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according to my HK pricelist, they cost an LE agency ~$1600 new. Several reasons some LE switched to M4s........parts are a bitch to get hold of for the MP-5, it is considered a short range/CQB gun, the M4 more distance versatile, less expensive for maintenence and you get 2 for 1 against the MP-5 cost.
Our Tac-Med school uses them rather than the M4....if anyone knows an LE agency wanting to dump MP-5s and get 2 for 1 ( 2 M4s for 1 MP-5) let me know, our school buys them since we are LE/DHS agency based.
The MP-5 is still a great weapon and the standard to which others are judged. As I'm sure TS will agree, they do the job that their operator intends.
ss
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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