Machine Guns

Question
QUESTION: GCH,
My question contains pictures.
May I ask you for your email address so that I can send them to you.
Thanks,
Igor Kogan

ANSWER: Send me the question first, or at least the gist of it, so I can determine if it is something I can help you with.

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QUESTION: 1. What are three most known and popular submachine gun models among the general public in the US?

2. What is the most prevalent submachine gun model in:
- Army -
- Navy -
- Tactical teams -
- Law Enforcement -
- Other (please specify) -
3. On a scale of 1-10, please rate the popularity of the submachine gun Heckler & Koch MP5A3 among
- the general public -
- Army -
- Navy -
- Tactical teams -
- Law Enforcement -
- Other (please specify) -

4. On a scale of 1-10, rate the popularity of the submachine gun Heckler & Koch MP5SD3 among
- the general public -
- Army -
- Navy -
- Tactical teams -
- Law Enforcement -
- Other (please specify) -

We, alcoholic beverage importers, are trying to identify the most popular weapon models in the US to make moulds and then weapon model-shaped bottles - to fill them with vodka and brandy.
We would appreciate, if you cam pass this letter to your colleagues or/and other experts for their opinion too.

Thanks and best regards,
Igor Kogan

Answer
Wow, that's certainly an interesting proposition. Bundle your produce with cigars and firecrackers and you'll be packaging the whole ATFE experience.

We'll in answer to your questions in order (this is, of course, not scientific, but is my impression)

1. M-16, AK-47, MP-5 are the most generally recognized by the general public, probably in that order.

2. Army: M-4 (14.5" barrel version of the M-16); Navy: M-16 generally, M-4, MP-5, M-14 among the elite groups; Tactical teams: the M-4 and MP-5. The USMC uses the M-16 due to its longer barrel.

I wouldn't know how to rate "popularity" of the HK guns on a scale of 1-10 for the various groups you mention. The HK gun takes a handgun cartridge (9x19 NATO), and is much less powerful that the intermediate carbine cartridge of the M-4 (5.56x45 NATO). Whether that is a good or a bad thing depends on the mission.