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When I was in field artillery, our advanced party wish list had this weapon on it: MP5Sd2 or 3. Advanced party was usually the first group from our unit to make contact with the opfor, and the M-16A2 was just to big, and to loud to use in close quarters.
My unit was a light towed unit, and year after year during annual training advanced party would literally run over the opfor and end up in a close range gun battle, usually less than 25 meters in range.

We also wanted the M249 with pistol front grip, at least two, for advance party sweeps. Again, the 16 was too big and too loud, and it didn't have sufficient suppressive fire volume for the real tough times. (The old spray and pray.)
I've been out of the service for about three years now, and am now seeing some of our recommendations coming to life in other units.
We also were dissatisfied with the Beretta M-9.
We preferred a good Sig Sauer, Glock, or H&K USP over the M-9 anyday.
Not that we'd ever get to see anything like that anyday within my lifetime. *chuckle*
That's why we called it our wish list.

Going back to Viet Nam, SEAL armorers converted M-60s to "chopped 60s" weighing 15 pounds. Short barrel, helicopter micro stock, fwd pistol grip. Yeah baby!

Sounds like the grunts are doing this to SAWs now.