Design and configuration
A substantial receiver, barrel assembly and folding bipod define the portable configuration. Vehicle mounts change the complete system footprint.1
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The MG5 is a belt-fed general-purpose machine gun chambered in 7.62 mm NATO. It supports both portable and mounted roles with different equipment arrangements.
GermanyHeckler & Koch MG5 general-purpose machine gun in German military service, Letzlingen 2019 Historical equipment reference photograph. It does not establish current availability or every detail of the named variant.
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General-purpose machine gun
Germany
2015–present
See Users
2001–2018
Heckler & Koch
16,000 EUR
2010–present
See Variants
7.62×51mm NATO
7.62 mm
Gas-operated , rotating bolt
640/720/800 rounds/min
MG 5 A1: 840 m/s (2,756 ft/s) MG 5 & MG 5 S: 810 m/s (2,657 ft/s) MG 5 A2: 785 m/s (2,575 ft/s)
100–1,000 m (109–1,094 yd) sight adjustments
600–1,000 m (656–1,094 yd) (bipod) 1,200–1,500 m (1,312–1,640 yd) (tripod mounted) 3,750 m (4,101 yd) (terminal)
Disintegrating DM60/M13 belt in 50-round Gurttrommel or 120-round in separate belt box or from stand-alone ammunition boxes
Diopter sight or optical sights
Albania
Chile
Germany
Indonesia
Malaysia
Portugal
Spain
Ukraine
Range 600 m
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The system in detail
A substantial receiver, barrel assembly and folding bipod define the portable configuration. Vehicle mounts change the complete system footprint.1
The design uses an open-bolt operating cycle and a replaceable barrel assembly. These are identification features, not instructions for handling or altering the weapon.1
This record covers the shoulder-stock MG5 configuration. Vehicle and specialised variants can omit or alter furniture and therefore require separate mass and dimensions.1
Compare weapon-only mass with equivalent systems, then add ammunition and mounting equipment separately. Cyclic firing rate is not a sustained-use rate.1
HK MG5 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Albania, Chile, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Portugal, Spain, Ukraine
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Albania
Chile
Indonesia
Malaysia
Portugal
Spain
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates