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The Madsen is a light machine gun that Julius A. Rasmussen and Theodor Schouboe designed and proposed for adoption by Colonel Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen, the Danish Minister of War, and that the Royal Danish Army adopted in 1902. It was the world's first true light machine gun produced in quantity and Madsen was able to sell it in 12 calibres ...
The Madsen M-50 or M/50 is a submachine gun introduced in 1950. It was produced by the Danish company Dansk Industri Syndikat of Copenhagen , Denmark. Overview
In 1896 V.H.O Madsen designed an air-cooled, repeating machine gun which then took his name, Madsen. In the year 1900 the company Compagnie Madsen A/S was founded. This company was to produce this Madsen machine gun. In 1930 A.P Møller bought a sum of shares corresponding to 15% of the total shares. In the following years A.P Møller expanded ...
The Madsen M1945 or M45 is a submachine gun introduced in 1945. It was produced by the Danish company Dansk Industri Syndikat of Copenhagen, Denmark.The Madsen M1945 was only produced for a short period of time before being replaced in production by the Madsen M1946 which was simpler and more inexpensive to produce compared to the Madsen M1945.
Madsen machine gun: Compagnie Madsen: 6.50×55mm 7×57mm Mauser 7.62×51mm NATO 7.62×54mmR 7.65×53mm Argentine 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) 7.92×57mm Mauser: Detachable box magazine Denmark: 1896 Madsen-Saetter machine gun: DISA [6] 7.62×63mm (known as .30-06 Springfield) Ammunition belt Denmark: 1952 Mark 48 machine gun: FN Herstal ...
Madsen machine gun. One of the first weapons used in this role was the Madsen machine gun.Although limited in today's terms, the Madsen was introduced in an era when the standard infantry rifle was a bolt-action repeater with fixed magazines reloaded with single rounds or chargers; sustained rapid fire with these weapons could be maintained only for very short periods of time.
Madsen machine gun, Danish light machine gun/squad automatic weapon; Madsen-Saetter machine gun, Danish general purpose machine gun; Madsen M-50, Danish submachine gun; Madsen 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon, Danish type of machine cannon
The machine gun was tested by the British Army but the FN MAG was preferred. [1] Indonesia produced the Mark II version [ 2 ] in .30-06 [ 3 ] under license at Pindad . [ 4 ] Salvadoran Army also received Madsen-Saetters in .30-06, some being latter locally modified to fire 7.62×51mm NATO rounds.