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A PHOTO COLLECTION OF ACTUAL WORKING TEAMS |
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A PHOTO COLLECTION OF ACTUAL WORKING TEAMS |
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Absolutely
intriguing newspaper photo of two German SEK (Spezialeinsatzkommando)
[Schpetzial-INEzats-komMONdo]
operators somewhere
apparently on the streets of Germany. SEK is an equivalent of SWAT
in America, but these officers operate statewide. Only GSG9
operates Germany wide. States in Germany are the equivalent of
large "counties" in America. These officers are on some type of rapid deployment,
given the fact that they apparently threw their gear on over what they
were wearing at the time of callout.
Fascinating aspect of this photo is the variant of MP5. Never seen before, this appears to be a GR variant with fixed 1.5 power scope welded to the receiver, and no open sights, like the GR series also featured on HKPRO. Unlike the GR series, this setup has never been seen on a 9mm HK before. The GR series was thought to only have been offered on 5.56 x 45 caliber firearms. This is a rare twist, and I must thank Frans from Germany for this great contribution! If anyone can further identify this MP5 variant, please email HKPRO!
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| The following four photographs are from Operation Schneller Adler (Quick Eagle), September, 1997. These are from training drills by the KSK, (Kommando Spezialkräfte) a counterterrorist wing of the German Bundeswehr. Thanks again to Jan in Germany for the great photos! |
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| KSK Operators during a mock takedown. G36Ks are the long guns. |
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| KSK
hostage extraction training. G36Ks, Benelli shotguns and MP5SDs
are plentiful.
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| One of the first photos of the newest HK rifle series in the hands of a German military special operator. He is a KSK (Kommando Spezialkräfte) member with the new G36K carbine. |
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| German KSK Operator with full size G36 rifle. |
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| Members of Seccion Fuerzas Especiales in Argentina, practice aircraft assault. Gun at left is MP5SD, on ladder, MP5SD with laser sight, and under ladder is HK69A1 40mm grenade launcher. |
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| MP5SD on left, with dated, bulky and heavy HK Aiming Point Projector, and SD with laser sight at right. Another from the Argentinian SFE. |
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NYPD Emergency Services Unit officer with MP5A3 and Surefire 628 forearm light. Gun is selected to semi. Pose with gun in this position is not taught by any training authority around, but one must be hesitant to criticize NYPD ESU, a 400 officer full time SWAT contingent, one of the busiest in the nation. |
| NYPD ESU officer with MP5A3 at high port arms with gun selected to full automatic. The trigger group is known as the "Navy" group. Ambidextrous with safe-semi-full automatic settings. |  |
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| ESU officer with MP5A3, obviously left handed, and without the benefit of an HK ambidextrous sling. |
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| LAPD SWAT officers in training exercise. Officer on left has MP5A3, officer on right has Benelli M1 Super 90 12 gauge shotgun. There is something unusual about the MP5. Can you spot it? It is an old style HK33/53/93 buttstock with convex buttplate. |
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| LAPD SWAT officer on training exercise with MP5A2. Note that bolt is back and no magazine is in gun. |
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| 9th Regiment Italian Special Forces during hostage rescue exercises. MP5SD3 with SEF trigger group. |
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| French "GCP" (Groupe Commando Parachutiste) Operator with MP5SD6, three round burst trigger group, and heretofore unseen sight mount with what has been described as a French made Laser. |
The following four images of U.S. Customs Agents are courtesy of Specialoperations.com
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U.S. Customs Agents on training exercise with MP5A5s in Huey helicopter. |
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| Customs agents on range with stainless USP Compact, in foreground, and stainless SIG in background. At first glance it looks like two USPs. |
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| Two
members of the Polish GROM training wth MP5A3s. GROM stands for
Grupa Reagowania Operacyjno Mobilnego in Polish or Operational Mobile
Reaction Group. Thanks to Tomek in Poland for the interesting photo!
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| Expressive pose by member of the Rio de Janeiro Military Police's BOPE (Batalhao de Operacoes Policiais Especiais, or Special Operations Battallion). He looks as if he is trying to convince someone of something. Would you have a hard time making up your mind under those circumstances? MP5K with SEF group. |
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| Another
member of the Rio de Janeiro Military Police's BOPE (Batalhao de
Operacoes Policiais Especiais, or Special Operations Battallion), with
HK21E, SEF trigger group and 100 round belt box. This would be
heavy to lug around.
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| The following three images
are from the Italian NOCS -- Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza
or Central Security Operations Group. Thanks to Gregor for the great
photos!
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| NOCS Operator with MP5A5 (retractable stock with three round burst trigger group.) Note that sling material is incorrectly run through the hardware on the "bridge" in the center of the operator's chest. |
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| NOCS
group photo in front of helicopter. The two long rifles are
obviously PSG1s, second from the left on top and bottom left have MP5s,
bottom right has no long gun visible, and I believe the gun with the
stock folded is a Galil variant. Someone correct me if I am
wrong. hkpro@hkpro.com
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| Great muzzle shot of MP5SD with double mag clamp, and forend mounted conventional flashlight. |
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| Image of German Bundeswehr soldier on KFOR duty in Kosovo. His G36 rifle is cradled on a machine gun mount of some kind. It makes it look like a mount for the G36, but on close inspection, the rifle is just placed there and not mounted. Thanks to Jan again! |
