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==[[Heckler_%26_Koch_MP5#Heckler_.26_Koch_MP5A3|Heckler & Koch MP5A3]]==
==[[Heckler_%26_Koch_MP5#Heckler_.26_Koch_MP5A3|Heckler & Koch MP5A3]]==
Used by presenter Jeremy Clarkson during a [http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/videos/index.shtml?cat=challenges&id=19| "Car Biathlon"] intended to test SUVs. Fitted with an M68 Aimpoint scope and flashlight in the forearm, it failed to hit any of the targets, but managed to chop down a tree... somehow...
Used by presenter Jeremy Clarkson during a [http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/videos/index.shtml?cat=challenges&id=19| "Car Biathlon"] intended to test SUVs. Fitted with an M68 Aimpoint scope and flashlight in the forearm, he failed to hit any of the targets, but managed to hit a tree enough for it to fall over... somehow...
[[Image:Tgmp5a3.jpg|200px|thumb|none|Clarkson readies an MP5A3 at the shooting range during the "Car Biathlon" segment]]  
[[Image:Tgmp5a3.jpg|200px|thumb|none|Clarkson readies an MP5A3 at the shooting range during the "Car Biathlon" segment]]  
[[Image:HKmp5A3.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Heckler & Koch MP5A3 9x19mm with Surefire 628 dedicated forend weaponlight and safe-semi-two round burst trigger group]]
[[Image:HKmp5A3.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Heckler & Koch MP5A3 9x19mm with Surefire 628 dedicated forend weaponlight and safe-semi-two round burst trigger group]]

Revision as of 03:27, 9 October 2009

The following guns were used in the television series Top Gear

Whilst nominally a motoring-magazine show, Top Gear has featured firearms as part of stunt tests for various cars.

L7 Machine Gun

Seen Mounted on a British Army Challenger II MBT that chased a Range Rover across a training ground.

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An L7A1 GPMG (7.62x51mm NATO) Mounted on a Challenger II Tank
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British L7A2 General Purpose Machine Gun - 7.62x51mm NATO

SA80

Used by snipers from the Irish Guards to fire at a pair of Sports cars in an evasive driving stunt. Fitted with SUSATs, BFAs and Laser tagging systems. Also used by commandos from the Royal Marines in a stunt involving using a Ford Fiesta in an amphibious assault.

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SA80 5.56 mm

Heckler & Koch MP5A3

Used by presenter Jeremy Clarkson during a "Car Biathlon" intended to test SUVs. Fitted with an M68 Aimpoint scope and flashlight in the forearm, he failed to hit any of the targets, but managed to hit a tree enough for it to fall over... somehow...

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Clarkson readies an MP5A3 at the shooting range during the "Car Biathlon" segment
Heckler & Koch MP5A3 9x19mm with Surefire 628 dedicated forend weaponlight and safe-semi-two round burst trigger group