Key facts
- Type
- Light machine gun
- Place of origin
- Denmark
- In service
- 1902–present
- Used by
- See § Users
- Designer
- Julius A. Rasmussen, Theodor Schouboe
- Designed
- 1896-1902
- Manufacturer
- Dansk Rekyl Riffel Syndikat A/S , Rexer Arms Company , Guangdong Arsenal
- Produced
- 1902–1955
- Mass
- 9.07 kg (20.00 lb)
- Length
- 1,143 mm (45.00 in)
- Barrel length
- 584 mm (22.99 in)
- Cartridge
- List of cartridges .30-06 Springfield .303 British 6.5×52mm Carcano 6.5×53.5mmR 6.5×55mm 7×57mm Mauser 7.62×51mm NATO 7.62×54mmR 7.65×53mm Mauser 7.9×57mm I 7.92×57mm Mauser 8×50mmR Lebel 8×50mmR Mannlicher 8×58mmR Danish Krag
- Action
- Mixed recoil-operated
- Rate of fire
- 450 rounds/min
- Muzzle velocity
- 870 m/s (2,854 ft/s) (6.5×55mm)
- Feed system
- 25-round detachable single-row box magazine 30 and 40-round detachable double-row box magazine 80-round drum magazine Belt-fed
- Sights
- Rear V-notch and front post
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- light machine gun
- Country of origin
- Denmark
- Mass
- 9
- Manufacturer
- DISA A/S
- Conflict
- Constitutionalist Revolution
- Image
- Madsen machine gun with magazine.jpg
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- Commons category
- Madsen machine gun
- service entry
- 1902-01-01
- ammunition
- 8×58mmR
- Commons gallery
- Madsen LMG
- native label
- Madsen
- inception
- 1890-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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 to over 34 countries. The gun saw extensive combat usage for over 100 years, with continued use in limited quantities worldwide into the 2010s. The Madsen was produced by Compagnie Madsen A/S (later operating as Dansk Rekyl Riffel Syndikat A/S and then Dansk Industri Syndikat A/S).
Design details
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Madsen machine gun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.