英國皇家軍械博物館 英國皇家軍械庫 公文包式隱藏MP5K衝鋒槍

Jonathan here, quite an exciting episode, as I think you've already seen with an unusual version of the somewhat infamous Hecarim Croc MP5K briefcase Now, before we return to that, which is this one here I thought we should at least check in with the more famous version originally dubbed the Special Koffer, I believe also known lately as the Schiess Koffer So, special case or shooting case for the MP5K So, we'll have a quick look at this I'll just append it So, an ordinary briefcase, obviously it's not an ordinary briefcase The trigger in the handle here and a thumb safety So, carry it as normal, trigger discipline of course Trigger is there, safety is on the top And it is ambidextrous, so you can carry it either side And then inside, probably one for our overhead camera There we are You've probably seen this before If you haven't, go and check out Forgotten Weapons And the Armourer's Bench have an article on this family of interesting concealed H&K briefcases Our example of this is quite nice Because it comes with the cleaning kit and this thing, a little packet So, anyway, we don't want to dwell on that one Because we have the more rare version of this system Now, it's the exact same Hofbauer D5 model briefcase Hard plastic briefcase with a metal reinforcement And it does have clips, normal briefcase style latches But they don't do anything on this one So, with this, you have to open it up to get the gun out Load it, make it ready On this case, they're effectively cosmetic So, the one that you saw me shooting earlier or the gun from within it Because this isn't like El Mariachi or Desperado or anything like that You don't shoot it from inside the case as you've seen What you do is squeeze the handle on the top And it ejects the case itself I've always thought of this as the clown car edition of the D5 briefcase Because it sort of falls apart on you So, the German name for this is Zerfallkoffer Breakaway case, essentially Correct me if I'm wrong, German speakers, please But as I say, it's the same basic shell Very similar handle design, actually The standard case is just a normal pivoting briefcase handle So, neither of these If you look closely at either of these You would realize that it's not actually a normal briefcase Most people, of course, wouldn't even think to Maybe a bit less comfortable to carry this With this great big push button, full width It is a button, really, on the handle Let's just Well, first of all, sorry There is a red dot here So that the user knows which way his case is pointing So, on the Schießkoffer You have the trigger and the safety to indicate which way round And you'd be hard-pressed to fire it the wrong way round But safety-wise, there is, in fact, a red Big red dot on the case So, we will now pop it open again Let the sides drop You've already seen this, of course And, well, we'll deal with the case first It's just some blocks of foam So, relatively high-density polymer foam Not a million miles away from what we use in museums, actually As a sort of preservation medium Four tall, well, two tall pads here The guns sit on Two shorter ones on the other side of the case They sort of pinch the gun between them quite tightly And then two support pads, again, of different heights Here and opposite So, there's no mechanical spring system Flinging this thing open It's purely the sponginess of the foam that does it And it's under quite a lot of compression I can show you what I mean And watch back the opening Because it will be apparent on the camera as well But if we get the other case safely out of the way I'll try to position this To show you how you set this up, basically Right, hopefully you can see on our overhead camera here There is reinforcement in here as well As well as the spongy bits We've just put this red sticker on here temporarily As an extra safety measure To make sure everything is aligned for shooting So, that's not actually part of the kit We'll be removing that When we clean the thing There's this quite stout steel reinforcement here With these two This is all stamped steel Bent into shape Riveted into the case You probably see It's a reinforcement But it's primarily a bracket for the mount That's attached to the gun And you can see the shape of these Not quite circular lugs And I think you've probably gathered by now How this works So, we arrange this like this Pretend that we've loaded up And charged our weapon and placed it on safe As we did earlier And then what we need to do I need to get where I can reach this You can see how this latches in So, these aren't really lugs Because these are the lugs That are on the carry handle here And they insert into here And you can see how much pressure You have to apply to this foam In fact, we're going to have to be We're going to have to be quite careful with this foam Now that we've recorded it firing We're probably never going to do that again We do not want to put this foam Under undue stress too many times Even demonstrating it like this But we're doing it for you guys Because we think it's important to Preserve this stuff for posterity So, the latch on the handle Spring loaded And you can see how it depresses And also hopefully that there are two I'll just show that to camera there Two notches in these brackets front and back And those are what lock the thing in So, push down Push on the handle button And hopefully you can see How that latches on one side So, it's in But it's got a bit of play And then you close up your case Lean on it a little bit And you do have to depress the handle And it's latched in So, irrespective of these That's how you load the thing into the case Not too much to see Otherwise, it's just a briefcase At the end of the day The final thing that's worth showing Is the attachment So, we'll just One last time We'll just pop it open Semi-dramatically And then we'll close that up So, the last bit of the system It's very simple in operation But relatively complex In terms of how it attaches to the gun Standard HK claw mount With these four points of contact Similar lever system In fact, it's essentially An identical lever system To what's on the shooting case But we'll show you So, that's the latch That does the work of putting it on This is the disassembly latch Essentially So, if we just press that Off pops the handle So, you can pretty quickly If you had a chance to Convert this into a normal Probably on a single point sling Or even without that Just push-pull You could actually Quickly field convert this Into a more wieldy MP5K It's probably more of an action movie Prospect than a real one But literally Push button, throw that away And you've got yourself An ordinary MP5K Which is pretty clever And then to show you How it goes on We flip up our latch That clicks into place Engages with these Lugs here And see how at that point there It actually engages So, by pressing that as well We open up this space here And that's what allows us To slot that over And then all you do is Try not to cover that up with my hands Pull up on that lever There we go That's the click Push that down out of the way And it's on your gun Making it a bit heavy and unwieldy again However, what you might be able to see We can line this up just right for the camera To show you that there is in fact a sight picture Through the carrying handle So I wasn't just firing blind There's an arch under the carry handle Which is good enough For you to push-pull And you get almost as good as Well, as good as sight picture You just don't have the situational awareness around it It's a hindrance to aiming obviously But then so is shooting a gun out of a briefcase So, which is best? I don't know You be the judges on that one It certainly is a bit unwieldy like this Now as far as deployment goes I did find a German military manual That has a single page Depicting how this is meant to be used in military circles And it was a bit confusing Because it's saying to carry this whole thing Assembled in your left hand Drop the case Okay, fine But then you're having to pass it across the body Into your firing hand And then switch your support hand over And then they show it firing from the left hip In classic 80s style To me it seems to make more sense To just have it on the left side as I did Drop the case Bring it up to your support hand And then get the firing hand on I would have thought on the right side Would be slightly quicker But the manual is convinced That for the quickest possible operation A left hander should be carrying the briefcase In their left hand So, discuss Now to fit the gun into the case You do need the traditional MP5 backplate fitted There's not an option here for a PDW folding stock And there wasn't at the time So this is We believe both these cases were introduced in 1978 That's only two years after the gun itself was introduced That's the MP5 Kurz So that's when it all kicks off Basically for this concept And then this version was on the HK website Until 2017 It's no longer I don't know if technically You can still get these things or not But the MP5 range is still available But on the website at least And on the promotional material It's reduced to basically just the ordinary MP5 You can probably get Ks as well If you make a big enough order with H&K But by its nature This sort of thing is pretty niche The more conventional way to do this of course Is to conceal something under a jacket or a coat Now if you are wearing an overcoat or something An MP5K relatively concealable It could be on a single point sling Hanging under your arm Locked into some sort of retention system That you break it free of And punch it out to use it Various approaches have been done The beauty of this I suppose Is for plain clothes type use There's no great bulge under your jacket Or anything like that It's quick to get into action And you know for a shooting case You just pull it up to a shooting position And start firing No one's going to know what's happening Until the bullets start raining And in this case It's I guess a bit slower to get into action But practically speaking Again no one's going to know what's going on When suddenly your briefcase falls apart And you're holding a gun There was a third HK concealed case That we don't have unfortunately That was perhaps the quickest To get into action of the three And that was like a sort of puppet of death Where you stick your hand in the back of it And operate the firearm still inside the case So closer to the ordinary shooting case Not that ordinary But you're still going to be fumbling And looking a bit weird There's not a version Where you just reach into the case And you're firing at the bottom of the case That really is a bit more movie land In terms of users A little bit hazy there I don't know of any specific incidents Where this was used You can find the original HK promotional video For the shooting case online I've never seen any material on this at all In fact I've never even seen Any promotional material on this specific case Just the fact that it was on the website For a number of years Users wise The chap in the German army manual is Well it's a catch all manual So that's probably referring to Or therefore GSG9 There are known users The special forces unit GSG9 Other well police type units as well As a broad class of thing We know they've been purchased all over the place Specialist police use Is probably fair to say VIP protection definitely But by its very nature There isn't a great deal out there On the use of these things But there are perhaps more out there Than people think I know that 20 odd of the shooting case Were recovered in Iraq That Saddam Hussein had purchased For whatever his own VIP protection I think perhaps the reason This has eventually died away Correct me if I'm wrong If these things are still in use But it's maybe not the height of fashion anymore To walk around with a briefcase And this is very much a 1970s 1980s designer briefcase So if you are carrying a briefcase In London or something It's probably going to be A more traditional leather Covered one or something So I at least would be suspicious If I saw someone with a hard shell briefcase And a shifty pair of eyes They might have an MP5