I have a question primarily for LE guys about the subguns currently in use by their departments but welcome suggestions from anyone with an educated opinion on the topic.
We are beginning to see our H&K MP5 sub guns show their age. 2/3 of the team carries the M4 platform and the remaining 1/3 are using the H&K MP5 (about 10 guns). We have another 15 MP5s in inventory and they are all beginning to show their age and suffer from excessive wear. We had a distributor in this week to look at our inventory and an issue being discussed was the difficulty in obtaining replacement parts for the MP5s. This led to the team commander asking me to research alternatives.
I've never been much interested in sub guns. I fell in love with the M16/M4 platform when I went into the Army in 1990 and have never changed my opinion so my knowledge about subguns is pretty limited. We would prefer to find an alternative to the MP5 in a larger caliber which is reliable and able to be utilized with simmunition type training equipment. I realize this limits what's out there but I thought I'd ask those who have more experience than I do.
Any input would be appreciated. My commander asked me about the Kriss Super V and I told him that while I found it to be an interesting concept I did not know if there were any agencies using it who could provide feedback to it's function in this role. We do have two UMPs in .45ACP and I'm going to check on the availablity of simmunition conversion kits for these.
TIA
We are beginning to see our H&K MP5 sub guns show their age. 2/3 of the team carries the M4 platform and the remaining 1/3 are using the H&K MP5 (about 10 guns). We have another 15 MP5s in inventory and they are all beginning to show their age and suffer from excessive wear. We had a distributor in this week to look at our inventory and an issue being discussed was the difficulty in obtaining replacement parts for the MP5s. This led to the team commander asking me to research alternatives.
I've never been much interested in sub guns. I fell in love with the M16/M4 platform when I went into the Army in 1990 and have never changed my opinion so my knowledge about subguns is pretty limited. We would prefer to find an alternative to the MP5 in a larger caliber which is reliable and able to be utilized with simmunition type training equipment. I realize this limits what's out there but I thought I'd ask those who have more experience than I do.
Any input would be appreciated. My commander asked me about the Kriss Super V and I told him that while I found it to be an interesting concept I did not know if there were any agencies using it who could provide feedback to it's function in this role. We do have two UMPs in .45ACP and I'm going to check on the availablity of simmunition conversion kits for these.
TIA