This MP5 Is Chambered In 5.56? The HK53

[spartanater]

I love when Mike says Micah will zoom in for a closer look and he just doesn’t.

[DaveDave]

Hi, Quick correction.
The "SAS Operators" are actually a Detachment of the FRU. I know exactly where that photo was taken - that base has gone now.
We had 53's at all Dets with sliding stocks & iron sights, both of which we loved. We mostly used them on ops that had the chance of moving through rural areas as opposed to urban, where MP5K's were usually the weapon of choice.
Always with our trusty Browning Mk 2 Hi Power as a PPW as well though.
Nice review of an old friend - Thanks Mike 👍

[nolanolivier]

I served 2 tours in Northern Ireland during Banner - South Armagh and Londonderry; the uniform of all the 'sneaky beakies' who would show up, in the towers or the outstations, was typically a windproof smock worn over jeans, long hair... and an HK53! Man, I wanted to get my hands on one. It will always be one of the coolest bits of kit to me...

[dealforbet]

I never knew the HK53 had such a rich history and was used by the SAS in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. It's amazing how certain guns become iconic and hold so much historical significance.

[whitebread]

That intro was more gripping than most block buster movies...had me at the edge of my seat...good stuff.

[coolguy]

*Back door wide open* "I NEED TO FIND A WAY IN!" You guys are hilarious.

[skruface]

GT: "I'm getting you kids outta here..."

Kids: "WHAT? I'M F*CKING DEAF!"

[yurisierra]

0:59 I just love how that HK was tossed tô him 😂

[CoreyFPiazza]

Thanks for that dad advice, brother! I have my own little five year old Hellion, not from Springfield Armory or Croatia. My sweet girl comes with a ton of recoil that no muzzle can tame, she's loud and concussive, cannot be suppressed in any way, not easy to clean, but I love her and wouldn't trade this time with her for anything in the world. Our kids have such a fight ahead of them, we really need to give them all we got.

[somglebob]

I wish my dad would stop putting cigarettes out on my arm

[RusskiBlusski]

1:28 "Sorry Timmy, your hearing loss is deemed to not be school related"

[CeltKnight]

Ah, fond memories!
When my old dept put together a SWAT team way back around 2001, we got guns from Colt and H&K to T&E. From H&K we had MP5s, etc, but they also sent us one H&K 53. I LOVED that thing! It was controllable, fed flawlessly, and was easy to have ready to go when bailing out of a Crown Vic (dating myself there). I mean sure, ballistics suffered but a test we did of short barreled 5.56 guns years later, showed they still packed enough punch (and if the first round isn't enough, you have plenty more). Alas, all of H&K's guns were marked for T&E only and they wanted them back. They would not budge on a price and got kind of snippy about it. Colt, on the other hand, gave us the guns they sent at about half off. We got about 3 for one by going with Colt (and I claimed a 635 and later an M4). But I sure did love that 53!

[jermedic]

As a dad with a 5 year old son, that last 30 seconds was the realest thing I've seen on any channel in a long time!!

[BriGuyIT]

The HK53 is my favorite machine gun, hands down. The range in my hometown used to have one in that exact configuration to rent. Now it's gone and I'm sad.

[AnonAnonAnon]

I carried the HK53 whilst driving in Northern Ireland on duty. Perfect defensive weapon for use in a car. The noise and thump of every fired round is totally unique to this weapon. Loved it. Alias, we're not allowed this firearm in the UK.

[warrior]

This channel deserves it’s time to watch on a big TV, not a measly phone screen while at work.

[robertdonovan]

Carried one of these periodically in the late 1990s on the SWAT team I was on. The thought was having a couple of these to defeat body armor, while keeping the same manual of arms as the MP5, would be a good idea. It wasn’t a very good idea. These things barked like nothing else I’ve ever shot. Fun. Not too practical though.

An unintended consequence - it was actually a great training tool to really learn good weapon control and stance. If you could manage one of these going back to the mp5 was like shooting a BB gun

[doublep]

I don´t know who does the German voice-acting for your intros but it´s on point, must be a native German speaker for sure. Much better spoken German than in many Hollywood movies.

[jarink]

HK did make a version of the HK33 that took STANAG mags - the G41. It also had a 4 position selector (Safe, semi, burst, full auto). True to form, HK killed any interest in the rifle by pricing it at several times the cost of similar guns.

[kostasviper]

Served in the Greek Army in 2009, and the rifles I used there were the G3A3 (at basic training camp) and the HK11 (later when I got my specialization). The G3 was weighting in at about 3.7kg, whereas the HK11 being the behemoth that it is, was close to 8kg!! And I had to run and dive behind cover and brumbles, through windows into buildings etc with that HK11. And like you said, both had almost all the blueing gone off because of the decades of careless soldiers dropping them and being rough with them, but they did shoot true, and very rarely malfunctioned. - Also another thing to note: Because I was also an armored personnel carrier driver, I got to use Colt M1911 (since the driver area doesn't have space for a rifle). Man, that Colt, what a piece of kit that was!! It was older than I am (the particular one issued to me was made in 1982), and like I said, countless of uncaring hands later, that thing would shoot right on target, and never EVER jammed!! A true testament to American ingenuity and quality of build in my eyes!!!