MG5

MG5 is the Bundeswehr designation for a 7.62 firing general purpose medium machinegun, official product/project name from the designing company H&K would be HK121. Developed as a scaled up version of the 5.56 firing HK123 (MG4), design finished in 2010 and enter service immediately after development, intended to replace the previous 7.62 firing service MG the Rheinmetall MG3. MG5 features different variants other than the main production universal model, vehicle mounted/coaxial variant MG5A1, infantry squad support MG5A2 and MG5S for special forces service. Sharing the same operation mechan...