Thinking seriously about shelling out some cash and getting an MP5 pistol for your collection? We rounded up some of the common questions about these platforms and dropped them here. Is the MP5 Considered a Pistol?The HK MP5 is considered a submachine gun (commonly referred to as a subgun or SMG), not specifically as a pistol, since it is not a handgun platform. It does, however, have a pistol...

The ZF-5 is the HK MP5 lookalike you’ve never heard of, but it’s high time you do. HK MP5 platforms are extremely expensive and hard to find. There is an American manufacturer that has captured everything that makes the MP5 great and converted it into a near-distinguishable clone. Enter the ZF-5, Zenith Firearms’ answer to collectors that don’t want to spend months of...