{"id":25298,"date":"2024-08-21T23:21:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T04:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/21\/hk-usc-civilian-version-of-the-ump-submachine-gun\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T23:21:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T04:21:06","slug":"hk-usc-civilian-version-of-the-ump-submachine-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/21\/hk-usc-civilian-version-of-the-ump-submachine-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"H&#038;K USC: Civilian Version of the UMP Submachine Gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z5ZqP5_c9EU?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>(Reuploaded to fix my editing &#8211; sorry about that!)<\/p>\n<p>All the best firearms history channels streaming to all major devices:<br \/>weaponsandwar.tv<\/p>\n<p>Heckler &#038; Koch introduced the UMP submachine gun as a successor to the MP5, with a particular focus on American law enforcement agencies (hence its initial development in .45 ACP). The UMP never has come close to the popularity of the MP5; it is a very basic polymer molded simple blowback SMG, albeit a hammer-fired, closed-bolt one. However, H&#038;K did release a civilian version of it in semiautomatic only; the USC. These were initially made in a grey color like the SL-8, but demand was substantial enough to prompt continued production in black.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to the UMP, the USC has a neutered magazine well that fits only proprietary 10-round magazines, a thumbhole type fixed stock, and a heavy 16&#8243; barrel. 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All the best firearms history channels streaming to all major devices:weaponsandwar.tv Heckler &#038; Koch introduced the UMP submachine gun as a successor to the MP5, with a particular focus on American law enforcement agencies (hence its initial development in .45 ACP). The UMP never has come&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/21\/hk-usc-civilian-version-of-the-ump-submachine-gun\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">H&#038;K USC: Civilian Version of the UMP Submachine Gun<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":25299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}