The MP7 is a German Personal Defence Weapon (PDW) manufactured by Heckler & Koch (H&K) and chambered for the HK 4.6×30mm cartridge. It was designed with the new cartridge to meet NATO requirements published in 1989 as these requirements call for a personal defense weapon (PDW) class firearm with a greater ability to defeat body armor than current weapons limited to conventional pistol cartridges. The MP7 went into production in 2001.
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height (cm)
0.1695
length (km)
0.638
weight (kg)
1200.0
width (mm)
0.051
origin
Germany
type
Machine pistol, Submachine gun, Personal defense weapon
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