dead}}</ref> including some semi-automatic versions. The MP5 is one of the most widely used submachine guns in the world,<ref name="hogg2002">Hogg, Ian (2002). ''Jane's Guns Recognition Guide''. Jane's Information Group. {{ISBN|0-00-712760-X}}.</ref> having been adopted by over forty nations and numerous military, law enforcement, intelligence, and security organizations.{{sfn|Tilstra|2012|p=42}}

In 1999, Heckler & Koch developed the UMP, the MP5's successor.{{sfn|Dockery|2007|p=220}} {{As of|2019}}, despite its higher cost, the MP5 remained the more successful of the two options, as its [[Engineering:Blowback (firearms)#Roller-delayed|roller-delayed]] system was considered better at "reduc[ing] recoil... making it easier to stay on target" than the UMP's [[Engineering:Blowback (firearms)#Simple blowback|straight blowback]] system.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |title=Forget Stealth and Missiles: Meet the Russian Army's Greatest Guns (All in One List) |first=Charlie |last=Gao |date=2019-11-14 |magazine=[[Social:The National Interest|The National Interest]] |url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/forget-stealth-and-missiles-meet-russian-armys-greatest-guns-all-one-list-95796 |access-date=2021-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928023305/https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/forget-stealth-and-missiles-meet-russian-armys-greatest-guns-all-one-list-95796 |archive-date=2021-09-28 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
Heckler & Koch, encouraged by the success of the G3 [[Engineering:Automatic rifle|automatic rifle]], developed a family of small arms consisting of four types of [[Engineering:Firearm|firearm]]s all based on a common G3 design layout and operating principle. The first type was chambered for [[Engineering:7.62×51mm NATO|7.62×51mm NATO]], the second for the [[Engineering:7.62×39mm|7.62×39mm M43]] round, the third for the intermediate [[Engineering:5.56×45mm NATO|5.56×45mm NATO]] caliber, and the fourth type for the [[Engineering:9×19mm Parabellum|9×19mm Parabellum]] [[Engineering:Pistol|pistol]] cartridge. The MP5 was created within the fourth group of firearms and was initially known as the '''HK54'''.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=8}}

Work on the MP5 began in 1964 and two years later it was adopted by the German Federal Police, border guard and army special forces, referring to as the "MP64" or later "MP5".{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=8}} The MP5A1 was introduced in the late '60s, which is the first model to have the iconic ring front sight and the slimline handguard. In 1970, the MP5A2 and MP5A3 were introduced. In 1974, the MP5SD was introduced, which is a [[Engineering:Silencer (firearms)|suppressed]] variant of the MP5. In 1976, the MP5K was introduced as a request for a variant for South America. In 1977, the standard 20 & 30 round, curved steel magazines were introduced for the MP5A2 and MP5A3 design. In 1978, the Tropical forearm was introduced to be produced with the MP5.

In 1980, the MP5 achieved iconic status as a result of British special forces regiment the SAS when they stormed the Iranian Embassy in London, live on television, rescuing hostages and killing five terrorists during Operation Nimrod.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-mcaleese-leader-of-the-sas-team-that-ended-the-1980-siege-of-the-iranian-embassy-in-london-2345827.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220509/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-mcaleese-leader-of-the-sas-team-that-ended-the-1980-siege-of-the-iranian-embassy-in-london-2345827.html |archive-date=2022-05-09 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=John McAleese: Leader of the SAS team that ended the 1980 siege of the |date=2011-08-30 |access-date=2019-07-27 |language=en}}</ref>

The MP5 has become a mainstay of SWAT units of law enforcement agencies in the United States since then. However, in the late 1990s, as a result of the North Hollywood shootout, police special response teams replaced most MP5s with AR-15-based rifles.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2008/november/swat111708 |title=Tools of the Trade - SWAT |access-date=2019-07-27 |language=en-us}}</ref>

The MP5 is manufactured under license in several nations including Greece (formerly at EBO – Hellenic Arms Industry, currently at EAS - Hellenic Defence Systems), [[Religion:Iran|Iran]] (Defense Industries Organization), Mexico (SEDENA), {{wipe|Pakistan}} (Pakistan Ordnance Factories), Saudi Arabia, Sudan (Military Industry Corporation), [[Place:Turkey|Turkey]] (MKEK), and the United Kingdom (initially at Royal Ordnance, later diverted to Heckler & Koch Great Britain).<ref name="worldpolicy2000">{{cite web |url=https://worldpolicy.org/2009/11/13/report-profiling-the-small-arms-industry-world-policy-institute-research-project/ |title=Report: Profiling the Small Arms Industry |date=November 2000 |publisher=World Policy Institute |access-date=2010-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823105944/https://worldpolicy.org/2009/11/13/report-profiling-the-small-arms-industry-world-policy-institute-research-project/ |archive-date=2018-08-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Design details ==
The primary version of the MP5 family is the '''MP5A2''', which is a lightweight, air-cooled, [[Engineering:Selective fire|selective fire]] delayed blowback operated [[Engineering:9×19mm Parabellum|9×19mm Parabellum]] weapon with a roller-delayed bolt. It fires from a [[Engineering:Closed bolt|closed bolt]] (bolt forward) position.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=12}}

The fixed, [[Engineering:Free-floating barrel|free-floating]], cold hammer-forged barrel has six right-hand grooves with a 1 in 250&nbsp;mm (1:10 in) [[Engineering:Rifling|rifling]] twist rate and is pressed and pinned into the receiver.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=18}}

=== Features ===
[[File:Visierlinie.jpg|left|thumb|upright|A view through the weapon's aperture sight]]
The first MP5 models used a double-column straight box magazine, but since 1977, slightly curved, steel magazines have been used with a 15-round capacity (weighing 0.12&nbsp;kg) or a 30-round capacity (0.17&nbsp;kg empty).{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=18}}

The adjustable iron sights (closed type) consist of a rotating rear diopter drum and a front post installed in a hooded ring. The rear sight is mechanically adjustable for both windage and elevation with the use of a special tool, being adjusted at the factory for firing at {{convert|25|m|yd|0}} with standard {{convert|8|g|gr|0}} FMJ 9×19mm NATO ammunition. The rear sight drum provides four apertures of varying diameters used to adjust the diopter system, according to the user's preference and tactical situation.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=19}} Changing between apertures does not change the point of impact down range.
[[File:HK MP5 Zeichen.JPG|left|thumb|upright|MP5 insignia]]
The MP5 has a hammer firing mechanism. The trigger group is housed inside an interchangeable [[Chemistry:Polymer|polymer]] trigger module (with an integrated pistol grip) and equipped with a three-position fire mode selector that serves as the manual safety toggle. The "S" or ''Sicher'' position in white denotes weapon safe, "E" or ''Einzelfeuer'' in red represents single fire, and "F" or ''Feuerstoß'' (also marked in red) designates continuous fire. The SEF symbols appear on both sides of the plastic trigger group. The selector lever is actuated with the thumb of the shooting hand and is located only on the left side of the original SEF trigger group or on both sides of the ambidextrous trigger groups. The safety/selector is rotated into the various firing settings or safety position by depressing the tail end of the lever. Tactile clicks (stops) are present at each position to provide a positive stop and prevent inadvertent rotation. The "safe" setting disables the trigger by blocking the hammer release with a solid section of the safety axle located inside the trigger housing.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=18}}

The non-reciprocating [[Engineering:Cocking handle|cocking handle]] is located above the handguard and protrudes from the cocking handle tube at approximately a 45° angle. This rigid control is attached to a tubular piece within the cocking lever housing called the cocking lever support, which in turn makes contact with the forward extension of the bolt group. It is not however connected to the bolt carrier and therefore cannot be used as a [[Engineering:Forward assist|forward assist]] to fully seat the bolt group. The cocking handle is held in a forward position by a spring detent located in the front end of the cocking lever support which engages in the cocking lever housing. The lever is locked back by pulling it fully to the rear and rotating it slightly clockwise where it can be hooked into an indent in the cocking lever tube.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=18}}

=== Operating mechanism ===
[[File:US Patent 3283435 8-Nov-1966 BREECH CLOSURE Theodor Koch.png|thumb|left|The roller-delayed blowback mechanism originated from the aborted StG 45(M) assault rifle prototypes developed in Nazi Germany at the end of World War II.]]
The bolt rigidly engages the barrel extension—a cylindrical component welded to the [[Engineering:Receiver (firearms)|receiver]] into which the barrel is pinned. The delay mechanism is of the same design as that used in the G3 rifle. The two-part bolt consists of a bolt head with rollers and a bolt carrier. The heavier bolt carrier lies up against the bolt head when the weapon is ready to fire and inclined planes on the front locking piece lie between the rollers and force them out into recesses in the barrel extension.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=68}}

When fired, expanding propellant gases produced from the burning powder in the [[Engineering:Cartridge (firearms)|cartridge]] exert rearward pressure on the bolt head transferred through the base of the cartridge case as it is propelled out of the [[Engineering:Chamber (firearms)|chamber]]. A portion of this force is transmitted through the rollers projecting from the bolt head, which are cammed inward against the inclined flanks of the locking recesses in the barrel extension and to the angled shoulders of the locking piece. The selected angles of the recesses and the incline on the locking piece produce a velocity ratio of about 4:1 between the bolt carrier and the bolt head. This results in a calculated delay, allowing the projectile to exit the barrel and gas pressure to drop to a safe level before the case is extracted from the chamber.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=68}}

The delay results from the amount of time it takes for enough recoil energy to be transferred through to the bolt carrier in a sufficient quantity for it to be driven to the rear against the force of inertia of the bolt carrier and the forward pressure exerted against the bolt by the recoil spring. As the rollers are forced inward they displace the locking piece and propel the bolt carrier to the rear. The bolt carrier's rearward velocity is four times that of the bolt head since the cartridge remains in the chamber for a short period of time during the initial recoil impulse. After the bolt carrier has travelled rearward 4&nbsp;mm, the locking piece is withdrawn fully from the bolt head and the rollers are compressed into the bolt head. Only once the locking rollers are fully cammed into the bolt head can the entire bolt group continue its rearward movement in the receiver, breaking the seal in the chamber and continuing the feeding cycle.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=68}}

Since the [[Engineering:9×19mm Parabellum|9×19mm Parabellum]] cartridge is relatively low powered, the bolt does not have an anti-bounce device like the G3, but instead the bolt carrier contains {{convert|32.5|g|oz|abbr=on}} of [[Chemistry:Tungsten|tungsten]] granules that prevent the bolt group from bouncing back after impacting the barrel extension. The weapon has a fluted chamber that enhances extraction reliability by bleeding gases backwards into the shallow flutes running along the length of the chamber to prevent the cartridge case from expanding and sticking to the chamber walls (since the bolt is opened under relatively high barrel pressure). A spring extractor is installed inside the bolt head and holds the case securely until it strikes the ejector arm and is thrown out of the ejection port to the right of the receiver. The lever-type ejector is located inside the trigger housing (activated by the movement of the recoiling bolt).{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=68}}

=== Accessories ===
In the early 1970s, HK introduced a conversion kit for the MP5 that enables it to use rimfire ammunition (.22 LR). This unit consists of a barrel insert, a bolt group and two 20-round magazines. This modification reduces the cyclic rate to 650 rounds per minute. It was sold mostly to law enforcement agencies as a way to train recruits on handling the MP5. It used ammunition that was cheaper and had a lower recoil than 9×19mm Parabellum. This reduced training costs and built up skill and confidence in the operators before transitioning them to the full-bore model.

====Barrel accessories====
[[File:Patent DE1553874 07-Oct-1971 Handfeuerwaffe mit Schalldaempfer Heckler und Koch.png|thumb|left|Cross section diagram of an MP5SD early model suppressor, from 1971 patent. Vented barrel surrounded by metal mesh packing in the expansion chambers, followed by conical baffles in the forward chambers.]]
Threading is provided at the muzzle to work with certain muzzle devices made by Heckler & Koch, including: a slotted [[Engineering:Flash suppressor|flash suppressor]], [[Engineering:Blank-firing adaptor|blank firing attachment]] (marked with a red-painted band denoting use with blank ammunition only), an adapter for launching [[Engineering:Rifle grenade|rifle grenade]]s (for use with rifle-style grenades with an inside diameter of 22&nbsp;mm using a special grenade launching cartridge) and a cup-type attachment used to launch [[Chemistry:Tear gas|tear gas]] grenades. An optional three-lugged barrel is also available for mounting a quick-detachable suppressor.

====Receiver====
The receiver housing has a proprietary claw-rail mounting system that permits the attachment of a standard Heckler & Koch quick-detachable [[Engineering:Scope mount|scope mount]] (also used with the G3, HK33 and G3SG/1). It can be used to mount daytime optical sights (telescopic 4×24), night sights, reflex sights and [[Physics:Laser|laser]] pointers. The mount features two spring-actuated bolts, positioned along the base of the mount, which exert pressure on the receiver to hold the mount in the same position at all times assuring zero retention. All versions of the quick-detachable scope mount provide a sighting tunnel through the mount so that the shooter can continue to use the fixed iron sights with the scope mount attached to the top of the receiver.

A [[Engineering:Picatinny rail|Picatinny rail]] adapter can be placed on top that locks into the claw rails. This allows the mounting of STANAG scopes and has a lower profile than the claw-rail system.

====Handguard====
Aftermarket replacement handguards with [[Engineering:Picatinny rail|Picatinny rail]]s are available. Single-rail models have a Picatinny rail along the bottom and triple-rail models have rails along the bottom and sides. They allow the mounting of accessories like flashlights, laser pointers, target designators, vertical foregrips, and bipods.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=24}}

== Variants ==
The stockless ''MP5A1'' has a buttcap with a sling mount for concealed carry; the MP5K series was a further development of this idea.{{sfn|Cutshaw|2011|p=154}} The MP5A2 has a fixed buttstock (made of a synthetic polymer), whereas the compact ''MP5A3'' has a retractable metal stock.

The ''MP5A4'' (fixed stock) and ''MP5A5'' (sliding stock) models, which were introduced in 1974, are available with four-position trigger groups. The pistol grips are straight, lacking the contoured grip and thumb groove of the ''MP5A1'', ''MP5A2'', and ''MP5A3''. The selector lever stops are marked with bullet pictograms rather than letters or numbers (each symbol represents the number of bullets that will be fired when the trigger is pulled and held rearward with a full magazine inserted in the weapon) and are fully ambidextrous (the selector lever is present on each side of the trigger housing). The additional setting of the fire selector, one place before the fully automatic setting, enables a two or three-shot burst firing mode.

Heckler & Koch offers dedicated training variants of these weapons, designated ''MP5A4PT'' and ''MP5A5PT'' (PT—Plastic Training), modified to fire a plastic 9×19mm PT training cartridge produced by Dynamit Nobel of Germany. These weapons operate like the standard MP5 but have a floating chamber and both rollers have been omitted from the bolt to function properly when firing the lighter plastic projectiles. To help identify these weapons blue dots were painted on their cocking handles and additional lettering provided. The PT variant can be configured with various buttstocks and trigger groups and was developed for the West German Police and Border Guard.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=29}}
[[File:USMC MP SRT MP5.JPEG|thumb|325x325px|U.S. Marine Corps Military Police using the MP5-N variant]]
A variant with the last trigger group designated the '''MP5-N''' (N—Navy) was developed in 1986 for the United States Navy. This model has a collapsible stock, a [[Physics:Tritium|tritium]]-illuminated front sight post and a {{convert|225|mm|abbr=on|1}} threaded barrel for use with a [[Chemistry:Stainless steel|stainless steel]] sound suppressor made by Knight's Armament Company together with quieter subsonic ammunition. It had ambidextrous controls, a straight pistol grip, pictogram markings, and originally had a four-position selector (Safe, Semi-Auto, 3-Round Burst, Full Auto). This was replaced with a similar three-position ambidextrous selector after an improperly-reassembled trigger group spontaneously fired during an exercise. The "Navy"-style ambidextrous trigger group later became standard, replacing the classic "SEF" trigger group.

In late 2013, Heckler & Koch unveiled the '''MLI''' (Mid Life Improvement) version of the MP5. It is fitted with a tri-rail foregrip, a quick-release-optic mount, an MP5F stock standard, and comes in with the new RAL8000 (Yellow-Brown) colour scheme.

=== MP5 ===
* '''HK54''': The original model that was produced in 1964. The ''54'' designation is from the Heckler & Koch company's old system that indicates that it is a submachine gun/assault carbine (5-) chambered for the 9×19mm cartridge (-4). It had a charcoal-gray phosphated finish rather than the matte-black lacquered finish used on later models and had narrow slotted metal handguards. Its major differences were that it had a longer and heavier bolt carrier than the MP5 and a flip up "ladder"-style rear sight (like the early G3 rifle) rather than the MP5's aperture sight. Its original 15- or 30-round steel magazines were straight rather than curved, had a plastic follower, and were reinforced with ribs (thus their nickname of "waffle"-type magazines).{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=13}}
* '''MP5''': A slightly modified version of the HK54 first created in 1966. A matte-black lacquered finish instead of the grayish phosphated finish was introduced for export models in 1977. It originally had the narrow checkered metal "Slimline" handguards in the place of the HK54's narrow slotted metal ones. These were later replaced by the thicker "Tropical" handguards in 1978. The proprietary Heckler & Koch "claw mount" rails for mounting optical and electronic scopes were added around 1973. The improved 15- and 30-round magazines were adopted in 1977; they were curved, had unribbed sides, and had chromed-steel followers.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=13}} The ''MP5SFA2'' (SF – single-fire) was developed in 1986 in response to the American FBI solicitation for a "9&nbsp;mm Single-fire Carbine". It is the same as the MP5A2 but is fitted with an ambidextrous semi-automatic only trigger group. The ''MP5SFA3'' is similar except it has a retractable metal stock like the MP5A3. Versions delivered after December 1991 are assembled with select-fire bolt carriers allowing fully automatic operation when used with the appropriate trigger module.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=47}} The semi-automatic "MP5SF" models are widely used by British police forces including London's Metropolitan Police Service Specialist Firearms Command, Diplomatic Protection Group, authorised firearms officers, and the Police Service of Northern Ireland to name a few.{{cn|date=March 2023}}  The two-position trigger unit was also used in the semi-automatic ''HK94'' [[Engineering:Carbine|carbine]] that was produced specifically for the civilian market with a {{convert|420|mm|abbr=on|1}} barrel.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=29}}
**'''MP5A1''': No buttstock (endplate/receiver cap in place of buttstock), "SEF" trigger group.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=13}}
** '''MP5A2''': Fixed buttstock, "SEF" trigger group.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=13}}
** '''MP5SFA2''': Fixed buttstock, single-fire (SE) trigger group.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=13}}
** '''MP5A3''': Retractable buttstock, "SEF" trigger group.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=13}}
** '''MP5SFA3''': Semi-automatic carbine version of MP5A3. Retractable buttstock and single-fire (SE) trigger group.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=13}}
** '''MP5A4''': Fixed buttstock, 3-round burst trigger group.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=13}}
** '''MP5A5''': Retractable buttstock, 3-round burst trigger group.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=13}}
** '''MP5-N''': Model developed specifically for the U.S. Navy. Ambidextrous "Navy" trigger group, 3-lug/threaded barrel for attaching a sound suppressor; rubber-padded retractable stock.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=19}}
** '''MP5F''': Model developed in 1999 specifically for the French military. Rubber-padded retractable stock, ambidextrous sling loops/bolts and internal modifications to handle high-pressure ammunition.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=19}}
** '''MP5 MLI''': Modernised variant of the MP5. Suitable MLI components can be retrofitted to any MP5 model.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Trigger group
|-
! Type !! Positions !! Settings !! Location
|-
| SEF  || 3-position || Safe (''Sicher''), semi-auto (''Einzelfeuer''), fully automatic (''Feuerstoß'') || Left-side
|-
| SE   || 2-position || Safe & semi-auto (''Fire'') || Ambidextrous
|-
| Navy || 4-position || Safe, semi-auto, 2- or 3-round burst, fully automatic || Ambidextrous
|-
| Navy || 3-position || Safe, semi-auto, fully automatic || Ambidextrous
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Trigger group settings
|-
! rowspan=2 | Setting !! colspan=3 | Marking system
|-
! Number !! Letter !! Pictogram
|-
| Safe                 || Marked by a white numeral "0"      || Marked by a white letter "S"       || Marked by a white pictogram of a bullet symbol inside a closed rectangle with an "X" through it.
|-
| Semi-automatic fire  || Marked by a red numeral "1"        || Marked by a red letter "E"         || Marked by a red pictogram of a bullet symbol inside a closed rectangle.
|-
| Burst fire           || Marked by a red numeral "2" or "3" || Marked by a red numeral "2" or "3" || Marked by a red pictogram of 2 or 3 bullets in a line inside a closed rectangle.
|-
| Fully automatic fire || Marked by a red numeral "30"       || Marked by a red letter "F"         || Marked by a red pictogram of 7 bullets in a line inside a rectangle with an open end facing the muzzle.
|}

=== MP5SD ===
The '''MP5SD''' was created in 1974, Heckler & Koch initiated design work on a sound-suppressed variant of the MP5, designated the MP5SD (SD—''Schalldämpfer'', German for "sound suppressor"),{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=15}} which features an integral but detachable [[Chemistry:Aluminium|aluminium]] sound suppressor and a lightweight bolt. The weapon's {{convert|146|mm|abbr=on|1}} barrel has 30 {{convert|2.5|mm|abbr=on|1}} ports drilled forward of the chamber through which escaping gases are diverted to the surrounding sealed tubular casing that is screwed onto threading on the barrel's external surface just prior to the ported segment. The suppressor itself is divided into two stages; the initial segment surrounding the ported barrel serves as an expansion chamber for the propellant gases, reducing gas pressure to slow down the acceleration of the projectile. The second, decompression stage occupies the remaining length of the suppressor tube and contains a stamped metal [[Helix|helix]] separator with several compartments which increase the gas volume and decrease its temperature, deflecting the gases as they exit the muzzle, so muffling the exit report. The bullet leaves the muzzle at subsonic velocity, so it does not generate a sonic [[Physics:Shock wave|shock wave]] in flight. As a result of reducing the barrel's length and venting propellant gases into the suppressor, the bullet's muzzle velocity was lowered anywhere from 16% to 26% (depending on the ammunition used) while maintaining the weapon's automation and reliability. The weapon was designed to be used with standard supersonic ammunition with the suppressor on at all times.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=18}} The cyclic rate of fire of the MP5SD is around 700 rounds per minute.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heckler-Koch |url=https://www.heckler-koch.com/en/Products/Military%20and%20Law%20Enforcement/Submachine%20guns/MP5 |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Heckler-Koch |language=en}}</ref>

The MP5SD is produced exclusively by Heckler & Koch in several versions: the MP5SD1 and MP5SD4 (both have a receiver end cap instead of a buttstock), MP5SD2 and MP5SD5 (equipped with a fixed synthetic buttstock) and the MP5SD3 and MP5SD6 (fitted with a collapsible metal stock). The MP5SD1, MP5SD2 and MP5SD3 use a standard 'SEF' trigger group (from the MP5A2 and MP5A3), while the MP5SD4, MP5SD5, and MP5SD6 use the 'Navy' trigger group—a trigger module with a mechanically limited 3-round burst mode and ambidextrous selector controls (from the MP5A4 and MP5A5). A suppressed version was produced for the U.S. Navy—designated the MP5SD-N, which is a version of the MP5SD3 with a retractable metal stock, front sight post with tritium-illuminated dot and a stainless steel suppressor. This model has a modified cocking handle support to account for the slightly larger outside diameter of the suppressor. The design of the suppressor allows the weapon to be fired with water inside, should water enter the device during operation in or near water.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=5}}
[[File:Heckler Koch MP5.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|MP5SD3]]
* '''MP5SD1''': No buttstock (endplate/receiver cap in place of buttstock), "SEF" trigger group, integrated suppressor{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=15}}
* '''MP5SD2''': Fixed buttstock, "SEF" trigger group, integrated suppressor.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=15}}
* '''MP5SD3''': Retractable buttstock, "SEF" trigger group, integrated suppressor.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=15}}
* '''MP5SD4''': No buttstock (endplate/receiver cap in place of buttstock), 3-round burst trigger group, integrated suppressor.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=15}}
* '''MP5SD5''': Fixed buttstock, 3-round burst trigger group, integrated suppressor.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=20}}
* '''MP5SD6''': Retractable buttstock, 3-round burst trigger group, integrated suppressor.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=20}}
* '''MP5SD-N1''': Fixed buttstock, "Navy" trigger group, KAC stainless steel suppressor.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=20}}
* '''MP5SD-N2''': Retractable buttstock, "Navy" trigger group, KAC stainless steel suppressor.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=20}}

=== MP5K ===
In 1976, a shortened version of the MP5A2 was introduced; the '''MP5K''' (K from the German word ''Kurz'' = "short") was designed for close quarters battle use by clandestine operations and special services. The MP5K does not have a shoulder stock (the receiver end was covered with a flat end cap, featuring a buffer on the inside and a sling loop on the outside), and the bolt and receiver were shortened at the rear. There are no ''MP5KA2'' or ''MP5KA3'' models because it does not come with a fixed or retractable stock. The resultant lighter bolt led to a higher rate of fire than the standard MP5 at around 900 rounds per minute. It has a shortened {{Convert|4.5|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} barrel, a shorter trigger group frame, the charging handle and its cover were shortened and a vertical foregrip was used to replace the standard handguard. The barrel ends at the base of the front sight, which prevents the use of any sort of muzzle device.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=19}}

The MP5K is produced (by Heckler & Koch and under license in [[Religion:Iran|Iran]] and [[Place:Turkey|Turkey]]) in four different versions: the MP5K, ''MP5KA4'', ''MP5KA1'', ''MP5KA5'', where the first two variants have adjustable, open-type iron sights (with a notched rotary drum), and the two remaining variants – fixed open sights; however, the front sight post was changed and a notch was cut into the receiver top cover. The MP5K retained the capability to use optical sights through the use of an adapter.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=19}}

A civilian semiautomatic derivative of the MP5K known as the '''SP89''' was produced that had a foregrip with a muzzle guard in place of the vertical grip.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=30}}

In 1991, a further variant of the MP5K was developed, designated the ''MP5K-PDW'' (PDW—Personal Defense Weapon) that retained the compact dimensions of the MP5K but restored the fire handling characteristics of the full-size MP5A2. The MP5K-PDW uses a side-folding synthetic shoulder stock (made by the U.S. company Choate Machine and Tool), a "Navy" trigger group, a front sight post with a built-in tritium insert and a slightly lengthened threaded, three-lug barrel (analogous to the MP5-N). The stock can be removed and replaced with a receiver endplate; a rotary drum with apertures from the MP5A2 can also be used.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=20}}[[File:Hkmp5k.jpg|thumb|upright=.7|MP5K]]

* '''MP5K Prototype''': A stockless, cut-down MP5A2 with regular iron sights and an open vertical foregrip. It was created in 1976.
* '''MP5KA1''': MP5K with smooth upper surface and small low-profile iron sights; "SEF" trigger group.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=19}}
* '''MP5KA4''': MP5K with regular iron sights; four-position 3-round burst trigger group.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=19}}
* '''MP5KA5''': MP5K with smooth upper surface and small low-profile iron sights; four-position 3-round burst trigger group.
* '''MP5K-N''': MP5K with "Navy" trigger group and 3-lug/threaded barrel for mounting suppressors or other muzzle attachments.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=19}}
* '''MP5K-PDW''': Personal Defense Weapon; MP5K-N variant introduced in 1991 for issue to special operations aircraft or vehicle crews. It adds a Choate side-folding stock, 5-inch 3-lug barrel for mounting a quick-detachable Qual-A-Tec suppressor, and an ambidextrous 4-position trigger group with a 3-round burst mode. A shoulder cross-draw or thigh quick-draw holster is available.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=20}}
*'''MP5K Operational Briefcase''': MP5K mounted with a STANAG claw mount inside a plastic hard shell Special Briefcase (''Spezialkoffer''), with an external trigger mounted in the briefcase handgrip released in 1978.<ref name=Ferguson1200 /> An earlier version called the Special Bag (''Spezialtasche'') included a large opening in the rear of a soft side leather case to grasp the pistol grip and manually actuate the trigger. The briefcase was sold preconfigured with the MP5K as well as separately.<ref>{{Cite web|last=TAB|date=2018-10-26|title=Heckler & Kock MP5K Briefcase Gun|url=https://armourersbench.com/2018/10/26/heckler-kock-mp5k-briefcase-gun/|access-date=2021-04-14|website=The Armourers Bench|language=en}}</ref> A third version known as the Zerfallkoffer was also released in 1978.<ref name=Ferguson1200>{{cite AV media |people=Jonathan Ferguson |date=10 May 2023 |title=The concealed collapsible briefcase MP5K, with firearms and weaponry expert Jonathan Ferguson  |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nTgWX3LJeM |access-date=7 March 2023 |time=12:00-12:20|publisher=Royal Armouries }}</ref> It worked by having a button release that caused the briefcase to fall away from the gun.<ref name=Ferguson240>{{cite AV media |people=Jonathan Ferguson |date=10 May 2023 |title=The concealed collapsible briefcase MP5K, with firearms and weaponry expert Jonathan Ferguson  |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nTgWX3LJeM |access-date=7 March 2023 |time=2:40-3:10|publisher=Royal Armouries }}</ref>

=== MP5/10 and MP5/40 ===
[[File:H&K MP540 with Railed Forend.jpg|thumb|right|MP5/40 with polymer, 30-round magazine in .40 S&W]]
In 1992, Heckler & Koch introduced the ''MP5/10'' (chambered in [[Engineering:10mm Auto|10mm Auto]]) and ''MP5/40'' (chambered for the .40 S&W cartridge), which are based on the MP5A4 and MP5A5. These weapons were assembled in fixed and retractable stock configurations (without a separate designation) and are fed from translucent 30-round polymer box magazines. These weapons include a bolt hold-open device, which captures the bolt group in its rear position after expending the last cartridge from the magazine. The bolt is then released by pressing a lever positioned on the left side of the receiver. Both weapons use a barrel with 6 right-hand grooves and a 380&nbsp;mm (1:15 in) twist rate, and like the MP5-N, both have a 3-lugged muzzle device and a tritium-illuminated front sight aiming dot.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=23}}

Problems with the MP5/10 and MP5/40 led to their discontinuation in 2000, although Heckler & Koch continues to provide support and spare parts.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=23}}
* '''MP5/10''': Chambered in [[Engineering:10mm Auto|10mm Auto]], available in various stock/trigger group configurations. It was produced from 1992 to 2000.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=20}}
* '''MP5/40''': Chambered in .40 S&W, available in various stock/trigger group configurations. It was produced from 1992 to 2000.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=21}}

=== Civilian variants ===
* '''HK94''': American import model of the MP5 with an exposed 16.54-inch [420mm] barrel and special SF (safe/semi-automatic) trigger group, designed for civilian use. The ''94'' factory designation code indicates that it is a semi-auto only Sporting Rifle (9-) chambered for the 9x19mm Parabellum cartridge (-4). <br>A barrel-mounted vertical foregrip and a ventilated barrel shroud were available for the stock HK94. The HK94 was imported from 1983 to 1989, in three different configurations:
**The '''HK94A2''' had a fixed stock, an overall length of 34.59 inches [829&nbsp;mm], and weighed 6.43&nbsp;lbs. [2.92&nbsp;kg.]. In 1991, the state of {{wipe|California}} imported 420 HK-94A2s, mostly for their state Department of Corrections; it was the last batch of HK-94s imported into the United States.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=30}}
**The '''HK94A3''' had a retractable stock, an overall length of 27.58 inches [700&nbsp;mm] collapsed and 34.05 inches [865&nbsp;mm] extended and weighed 7.18&nbsp;lbs. [3.26&nbsp;kg].{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=30}}
**The '''HK94/SG-1''' (''Scharfschützengewehr'', "sharp-shooting rifle") was designed for short-range sniping in built-up areas like cities or prisons. It proved to be unsuitable for its designed purpose, due to its poor penetration and stopping power,{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} and most went to target shooters and collectors. It had a fixed match stock with a rubber buttpad and an adjustable cheekpiece, folding bipod, flash hider, and a 6 × 42mm Leupold VIII Adjustable Objective scope. It had an overall length of 40.39 inches [1026mm] and a weight of 9.25&nbsp;lbs. [4.2&nbsp;kg]. Its mean standard retail price (MSRP) in 1986 was US$1,525; this was more than twice what a stock HK94A2 (US$650) or HK94A3 (US$720) cost. Only 50 were imported into the United States; authentic models have serial numbers running in the 43XX range.<br>As an aftermarket modification, a PSG-1 trigger pack with target pistol grip and match trigger could be added by a gunsmith by changing the ejector and hammer spring. The 6× Leupold scope was calibrated for .223 Remington rounds, so other scopes were often substituted.
* '''SP89''': ''Sportpistole M1989''. Semi-automatic only version of the MP5K designed for civilian use. It lacked a vertical foregrip to make it compliant with the National Firearms Act. It was made from 1989 to 1994.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=13}}
* '''SP5K''': First introduced in 2016, the SP5K is an updated version of the SP89. It features a Picatinny rail mounted on the top of the receiver for mounting accessories. As with the SP89, it is semi-automatic only and the forward handguard does not have a vertical foregrip.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heckler-koch.com/en/products/sport/full-size-compact/sp5k/sp5k/product-overview.html|title=Heckler & Koch :: Product Overview - SP5K|website=www.heckler-koch.com|access-date=2017-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161212115416/http://www.heckler-koch.com/en/products/sport/full-size-compact/sp5k/sp5k/product-overview.html|archive-date=2016-12-12|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*'''SP5''': Introduced in 2019, the SP5 is a semi-automatic only version. With an 8.86 inch [225mm] barrel, the same length as that of the original MP5A2. It features the Navy barrel with the threaded adaptor available in the MP5K, paddle magazine release, and fluted chamber.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2019/12/4/hk-launches-new-sp5-available-to-us-consumers/|title=HK Launches New SP5 Available to U.S. Consumers|website=www.americanrifleman.org|language=en|access-date=2019-12-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hk-usa.com/hk-models/sp5/|title=SP5|website=Heckler & Koch|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-12}}</ref>

=== Rechambering kit ===
A rechambering kit for [[Engineering:6.5×25mm CBJ|6.5×25mm CBJ]] which only required a barrel change was proposed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-10 |title=the new 6.5x25 CBJ cartridge |url=https://www.gotavapen.se/gota/cbj/cbj_crtg.htm |access-date=2024-01-05 |archive-date=2023-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910192244/https://www.gotavapen.se/gota/cbj/cbj_crtg.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

== Manufacturers ==
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* {{flag|China}}: [[Company:Norinco|Norinco]] makes unlicensed copies of the MP5A4, as the '''NR-08'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2010/10/29/norinco-nr08-chinese-mp5-clone/|title=Norinco NR08: Chinese MP5 Clone -|date=29 October 2010|access-date=30 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730080624/https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2010/10/29/norinco-nr08-chinese-mp5-clone/|archive-date=30 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and '''NR-08A''',<ref>{{cite web | url=http://061.com.pl/2017/12/04/norinco-nr08a-czyli-klon-hk-mp5/ | title=NORINCO NR08A – czyli klon HK MP5 – KOLEKCJA 061 – broń i akcesoria | access-date=2018-07-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730081207/http://061.com.pl/2017/12/04/norinco-nr08a-czyli-klon-hk-mp5/ | archive-date=2018-07-30 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and the MP5A5, as the '''CS/LS3'''.<ref name="Clone">{{cite web|url=https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/02/01/hk-mp5-clones-world|title=H&K MP5 Clones of the World -|date=1 February 2017|access-date=30 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730080612/https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/02/01/hk-mp5-clones-world|archive-date=30 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flag|Greece}}: Manufactured under licence by Hellenic Defence Systems (''EASEllinika Amyntika Systimata'').<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eas.gr/index.php?lang=en&sec=7&cid=113 |title=Hellenic Defense Systems |publisher=Eas.gr |access-date=2009-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718131549/http://www.eas.gr/index.php?lang=en&sec=7&cid=113 |archive-date=2011-07-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flag|India}}: Indian Ordnance Factory makes unlicensed copies of MP5A3, known as the '''OFB Anamika 9mm'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/06/16/of/|title=Unnamed: India's Ordnance Factory Board 'ANAMIKA' MP5 - The Firearm Blog|date=16 June 2016|work=thefirearmblog.com|access-date=22 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821233201/http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/06/16/of/|archive-date=21 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flag|Iran}}: Manufactured under licence by DIO as the '''Tondar''' (MP5A3) and '''Tondar Light''' (MP5K).<ref name="worldpolicy2000"/>
* {{flag|Mexico}}: Manufactured under licence by SEDENA.{{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=69}}
* {{flag|Pakistan}}: Manufactured under licence by Pakistan Ordnance Factories<ref name="pof.gov.pk">{{cite web |url=http://pof.gov.pk/IW_SMGPKPK1PK2PK3.aspx |publisher=Pakistan Ordnance Factories |title=Infantry Weapons – SMG PK |access-date=2013-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003153232/http://www.pof.gov.pk/IW_SMGPKPK1PK2PK3.aspx |archive-date=2013-10-03 |url-status=live }}</ref> as the '''MP5P''' and also as '''POF4''' and'''POF-5'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/component/virtuemart/shipping-rifles/9mm-pistol-detail.html?Itemid=0|title=POF-5 9mm Semi Auto Pistol, Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF)|first=Atlantic|last=Firearms|access-date=11 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608123120/http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/component/virtuemart/shipping-rifles/9mm-pistol-detail.html?Itemid=0|archive-date=2016-06-08|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/component/virtuemart/shipping-accessories/pof-9mm-k-pistol-detail.html?Itemid=0|title=POF 5PK 9mm Pistol|first=Atlantic|last=Firearms|access-date=11 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921012712/http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/component/virtuemart/shipping-accessories/pof-9mm-k-pistol-detail.html?Itemid=0|archive-date=2016-09-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flag|Saudi Arabia}}: Manufactured under licence by Al Kharj Arsenal, Military Industries Corporation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.mic.org.sa/our-products/light-weapon/mp5-submachine-gun-cal-9x19-mm |title=MP5 Submachine Gun Cal 9X19 mm |publisher=En.mic.org.sa |access-date=2012-12-29 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121225065231/http://en.mic.org.sa/our-products/light-weapon/mp5-submachine-gun-cal-9x19-mm |archive-date=2012-12-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flag|Sudan}}: Manufactured by Military Industry Corporation as the '''Tihraga''' (MP5A3), a clone of the Iranian '''Tondar'''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mic.sd/images/products/wepons/en/TIHRAGAbn.html |title=Military Industry Corporation (MIC) Official Website |publisher=Mic.sd |access-date=2009-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709054644/http://mic.sd/images/products/wepons/en/TIHRAGAbn.html |archive-date=2009-07-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flag|Switzerland}}: Manufactured under licence by Brügger & Thomet.<ref name="Clone"/>
* {{flag|Turkey}}: Manufactured by MKEK.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mkek.gov.tr/english/foUrunDetaylari.aspx?iKodUrun=220&iKodUrunKategorisi=107 |title=Turkey MKEK MP5 |publisher=MKEK |access-date=2009-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618054254/http://www.mkek.gov.tr/english/foUrunDetaylari.aspx?iKodUrun=220&iKodUrunKategorisi=107 |archive-date=2009-06-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Their trigger groups are marked: '''E''' (Safe), '''T''' (Semi-Auto) and '''S''' (Full Auto) instead of '''SEF'''.
* {{flag|United Kingdom}}: Manufactured under licence by Royal Small Arms Factory.<ref name="worldpolicy2000"/>

== Users ==
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[[File:MP5 operators of the world.svg|thumb|upright=1.8|Worldwide users of the MP5 (former and current)]]
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! style="width:120px;"| Country/Region
! Organization name
! Model
! style="width:50px;"| Caliber
! Reference
|-
|rowspan="2"| {{flag|Afghanistan}}
| Afghan National Army
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Pakistani-made (after 2001)
West German<ref>{{Cite web |title=Birth of a four decade nightmare {{!}} David Loyn {{!}} The Critic Magazine - husale.shopsfashion2023.ru |url=https://husale.shopsfashion2023.ru/content?c=nur+mohammad+taraki&id=7 |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=husale.shopsfashion2023.ru |archive-date=2023-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626235345/https://husale.shopsfashion2023.ru/content?c=nur+mohammad+taraki&id=7 |url-status=dead }}{{failed verification|date=July 2023}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite book|title=Afghanistan, Arms and Conflict: Armed Groups, Disarmament and Security in a Post-War Society|first1=Michael Vinai|last1=Bhatia|first2=Mark|last2=Sedra|publisher=[[Company:Routledge|Routledge]]|editor=[[Organization:Small Arms Survey|Small Arms Survey]]|isbn=978-0-415-45308-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P4N9AgAAQBAJ|page=165|date=May 2008|access-date=2018-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901145604/https://books.google.fr/books?id=P4N9AgAAQBAJ|archive-date=2018-09-01|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Zahir Qadir's Frontier Force
| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Bhatia|Sedra|2008|p=277}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Albania}}
| ''Garda e Republikës''
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.top-channel.tv/artikull.php?id=202221&ref=kerko |title=Viktimat u vranë me plumba 9mm |publisher=Top-channel.tv |date=2011-01-23 |access-date=2012-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527150347/http://www.top-channel.tv/artikull.php?id=202221&ref=kerko |archive-date=2013-05-27 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| ''Batalioni i Operacioneve Speciale'' (BOS)
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5K
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{DZA}}
|Algerian Police
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5SD6, MP5SD3, MP5K, MP5A3, MP5A5
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.menadefense.net/algerie/gosp-nouvelle-unite-speciale-de-police-algerienne/|title=Le GOSP, nouvelle unité spéciale de la police algérienne|last=Akramov|date=2016-07-24|website=MENADEFENSE|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref>
|-
|Algerian Special Forces
|9mm
|
|-
|rowspan="4"|{{flag|Argentina}}
| Argentine Navy
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="gander1995">Gander, Terry J.; Hogg, Ian V. ''Jane's Infantry Weapons 1995/1996''. Jane's Information Group; 21 edition (May 1995). {{ISBN|978-0-7106-1241-0}}.</ref>
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| Argentine National Gendarmerie
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="gander1995"/>
|-
| Argentine Federal Police
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="gander1995"/>
|-
| Argentine Naval Prefecture
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A2
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="gander1995"/>
|-
|rowspan="3"|{{flag|Australia}}
| Airfield Defence Guards of the {{wipe|Royal Australian Air Force}}
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A3
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.airforce.gov.au/adg/weapons.aspx |title= Weapons: Royal Australian Air Force |access-date= 9 January 2009 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090109120916/http://www.airforce.gov.au/adg/weapons.aspx |archive-date= 9 January 2009 }}</ref>
|-
| Special Operations Command
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A3, MP5K, MP5SD
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.specialunits.eu/images/Australie/TAG%20East%20operators%20%283%29.jpg|title=TAG East operations (image)|access-date=11 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161004001932/http://www.specialunits.eu/images/Australie/TAG%20East%20operators%20%283%29.jpg|archive-date=4 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| Police Tactical Groups
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/trg-raid-mcleod-rental-property/story-e6frg13u-1225818969526 |title=TRG raid McLeod rental property |publisher=Perthnow.com.au |date=2010-01-13 |access-date=2012-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514022433/http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/trg-raid-mcleod-rental-property/story-e6frg13u-1225818969526 |archive-date=2013-05-14 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Bahrain}}
|  _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
|-
|rowspan="4"|{{flag|Bangladesh}}
| Bangladesh Army
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="jones2009">{{harvnb|Jones|Ness|2009|p={{page needed|date=October 2021}}}}</ref>
|-
| Bangladesh SWAT Police
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
| Rapid Action Battalion,
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
| Special Warfare Diving And Salvage of the Bangladesh Navy
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Belarus}}
| "Almaz" anti-terrorist group
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A3<br>MP5K
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VEykPjHWp8 |title=АЛМАЗ – антитерор |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2012-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002153736/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VEykPjHWp8 |archive-date=2015-10-02 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| KGB Alpha Group
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A3
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gb1MFttWYg |title=KGB vs FSB shooting |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2015-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109003521/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gb1MFttWYg |archive-date=2016-01-09 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Belgium}}
| Various Police units
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
|-
| rowspan="7" |{{flag|Brazil}}
| Federal Police
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A2, MP5A3, MP5A5, MP5SD3
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Ezell|Smith|Smith|1973|p=286}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=World Infantry Weapons: Brazil |url=https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_sa_brazil |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602220038/https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_sa_brazil |archive-date=2 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | BOPE
| style="text-align:center;" | MP5A5, MP5K
| style="text-align:center;" | 9mm 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite book |last=Olive |first=Ronaldo |title=Enciclopedia De Submetralhadoras |page=67}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1º Batalhão de Forças Especiais
| style="text-align:center;" |MP5KA4, MP5SD1, MP5SD6
| style="text-align:center;" |9mm 
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite book |last=Olive |first=Ronaldo |title=Enciclopedia De Submetralhadoras |page=70}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
|-
|Brasilia Police
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A3
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name=":1" />
|-
|Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 June 2018 |title=Another look at Brazil's crime weapons |url=https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/06/25/another-look-at-brazils-crime-weapons/}}</ref>
|-
|Comando de Operações Taticas
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A5, MP5SD6
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name=":1" />
|-
|COMANF                          
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5KA4, MP5SD6
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name=":1" />
|-
|{{flag|Brunei}}
| Special Force of the Royal Brunei Police Force
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web|last=gp|date=2021-03-18|title=Royal call for RBPF to set bar high for training policies » Borneo Bulletin Online|url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/royal-call-for-rbpf-to-set-bar-high-for-training-policies-2/|access-date=2021-12-16|website=Royal call for RBPF to set bar high for training policies|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020091518/https://borneobulletin.com.bn/royal-call-for-rbpf-to-set-bar-high-for-training-policies-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Bulgaria}}
| Specialized Anti-Terrorism Task Force
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5SD3
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://dtirp.dtra.mil/pdfs/untia_2009addendum_oct2009.pdf |title=Etpu |access-date=2011-01-29 |publisher=Defense Treaty Ready Inspection Readiness Program |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722124709/http://dtirp.dtra.mil/pdfs/untia_2009addendum_oct2009.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Cameroon}}
| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
|-
|{{flag|Canada}}
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Royal Canadian Navy & the Intervention group of the Sûreté du Québec<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTu1HaKkIT4|title=Denis Lortie " fusillade au Parlement de Québec ", SRC, 8 mai 1984|last=Dan Beaumont ARCHIVES|date=3 December 2011|access-date=11 July 2016|via=YouTube|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316094918/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTu1HaKkIT4|archive-date=2016-03-16|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A3<br>MP5A2
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.casr.ca/101-army-smallarm-4.htm |title=CASR — Canadian American Strategic Review — DND 101 — Canadian Forces Small Arms — Specialist Weapons — A Visual Guide |access-date=2014-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822074820/http://www.casr.ca/101-army-smallarm-4.htm |archive-date=2016-08-22 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Chile}}
| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
|-
|{{flag|China}}
| [[Place:Chongqing|Chongqing]] & Guangxi police tactical unit
| style="text-align:center;"| NR-08 or CS/LS3
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tn_4RnFJwg | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/0tn_4RnFJwg| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|title=Chongqing police SWAT team |publisher=YouTube |date=2011-03-24 |access-date=2012-12-29}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn1OhFm4XWE |title=Rare guns in China. Used by police and military |publisher=YouTube |date=2016-12-23 |access-date=2016-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815194233/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn1OhFm4XWE |archive-date=2017-08-15 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Costa Rica}}
| UEA (Unidad Especial de Apoyo) Special Police Unit
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90PecazE0NY |title=uea21 |publisher=YouTube |date=2009-02-15 |access-date=2012-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724125015/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90PecazE0NY |archive-date=2013-07-24 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Croatia}}
| Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5SD3
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ezadar.hr/clanak/u-atj-lucko-zavrsen-tecaj-fbi-a |title=U ATJ Lučko završen tečaj FBI-a |publisher=Ezadar.hr |access-date=2012-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513090550/http://www.ezadar.hr/clanak/u-atj-lucko-zavrsen-tecaj-fbi-a |archive-date=2013-05-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Cuba}}
| Black Wasp (Cuban Special Forces)
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| MP5A3
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| _
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Youtube">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0RGvgrz4CU| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216124524/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0RGvgrz4CU&app=desktop| archive-date=2019-02-16 | url-status=dead|title=Cuban Special Forces - MININT and Black Wasps|date=5 July 2012|publisher=Youtube}}</ref>
|-
| Special Unit of MININT
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Czech Republic}}
| Police of the Czech Republic (standard-issue PDW for general patrols)
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| MP5A5, MP5SD6, MP5SA3, MP5K
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
|-
| Military of Czech Republic
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.army.cz/assets/files/9334/zbrane_definit.pdf |title=zbrane.indd |access-date=2010-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229001255/http://www.army.cz/assets/files/9334/zbrane_definit.pdf |archive-date=2012-02-29 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Democratic Republic of Congo}}
| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
|-
|{{flag|Denmark}}
| Frogman Corps, Danish Police
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=67}}
|-
|{{flag|Ecuador}}
| Special units GOE (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales) and GIR (Grupo de Intervención y Rescate) of the National Police
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telerama.ec/videos/?video=ma8R30JFxY73hCX9T6kL |title=Policía y CTE realizan intercambio de armas |publisher=Telerama |date=2011-06-07 |access-date=2012-06-19 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309114258/http://telerama.ec/videos?video=ma8r30jfxy73hcx9t6kl |archive-date=2016-03-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Egypt}}
| Egyptian military counter terrorism Unit 777 And Police Special Unit Black Cobra
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5K
MP5A3

MP5A5

MP5SD
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Bennett2011">{{cite book|last=Bennett|first=R M|title=Elite Forces|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4JsL8v_sg5wC&pg=PT199|access-date=19 August 2013|date=31 August 2011|publisher=Ebury Publishing|isbn=978-0-7535-4764-9|pages=199–200|chapter=Egypt}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|El Salvador}}
| Salvadoran Army
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| National Civil Police
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|Estonian Defence Forces
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A2
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-09 |title=9 mm püstolkuulipilduja HK MP-5A2 |url=https://mil.ee/kaitsevagi/tehnika/relvad/kasitulirelvad/9-mm-pustolkuulipilduja-hk-mp-5a2/ |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=Kaitsevägi |language=et}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Fiji}}
| 
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name=Capie>{{cite book|last=Capie|first=David|title=Under the Gun: The Small Arms Challenge in the Pacific|date=2004|pages=70–71|publisher=Victoria University Press|location=Wellington|isbn=978-0864734532 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Finland}}
|Special operations forces and military police of the Finnish Defence Forces
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A3
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Materiel and Equipment of the Finnish Defence Forces |url=https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/equipment |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Puolustusvoimat |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{flag|France}}
| Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN)
| style="text-align:center;" | MP5K
| style="text-align:center;" | _
| style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=67}}
|-
| Certain specialized units within the French Army
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A5, MP5SD3
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defense.gouv.fr/terre/decouverte/materiels/materiels_specifiques/hk_mp5_a5 |title=Terre – HK MP5 A5 |language=fr |publisher=Defense.gouv.fr |access-date=2009-06-26 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080314171153/http://www.defense.gouv.fr/terre/decouverte/materiels/materiels_specifiques/hk_mp5_a5 |archive-date = March 14, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defense.gouv.fr/terre/decouverte/materiels/materiels_specifiques/hk_mp5_sd3 |title=Terre – HK MP5 SD3 |language=fr |publisher=Defense.gouv.fr |access-date=2009-06-26 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080316020702/http://www.defense.gouv.fr/terre/decouverte/materiels/materiels_specifiques/hk_mp5_sd3 |archive-date = March 16, 2008}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Georgia}}
| Georgian Special Forces<br>Special State Protection Service (SSPS)<br>Coast Guard of Georgia
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5K, MP5SD, MP5A3, MP5A1
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=21|title=Heckler & Koch HK MP5 Submachine Gun (SMG) / Machine Pistol - Germany|access-date=2018-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129195658/https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=21|archive-date=2018-01-29|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://geo-army.ge/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=9&lang=en|title=Armament of the Georgian Army|date=9 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309192408/http://geo-army.ge/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=9&lang=en|archive-date=9 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="6"|{{flag|Germany}}
| Bundespolizei (Federal Police)
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://world.guns.ru/smg/smg14-e.htm |title=Modern Firearms – Heckler Koch HK MP-5 submacine gun |publisher=World.guns.ru |access-date=2010-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617111407/http://world.guns.ru/smg/smg14-e.htm |archive-date=2010-06-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| Landespolizei (State Police)
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
| German Army
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.streitkraeftebasis.de/portal/a/streitkraeftebasis/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLNwyON3Y0cgRJQjmGBvqRCPGglFR9X4_83FR9b_0A_YLciHJHR0VFALnNkmM!/delta/base64xml/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS80SVVFLzZfMVNfM0FBMQ!!?yw_contentURL=%2F01DB040000000001%2FW26A9EFM302INFODE%2Fcontent.jsp |title=Maschinenpistole MP5K |publisher=streitkraeftebasis.de |access-date=2010-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012232935/http://www.streitkraeftebasis.de/portal/a/streitkraeftebasis/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLNwyON3Y0cgRJQjmGBvqRCPGglFR9X4_83FR9b_0A_YLciHJHR0VFALnNkmM!/delta/base64xml/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS80SVVFLzZfMVNfM0FBMQ!!?yw_contentURL=%2F01DB040000000001%2FW26A9EFM302INFODE%2Fcontent.jsp |archive-date=2010-10-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| Feldjäger (Military Police)
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
| GSG 9 police tactical unit
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="miller2001">Miller, David (2001). ''The Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns''. Salamander Books Ltd. {{ISBN|978-1-84065-245-1}}.</ref>
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| German Navy
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
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|{{flag|Ghana}}
| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
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|{{flag|Honduras}}
| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
|-
|rowspan="8"|{{flag|Hong Kong}}
| Airport Security Unit
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hkdigit.net/2007/06/hong-kong-police-airport-security-unit |title=Hong Kong Police – Airport Security Unit |publisher=hkdigit.blogspot.com |date=2007-06-12 |access-date=2010-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101015204701/http://www.hkdigit.net/2007/06/hong-kong-police-airport-security-unit/ |archive-date=2010-10-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| Counter Terrorism Response Unit
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Cheng |first1=Kris |title=German firm refuses to sell submachine guns to Hong Kong police force, as lawmaker blames decline in human rights |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/17/german-firm-refuses-sell-submachine-guns-hong-kong-police-force-lawmaker-blames-decline-human-rights/ |access-date=1 December 2019 |publisher=HKFP |date=2017-11-17}}</ref>
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| Emergency Unit
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
| Small Boat Unit
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
| Special Duties Unit
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
| Surveillance Support Unit
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
| VIP Protection Unit
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
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| Witness Protection Unit
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|- 
|rowspan="3"|{{flag|Iceland}}
| Icelandic Coast Guard
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A2N
| style="text-align:center;"| 9&nbsp;mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2014/10/23/gaeslan_keypti_hridskotabyssur/|title=Gæslan keypti hríðskotabyssur|access-date=11 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806123713/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2014/10/23/gaeslan_keypti_hridskotabyssur/|archive-date=6 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| Víkingasveitin
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Fréttablaðið, March 6, 2004, p. 18">"Sérsveitin í brennidepli", Fréttablaðið, March 6. 2004, p. 18, Dagur&nbsp;– Tíminn, Akureyri, March 8. 1997, p. 20.</ref>
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| Icelandic National Police
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
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|rowspan="7"|{{flag|India}}
| Indian Army
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_force-one-to-get-mp5-guns_1221940 |title=Force One to get MP5 guns |publisher=dnaindia.com |date=2009-01-16 |access-date=2010-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121010907/http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_force-one-to-get-mp5-guns_1221940 |archive-date=2012-01-21 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| MARCOS
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
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| National Security Guards
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
| Force One counter-terrorism group of the Mumbai Police
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
| Tactical unit of the Mizoram Police
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
| Special Protection Group before replaced with the [[Engineering:FN P90|FN P90]]
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/13607/INDIASCOPE/If+looks+could+kill.html |title=If Looks Could Kill |author=Unnithan, Sandeep |date=August 22, 2008 |publisher=India Today (Online) |access-date=2009-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212220755/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/13607/INDIASCOPE/If+looks+could+kill.html |archive-date=February 12, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| All-Female tactical unit of the Delhi Police
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
| ''Komando Pasukan Katak'' (KOPASKA) tactical diver group of Indonesian Navy
| style="text-align:center;" | _
| style="text-align:center;" | 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=67}}
|-
|{{flag|Iraq}}
| Counter Terrorist Service
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A3
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
|-
|{{flag|Iran}}
| Iranian Army
| style="text-align:center;"| MPT-9
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|rowspan="4"|{{flag|Ireland}}
| Army Ranger Wing
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A3, MP5SD6, MP5F, MP5K
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fianoglach.ie/unitequipment.html |title=ARW Equipment |publisher=Fianoglach.ie |access-date=2010-06-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313181714/http://www.fianoglach.ie/unitequipment.html |archive-date=2009-03-13 }}</ref>
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| Directorate of Military Intelligence
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
| Garda Special Detective Unit
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
| Garda Emergency Response Unit
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
|{{flag|Italy}}
| ''Carabinieri''
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carabinieri.it/Internet/Arma/Oggi/Armamento/Armamento+speciale/MP5 |title=Arma dei Carabinieri – Home – L'Arma – Oggi – Armamento – Armamento speciale – Pistola Mitragliatrice Heckler & Koch MP5 |publisher=Carabinieri.it |date=2005-11-16 |access-date=2012-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221123900/http://www.carabinieri.it/Internet/Arma/Oggi/Armamento/Armamento+speciale/MP5 |archive-date=2012-12-21 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Ivory Coast}}
| Unknown users
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A5
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite book|title=Identifier les sources d'approvisionnement: Les munitions de petit calibre en Côte d'Ivoire|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/C-Special-reports/SAS-SR21-CotedIvoire-FR.pdf|first=Holger|last=Anders|date=June 2014|publisher=[[Organization:Small Arms Survey|Small Arms Survey]] and United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire|isbn=978-2-940-548-05-7|page=15|language=fr|access-date=2018-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009093415/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/C-Special-reports/SAS-SR21-CotedIvoire-FR.pdf|archive-date=2018-10-09|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Jamaica}}
| Jamaica Constabulary Force
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
|-
|rowspan="6"|{{flag|Japan}}
| Special Boarding Unit
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A5, MP5SD6
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.special-operations.info/WORLD/SBU.htm |title=SBU（海上自衛隊特別警備隊）の動画 |publisher=Special-operations.info |access-date=2012-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230234557/http://www.special-operations.info/WORLD/SBU.htm |archive-date=2012-12-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| Special Assault Teams, Anti-firearms squads of prefectural police departments
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A4, MP5A5<br>MP5SD4, MP5SD6
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="SAT Structure">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104200548/http://www.kjclub.com/jp/exchange/photo/read.php?tname=exc_board_53&uid=5386&fid=5386&thread=1000000&idx=1&page=1&number=4103 |archive-date=2013-11-04 |script-title=ja:日本の特殊部隊 |url=http://www.kjclub.com/jp/exchange/photo/read.php?tname=exc_board_53&uid=5386&fid=5386&thread=1000000&idx=1&page=1&number=4103 |language=ja |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| Special Investigation Teams of prefectural police departments
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5SFK
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite journal|first=Masatsugu|last=Otsuka|date=January 2009|title=Guns of the Japanese police |journal=Strike and Tactical Magazine|pages=50–57|publisher=KAMADO|language=ja|volume=6|issue=1}}</ref>
|-
| Special Security Team of the Japan Coast Guard
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Web">{{cite web|url=http://www.os-dream.com/jcg/sst.html|title=Unofficial SST Page|access-date=2010-05-27|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611054025/http://www.os-dream.com/jcg/sst.html|archive-date=2013-06-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| Japanese Special Forces Group
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5SD6
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Report">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128031902/http://jieitaisaiyou.web.fc2.com/tokusyu.html |url=http://jieitaisaiyou.web.fc2.com/tokusyu.html |script-title=ja:陸上自衛隊唯一の特殊部隊 特殊作戦群の解説 |language=ja |access-date=2012-11-28 |archive-date=2013-01-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| Japanese Imperial Guard
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://jieitaisaiyou.web.fc2.com/gun.html |title=自衛隊の採用する銃器 |publisher=Jieitaisaiyou.web.fc2.com |access-date=2012-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128032029/http://jieitaisaiyou.web.fc2.com/gun.html |archive-date=2013-01-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Jordan}}
| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
|-
|{{flag|Kuwait}}
| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Rottman|1993|p=53}}
|-
|{{flag|Kenya}}
| Kenya Police
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/Kenyanews/Sh25m-Kenya-heist-puzzle-5889.html|title=Sh25m Kenya heist puzzle|publisher=Capital FM Kenya|access-date=2012-12-29}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.africanexecutive.com/modules/magazine/articles.php?article=2868 |title=Germany's Unseen Hand in Kenya Crisis |publisher=The African Executive |date=2008-02-06 |access-date=2012-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516171135/http://www.africanexecutive.com/modules/magazine/articles.php?article=2868 |archive-date=2013-05-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Latvia}}
|Latvian Land Forces
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A3
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name=":3">{{cite web |date=12 July 2018 |title=AM sagatavojusi jaunus armijas ieroču standartus |url=https://www.tvnet.lv/4741692/am-sagatavojusi-jaunus-armijas-ierocu-standartus |website=www.tvnet.lv |publisher=LETA |language=lv}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Lebanon}}
| Marine Commandos{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A3
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name ='SAS 26'/>
|-
|{{flag|Libya}}
| 
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name ='SAS 26'>{{cite book|title=Web Trafficking: Analysing the Online Trade of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Libya|first1=N.R.|last1=Jenzen-Jones|first2=Ian|last2=McCollum|date=April 2017|series=Working Paper No. 26|editor=[[Organization:Small Arms Survey|Small Arms Survey]]|page=85|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/F-Working-papers/SAS-SANA-WP26-Libya-web-trafficking.pdf|access-date=2018-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009093426/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/F-Working-papers/SAS-SANA-WP26-Libya-web-trafficking.pdf|archive-date=2018-10-09|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Liechtenstein}}
| Special Police Unit
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.landespolizei.li/Portals/0/docs/pdf-Files/Statistiken/Jahresbericht_aktuell.pdf |title=Annual Report 2011 > Landespolizei |publisher=Landespolizei |access-date=2012-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513090405/http://www.landespolizei.li/Portals/0/docs/pdf-Files/Statistiken/Jahresbericht_aktuell.pdf |archive-date=2013-05-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.landespolizei.li/Portals/0/docs/pdf-Files/FLip_Seiten%20Bepos.pdf|publisher=Landespolizei|title=About the Security Corps > Landespolizei|access-date=2012-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513090323/http://www.landespolizei.li/Portals/0/docs/pdf-Files/FLip_Seiten%20Bepos.pdf|archive-date=2013-05-13|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| Security Corps
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Lithuania}}
| Lithuanian Armed Forces
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://kariuomene.kam.lt/lt/ginkluote_ir_karine_technika/pistoletai-kulkosvaidziai/pistoletas_-_kulkosvaidis_mp-5.html |title=Lietuvos kariuomenė :: Ginkluotė ir karinė technika » Pistoletai-kulkosvaidžiai » Pistoletas – kulkosvaidis MP-5 |language=lt |publisher=Kariuomene.kam.lt |date=2009-04-17 |access-date=2012-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116011410/http://kariuomene.kam.lt/lt/ginkluote_ir_karine_technika/pistoletai-kulkosvaidziai/pistoletas_-_kulkosvaidis_mp-5.html |archive-date=2013-01-16 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Aras
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/Lithuania/aras.html|publisher=Special Operations.Com|title=Lithuania: Special Operations and Counterterrorist Forces|access-date=2013-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006123318/http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/Lithuania/aras.html|archive-date=2013-10-06|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Luxembourg}}
| ''Unité Spéciale de la Police'' intervention unit of the Grand Ducal Police
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usp.lu/armement-assault-fr.php |title=Equipement :: Unité Spéciale de la Police |publisher=USP.LU |access-date=2010-06-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722160346/http://www.usp.lu/armement-assault-fr.php |archive-date=2011-07-22 }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="7"|{{MAS}}
| Malaysian Army
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| MP5A2, MP5A3, MP5K
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| {{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
|-
| Royal Malaysia Police
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rmp.gov.my/news-detail/2014/06/10/kursus-kawalan-keselamatan-lapangan-terbang-siri-1-2009 |title=Airport Security Course 1/2009 |author=Royal Malaysia Police |date=July 2009 |publisher=Royal Malaysia Police |access-date=2015-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724124840/http://www.rmp.gov.my/news-detail/2014/06/10/kursus-kawalan-keselamatan-lapangan-terbang-siri-1-2009 |archive-date=2015-07-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| Royal Malaysian Customs
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.akmal.gov.my/?do=content&id=50 |title=Royal Malaysian Customs Academy: Firing range |author=Royal Malaysian Customs Academy |year=2010 |publisher=Royal Malaysian Customs |access-date=2011-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706091142/http://www.akmal.gov.my/?do=content |archive-date=2019-07-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| 10 Paratrooper Brigade commando of the Malaysian Army
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A3, MP5SD2, MP5SD3
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tactical-life.com/online/special-weapons/malaysian-special-forces |title=Malaysian Special Forces |author=Muhammad, Zuridan |date=July 2009 |publisher=TEMPUR |access-date=2013-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402013858/http://www.tactical-life.com/online/special-weapons/malaysian-special-forces/ |archive-date=2012-04-02 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| National Special Operations Force (NSOF)
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
| ''Unit Gempur Marin (UNGERIN)'' tactical diver group of the Royal Malaysia Police
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A3, MP5K,<br>MP5SD2, MP5SD3
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://officialsite.my/tempur/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=759&Itemid=232 |title=MAST – SWAT Team of Marine Police |author=Thompson, Leroy |date=December 2008 |publisher=Special Weapons |access-date=2009-11-29 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130720122921/http://officialsite.my/tempur/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=759&Itemid=232 |archive-date=2013-07-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| ''Trup Tindakan Cepat'' special operations unit of the Malaysian Prison Department
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A3,<br>MP5SD3
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|{{flag|Malta}}
| Armed Forces of Malta
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
|-
|{{flag|Mauritius}}
| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
|-
|{{flag|Mexico}}
|Mexican Army
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A4
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Overlord762 |date=2017-07-28 |title=[OS]Some fo the Mexican Army's infantry weapons, (left-right) 9x19mm H&K MP5, 5.56 NATO FX-05 Xiuhcóatl, 7.62 NATO H&K G3A4, and the 12.7 mm Bushmaster BA50 rifle [1280x720] |url=http://www.reddit.com/r/MilitaryPorn/comments/6q7mpf/ossome_fo_the_mexican_armys_infantry_weapons/ |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=r/MilitaryPorn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mexico Infantry Arms List (Current and Former Types) |url=https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/by-country.php?Nation=Mexico |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=www.militaryfactory.com}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="3"|{{MAR}}
| Royal Moroccan Army
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A2
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/disarmament/convarms/Register/ |title=United Nations Register of Conventional Arms |publisher=Un.org |access-date=2012-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116225224/http://www.un.org/disarmament/convarms/Register/ |archive-date=2013-01-16 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Royal Moroccan Navy
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
| Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A2
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
|-
|rowspan="3"|{{flag|Montenegro}}
| Armed Forces of Montenegro
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5SD6, MP5SD3, MP5SD2, MP5A5, MP5A3, MP5A2, MP5K-PDW
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aktuelno.me/crna-gora/nuhodzic-saradnja-sa-gradanima-dodatni-motiv-za-jos-bolje-rezultate/ |title=Nuhodžić: Saradnja sa građanima dodatni motiv za još bolje rezultate |publisher=www.aktuelno.me |access-date=2019-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118160210/https://www.aktuelno.me/crna-gora/nuhodzic-saradnja-sa-gradanima-dodatni-motiv-za-jos-bolje-rezultate/ |archive-date=2024-01-18 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pogledajte kako je na Cetinju obilježen Dan Vojske Crne Gore |url=https://www.cdm.me/politika/pogledajte-kako-je-na-cetinju-obiljezen-dan-vojske-crne-gore/ |access-date=2018-05-10 |website=www.cdm.me}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vojska.me/naoruzanje/158589/885.html |title=AUTOMAT HECKLER AND KOCH - MP5 |publisher=www.vojska.me |access-date=2019-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203195806/http://www.vojska.me/naoruzanje/158589/885.html |archive-date=2021-02-03 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Protivteroristička Jedinica Policije (Counter-Terrorist Police Unit) (PTJ)
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5SD3, MP5A3, MP5A2, MP5K
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
|-
| Posebna Jedinica Policije (Special Police Unit) (PJP)
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5SD3, MP5A3, MP5A2, MP5K
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
|-
|{{flag|Nepal}}
| Nepalese Army
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite journal|title=Legacies of War in the Company of Peace: Firearms in Nepal|journal=Nepal Issue Brief|issue=2|date=May 2013|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/G-Issue-briefs/NAVA-IB2-Legacies-of-War.pdf|page=5|publisher=[[Organization:Small Arms Survey|Small Arms Survey]]|access-date=2019-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708052928/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/G-Issue-briefs/NAVA-IB2-Legacies-of-War.pdf|archive-date=2014-07-08|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="3"|{{flag|Netherlands}}
| Dutch Royal and Diplomatic security (DKDB)
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arrestatieteam.nl/eenhedenbinnenland/dkdb.php |title=Dienst Koninklijke en Diplomatieke Beveiliging (DKDB) KLPD |publisher=Arrestatieteam.nl |access-date=2011-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224172500/http://www.arrestatieteam.nl/eenhedenbinnenland/dkdb.php |archive-date=2011-02-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| Koninklijke Marechaussee
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A3
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
|-
| Arrestatieteam ( AT )
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|New Zealand}}
| Special Air Service Commandos of the New Zealand Army
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| <ref>Media Works NZ / TV3 Documentary – Inside New Zealand – NZSAS: First Among Equals. TVNZ Documentary – Line of Fire. www.army.mil.nz/our-army/nzsas</ref>
|-
| Special Tactics Group of the New Zealand Police
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
|{{flag|Nicaragua}}
| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
|-
|{{flag|Niger}}
| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
|-
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Norway}}
| Norwegian Armed Forces, replaced by the MP7
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A2N, MP5A3N
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mil.no/haren/start/article.jhtml?articleID=141475 |title=''En liten røver med trøkk i (Norwegian article on the Heckler & Koch deal)'' |publisher=Mil.no |access-date=2012-12-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927223310/http://www.mil.no/haren/start/article.jhtml?articleID=141475 |archive-date=2007-09-27 }}</ref>
|-
| Norwegian Police Service
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=543718 |title=Kjent skyldig av juryen – beskyttes av væpnet politi – VG Nett om Gjengkriminalitet |publisher=Vg.no |date=2009-05-27 |access-date=2012-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013160957/http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=543718 |archive-date=2012-10-13 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="3"|{{flag|Pakistan}}
| Pakistan Army
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| <ref name='PkDef'>{{cite web|title=Pakistan Army |url=http://www.defence.pk/pakistan-army/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513205333/http://www.defence.pk/pakistan-army/ |archive-date=2013-05-13 }}</ref>
|-
| Airports Security Force
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
| Personal security detail of VIP's
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
|{{flag|Peru}}
|Peruvian Army special forces
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5SD3
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Montes|first=Julio A.|date=August 2011|title=Peruvian Small Arms: Gunning for the Shining Path|url=http://sadefensejournal.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/peru.pdf|journal=Small Arms Defense Journal|pages=25–29|access-date=2018-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001955/http://sadefensejournal.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/peru.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Philippines}}
| Armed Forces of the Philippines
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bits.de/public/articles/kw_nl/kleinwaffen-nl04-08eng.htm |title=Rice Not Guns – German Arms in the Philippines |publisher=Bits.de |access-date=2010-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100907061501/http://www.bits.de/public/articles/kw_nl/kleinwaffen-nl04-08eng.htm |archive-date=2010-09-07 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Special Action Force and other police and tactical units of the Philippine National Police
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
| rowspan="1" |{{flag|Poland}}
| Police of Poland
| style="text-align:center;"|MP5A3, MP5A5, MP5SD6, MP5KA4
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=polandballplodgatmanifest>{{cite web |title=Uzbrojenie |url=https://info.policja.pl/inf/sprzet/uzbrojenie/47728,Uzbrojenie.html |website=info.policja.pl |publisher=Policja |access-date=2018-07-12 |language=pl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712052402/http://www.info.policja.pl/inf/sprzet/uzbrojenie/47728,Uzbrojenie.html |archive-date=2018-07-12 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=35pistolety1>{{cite web |author1=podkom. Tomasz Głuchowski |author2=asp. Tomasz Czechowicz |title=Materiały dydaktyczne 35, Pistolety maszynowe na wyposażeniu polskiej Policji – część I |url=http://katowice.szkolapolicji.gov.pl/download/363/127775/35-pistolety1.pdf |website=katowice.szkolapolicji.gov.pl |publisher=Szkoła Policji w Katowicach |access-date=16 April 2022 |language=pl |date=2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Policja kupuje pistolety maszynowe MP-5 |url=https://www.defence24.pl/policja-kupuje-pistolety-maszynowe-mp-5 |website=defence24.pl |publisher=Defence24 |access-date=6 April 2021 |language=pl |date=11 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="ctgatorders">{{cite web |last1=Pacholski |first1=Łukasz |title=Oddziały kontrterrorystów zamawiają nową broń |url=https://radar.rp.pl/przemysl-obronny/art17507531-oddzialy-kontrterrorystow-zamawiaja-nowa-bron |website=radar.rp.pl |publisher=Rzeczpospolita |access-date=6 April 2021 |language=pl |date=21 January 2020}}</ref><ref name=Policjasiezbroi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altair.com.pl/news/view?news_id=18606|title = Policja się zbroi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altair.com.pl/news/view?news_id=17812|title = Więcej MP5 dla Policji}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" |{{flag|Portugal}}
| Portuguese Army (Special Operations Troops Centre)
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A5, MP5SD6, MP5KA4
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-08|title=Portuguese Military - Special Operations and Elite Units|url=https://special-ops.org/portuguese-military-special-operations/|access-date=2021-08-05|website=Spec Ops Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Portuguese Marine Corps
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A5
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-07-20 |title=DAE, a secreta tropa de elite portuguesa |url=https://www.jn.pt/nacional/reportagens/dae-a-secreta-tropa-de-elite-portuguesa-8650773.html |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=JN |language=pt-PT |archive-date=2019-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216162618/https://www.jn.pt/nacional/reportagens/dae-a-secreta-tropa-de-elite-portuguesa-8650773.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|National Republican Guard (GIOE)
|_
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |title=GIOE/GNR – 2019: NOVO EQUIPAMENTO DE PROTECÇÃO INDIVIDUAL E ARMAMENTO {{!}} Operacional |url=https://www.operacional.pt/gioe-gnr-2019-novo-equipamento-de-proteccao-individual-e-armamento/ |access-date=2022-08-20 |language=pt-PT}}</ref>
|-
|Polícia de Segurança Pública
|_
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Simões |first=Sónia |title=Ataques terroristas, assaltos com reféns e segurança em países em guerra. As histórias dos "cirurgiões" da PSP |url=https://observador.pt/especiais/ataques-terroristas-assaltos-com-refens-e-seguranca-em-paises-em-guerra-as-historias-dos-cirurgioes-da-psp/ |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=Observador |language=pt-PT}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Qatar}}
| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
|-
|{{flag|Republic of Korea}}
| Republic of Korea Naval Special Warfare Brigade
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://blue-paper.tistory.com/901 |title=Blue Paper :: 아덴만 여명작전! 부산에서 재현되다! |publisher=Blue-paper.tistory.com |date=2012-01-20 |access-date=2012-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208082042/http://blue-paper.tistory.com/901 |archive-date=2015-12-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="4"|{{flag|Romania}}
| Romanian Special Operations Forces
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5-N
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |author=Mihai Diac |url=http://www.gandul.info/armata/armament-ultrasofisticat-pentru-fortele-speciale-ale-armatei-romane-2434924 |title=Armament ultrasofisticat pentru Forţele Speciale ale Armatei Române – Gandul |publisher=Gandul.info |date=5 March 2008 |access-date=2013-08-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810132418/http://www.gandul.info/armata/armament-ultrasofisticat-pentru-fortele-speciale-ale-armatei-romane-2434924 |archive-date=10 August 2011 }}</ref>
|-
| Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) Counter Terrorist Brigade (Brigada Antiteroristă)
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |author=Sorin A. Crasmarelu |url=http://www.geocities.ws/romanianspecialforces/batsri.html |title=Romanian Intelligence Service's Anti-Terrorism Brigade |publisher=geocities.ws |date=2006 |access-date=2015-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053929/http://www.geocities.ws/romanianspecialforces/batsri.html |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| ''Brigada Specială de Intervenție a Jandarmeriei''
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="fotob1">{{cite web|url=https://www.brigadaspeciala.ro/fotob1dotare.html|title=FotoB1dotare|website=brigadaspeciala.ro}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| ''Detașamentul Special de Protecție și Intervenție''
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="DSPI/DIR">{{cite web |url=http://www.presamil.ro/OM/2004/20/pag%2014.htm |title=Menirea Intervenției Rapide |language=ro |publisher=Presa Militara Romana |date=2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408033753/http://www.presamil.ro/OM/2004/20/pag%2014.htm |archive-date=April 8, 2009 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Russia}}
| FSB Alpha Group
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A3
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://lenta.ru/news/2009/12/11/glock/ |title=Спецподразделения МВД вооружатся австрийскими пистолетами |publisher=Lenta.ru |access-date=2012-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115230354/http://lenta.ru/news/2009/12/11/glock/ |archive-date=2013-01-15 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0" />
|-
|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
| Royal Saudi Land Forces
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A2, MP5A3
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="worldpolicy2000"/>
|-
|{{flag|Serbia}}
| 72nd Reconnaissance-Commando Battalion
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5SD3
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
|-
|rowspan="6"|{{flag|Singapore}}
| Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hrvatski-vojnik.hr/hrvatski-vojnik/2122008/singapur.asp |title=Singapurske Specijalne Postrojbe |language=hr |publisher=Hrvatski Vojnik Magazine |access-date=2009-10-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015052841/http://www.hrvatski-vojnik.hr/hrvatski-vojnik/2122008/singapur.asp |archive-date=2009-10-15 }}</ref>
|-
| Singapore Police Force
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="SPFAST">{{cite journal|date=September 2011|title=Home Team Convention|journal=Police Life Monthly|volume=37|issue=9|page=7|issn=0217-8699|url=http://www.spf.gov.sg/prints/plm/2011/sep_2011/pages/PLM_download.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526200434/http://www.spf.gov.sg/prints/plm/2011/sep_2011/pages/PLM_download.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-05-26|access-date=3 February 2012}}</ref><ref name="SPFSTAR">{{cite journal|date=January 2011|title=Vigilance, Valour and Victory|journal=Police Life Monthly|volume=37|issue=1|page=22|issn=0217-8699|url=http://www.spf.gov.sg/prints/plm/2011/jan_2011/pages/PLM_download.pdf|access-date=3 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526195024/http://www.spf.gov.sg/prints/plm/2011/jan_2011/pages/PLM_download.pdf|archive-date=26 May 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| Gurkha Contingent of the Singapore Police Force
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
| Police Coast Guard of the Singapore Police Force
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
| Special Operations Command of the Singapore Police Force
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
| Special Tactics And Rescue (STAR) of the Singapore Police Force
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
|{{flag|Slovakia}}
| Slovak Police
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.specialunits.sk |title=Official page of Slovak special units |language=sk |access-date=2019-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116171926/http://www.specialunits.sk/ |archive-date=2019-01-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Slovenia}}
| Military Police of Slovenian Armed Forces
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.policija.si/index.php/component/content/article/35-sporocila-za-javnost/59921-predstavniki-specialne-enote-prikazali-svoje-vrhunske-sposobnosti/ |title=Special Police Unit exercise |publisher=Policija.si |date=2011-08-02 |access-date=2012-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921083001/http://www.policija.si/index.php/component/content/article/35-sporocila-za-javnost/59921-predstavniki-specialne-enote-prikazali-svoje-vrhunske-sposobnosti |archive-date=2012-09-21 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| SEP SWAT Special Police Unit of Slovenian Police
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
|rowspan="4"|{{flag|South Africa}}
| Special Task Force of the South African Police Service
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5-N
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://beta.mnet.co.za/carteblanche/Article.aspx?Id=2217 |title=Carte Blanche – M-Net |publisher=Beta.mnet.co.za |access-date=2011-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210191132/http://beta.mnet.co.za/carteblanche/Article.aspx?Id=2217 |archive-date=2010-12-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Equipment|url=https://www.sapstf.org/Equipment.aspx|access-date=2021-05-12|website=South African Police Special Task Force}}</ref>
|- 
| South African Special Forces
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5SD3
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-8
| South African Army
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Maritime Reaction Squadron
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| {{flag|Spain}}
| ''Grupo Especial de Operaciones'' (GEO)
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.policia.es/org_central/dao/geo/material.html |title=Web Del Grupo Especial De Operaciones (GEO) |language=es|publisher=Official Website of the Spanish National Police Corps |access-date=2014-07-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720143143/http://www.policia.es/org_central/dao/geo/material.html |archive-date=2011-07-20 }}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Sudan}}
| Sudanese Army
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Thompson|2014|p=69}}
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}}
| Swedish Police Authority
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A5
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |author=Henrik Svensk |url=http://www.soldf.com/kpist45.html |title=kulsprutepistol 45 b kpist k-pist 45 |publisher=Soldf.com |access-date=2010-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822201152/http://www.soldf.com/kpist45.html |archive-date=2010-08-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Switzerland}}
| Swiss Army
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A5
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Gerber |first=Thomas |title=9 mm Maschinenpistole HK 5 A5 |url=https://www.mediathek.admin.ch/media/image/174e1018-2679-4af9-ba9e-28d6d5894454 |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=Mediathek VBS |language=de}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Taiwan}}
| Republic of China Army, Republic of China Marine Corps, 
Coast Guard Administration, National Police Agency
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
|-
|{{flag|Thailand}}
| Royal Thai Police/Department of Corrections (Thailand)
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A2, MP5A3
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Turkey}}
| Turkish Armed Forces
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| MP5A2, MP5A3<br>MP5SD3, MP5K
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="miller2001"/>
|-
| General Directorate of Security
|-
| {{flag|Ukraine}}
| Rapid Operational Response Unit (KORD)
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A3 (made by MKEK)
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/ukraines-police-forces-switch-to-mp5-submachine-guns-photos.html |access-date=24 October 2021|title=Ukraine's police forces switch to MP5 submachine guns (PHOTOS) - KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice|date=17 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
|-
|rowspan="4"|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
| United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF)
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="miller2001"/>
|-
| Police Service of Northern Ireland
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5SF
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.policeombudsman.org/modules/press/press.cfm/action/detail/Press_ID/168/Archive/2007/year/2007/level/page |title=Press – Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland |publisher=Policeombudsman.org |access-date=2011-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214083122/http://www.policeombudsman.org/modules/press/press.cfm/action/detail/Press_ID/168/Archive/2007/year/2007/level/page |archive-date=2010-12-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| Metropolitan Police Specialist Firearms Command (SCO-19)
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5SF
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite news |last=Moore |first=Matthew |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/6407137/Armed-officers-placed-on-routine-foot-patrol-for-first-time.html |title=Armed officers placed on routine foot patrol for first time |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date=2009-10-22 |access-date=2012-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228135343/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/6407137/Armed-officers-placed-on-routine-foot-patrol-for-first-time.html |archive-date=2012-12-28 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Other British police Authorised Firearms Officers
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5SF
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.police.uk/features/specialistUnits/firearms.asp|title=Sussex Police Uncovered – Tactical Firearms Unit|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116091033/http://www.sussex.police.uk/features/specialistUnits/firearms.asp|archive-date=2010-01-16}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="4"|{{flag|United States}}
| Special Operations Command (SOCOM)
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5N, MP5K-N, MP5SD-N
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olive-drab.com/od_other_firearms_smg_mp5.php |title=Heckler & Koch MP5 SMG |publisher=Olive-drab.com |access-date=2012-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124194400/http://olive-drab.com/od_other_firearms_smg_mp5.php |archive-date=2013-01-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| Secret Service
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite journal |last=Ambinder |first=Marc |title=Inside the Secret Service |journal=The Atlantic |date=March 2011 |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/03/inside-the-secret-service/8390 |access-date=25 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219073608/http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/03/inside-the-secret-service/8390/ |archive-date=19 December 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| FBI Hostage Rescue Team
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5/10
| style="text-align:center;"| 10mm
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="diez2000">Diez, Octavio (2000). ''Armament and Technology''. Lema Publications, S.L. {{ISBN|978-84-8463-013-5}}.</ref>
|-
| Various police SWAT units
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
|-
|{{flag|Uruguay}}
| Uruguayan Navy Special Forces
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A5
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
|-
|{{flag|Vatican City}}
| Swiss Guard
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/2111117/Pope-Benedict-XVI-sets-up-anti-terrorist-squad.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Malcolm | last=Moore | title=Pope Benedict XVI sets up anti-terrorist squad | date=2008-06-11 | access-date=2018-04-04 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406102307/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/2111117/Pope-Benedict-XVI-sets-up-anti-terrorist-squad.html | archive-date=2018-04-06 | url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Vietnam}}
| Used by Mobile Police Command (CSCĐ) teams and quick reaction force (113) police
| style="text-align:center;"| MP5A3, MP5K-A4
| style="text-align:center;"| 9mm
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://baodatviet.vn/quoc-phong/binh-luan-quan-su/trung-quoc-choang-cscd-viet-nam-dung-sung-be-goc-israel-3237837/|title=Trung Quốc 'choáng': CSCĐ Việt Nam dùng 'Súng bẻ góc' Israel|website=baodatviet.vn|access-date=2018-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829110231/http://baodatviet.vn/quoc-phong/binh-luan-quan-su/trung-quoc-choang-cscd-viet-nam-dung-sung-be-goc-israel-3237837/|archive-date=2018-08-29|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Zambia}}
| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| _
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Jones|Ness|2009|p=514}}
|}

===Former users===
* {{GDR}}: Used by Diensteinheit IX.<ref>{{cite web |title=9. Volkspolizei-Kompanie a Diensteinheit IX: Protiteroristické jednotky východního Německa |url=https://www.armyweb.cz/clanek/9-volkspolizei-kompanie-a-diensteinheit-ix-dve-protiteroristicke-jednotky-vychodniho-nemecka |website=www.armyweb.cz |access-date=15 November 2023 |language=cs|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115174234/https://www.armyweb.cz/clanek/9-volkspolizei-kompanie-a-diensteinheit-ix-dve-protiteroristicke-jednotky-vychodniho-nemecka|archive-date=November 15, 2023}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" class="center">
File:AKM and MP5K.JPEG| An Australian Air Traffic Control Detachment range officer fires an MP5K at the Baghdad International Airport firing range.
File:US Navy SEALs in from water.jpg| U.S. Navy SEALs armed with MP5-Ns on a training exercise.
File:SEAL MP5N.JPEG| A member of SEAL Team 8 with an MP5-N variant in February 1991.
File:Bangladesh Army Counter Terrorism unit. (31527384851).jpg|Bangladesh Army Counter Terrorism unit with MP5A3 in Victory Day Parade 2016.
File:Rapid Action Battalion (04).jpg|Rapid Action Battalion of Bangladesh armed with MP5K (except the second from right). 
File:Iranian green beret commandos (7).jpg|NOHED Brigade of Iran training with their MP5 along with their sidearm.
File:RATS operators parading.jpg|Anti-Firearms Squad of Japan armed with MP5 submachine guns, some are equipped with Brügger & Thomet Foldable Visor Helmet Stocks.
File:PDRM with MP5.jpg| Recruits of the Royal Malaysia Police training with their MP5s.
File:Topkapı sarayında nöbetçi Jandarma Eri.jpg| A Turkish gendarme with an MP5 at Topkapı Palace in Istanbul.
File:Police.gun.1.london.arp.jpg| Police officer from Met police [[Place:London|London]] {{wipe|England}} {{wipe|United Kingdom}} at Downing Street security holding an MP5A3.
File:RAF-Logo.svg|The West German communist militant group Red Army Faction (RAF) depicted the MP5 in their insignia, shown here.<ref>{{cite news |title=German Red Army Faction Member Wins Early Release |author=Patrick Donahue |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aksl05wWRo5I |newspaper=[[Company:Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] |date=February 12, 2007 |access-date=December 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418145053/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aksl05wWRo5I |archive-date=April 18, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Engineering:Uzi|IMI Uzi]]
* [[Engineering:Colt 9mm SMG|Colt M635]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://photos.imageevent.com/smglee/cltactical/HK%20Military%20LE%20Catalog.pdf 2008 Heckler & Koch Military and LE brochure]
* HKPRO: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110608034427/http://www.hkpro.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=92:the-best-there-is-mp5&catid=9:the-submachine-guns&Itemid=5 MP5], [http://www.hkpro.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=91:mp5k-series&catid=9:the-submachine-guns&Itemid=5 MP5K], [http://www.hkpro.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89:mp5sd-series&catid=9:the-submachine-guns&Itemid=5 MP5SD], [http://www.hkpro.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=90:mp510-a-40-series&catid=9:the-submachine-guns&Itemid=5 MP5/10 & MP5/40]
* REMTEK: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929071426/http://remtek.com/arms/hk/mil/mp5/choice/coang.htm MP5], [https://web.archive.org/web/20090721174607/http://www.remtek.com/arms/hk/mil/mp5k/mp5k.htm MP5K], [https://web.archive.org/web/20090721184959/http://remtek.com/arms/hk/mil/pdw/pdw.htm MP5K PDW], [https://web.archive.org/web/20090727074630/http://remtek.com/arms/hk/mil/mp5sd/mp5sd.htm MP5SD], [https://web.archive.org/web/20090721162459/http://remtek.com/arms/hk/mil/mp5/mp510/mp510.htm MP5/10]
* [http://pdf.textfiles.com/manuals/FIREARMS/hk_mp5.pdf HECKLER & KOCH MP5 SUB MACHINE GUN FAMILY OPERATOR'S MANUAL]
* [https://archive.org/details/gunmanual_Hk_Mp5_ARmorers_Manual/page/n29/mode/2up HK MP5 Armorers Manual]


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