Talk:Madsen machine gun

message: Is the Illustration or line drawing shown really a Madsen? It seems to be of a belt-fed weapon.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.12.81.142 (talk) 01:34, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Good question. The right half of the drawing definitively isn't a Madsen, the left half might be. Manxruler (talk) 02:08, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

text: WW2 Germany converted a number of Madsens to belt-fed configurations IRRC - should be cited in an Ian Hogg work, probably his Encyclopedia of Infantry Weapons of World War II - so the belt fed thing may still be a Madsen.  He compares the complexity of the conversion to "operating two lifts in one shaft". 62.196.17.197 (talk) 11:55, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Don't know about what the Germans were up to, but the Danes also messed around with a belt fed Madsen before WW2. WegianWarrior (talk) 18:53, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: To unknown gun guy/whoever knows more than me

message: I'm trying to figure out which recoil system would best describe this gun's operation; personally I'm leaning towards short recoil as I think it sums it up better, although it's exceedingly bizarre--or at least rather unique--mechanism might still count as long recoil on some technicality or other.  Could someone with more knowledge of its arcane workings elaborate?--194.247.53.233 00:08, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Long or short recoil? 

message: I'm a Brazilian Army lieutenant, reserve. As long as I'm concerned, the Madsen's still in use by brazilian police are old army madsen's that were no longer used by Army and Naval infantry. I fired two of this guns in 1990 and 1993. Both were original .30 modified to fit NATO 7.62. They still show the .30 markings on the left side of the gun.They have slow rate of fire and a distinguished low tone shot, similar to browning .50.
Maybe drug dealers had one or two, but many Army guns were transferred to police service.Campola (talk) 00:02, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I suspected as much. We should look for some source that confirms that the Brazilian Army and Naval Infantry used the Madsen. That would support them as the source for Brazilian police Madsens. Yes, the Madsen's rate of fire is quite slow. As was seen during the Norwegian Campaign weapons like the MG34 have a much greater rate of fire. Manxruler (talk) 09:27, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

text: Then I think you should do some edits, and add those links as inline citations for your edits. Manxruler (talk) 12:31, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brazilian Madsen still in use 

message: I found in the site grandes guerras.com (a brazilian site about 1st and 2nd World War small arms) that called the Madsen MG as Madsen Muskette, someone have some sources if this is the real name of the Madsen MG?  --Cypher3 (talk) 00:13, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Never heard of that name. Doesn't seem likely at all. Manxruler (talk) 21:10, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: If you're looking for what the Danes originally called the gun, then that's Madsen rekylgevær (Madsen recoil rifle). Madsen Muskette might be what the the Brazilians called it. The proper ("real") name for the gun in English is "Madsen machine gun". Manxruler (talk) 21:30, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

text: I'll just pipe up a bit and mention that during the First World War, the Germans formed light machine gun battalions and calleded them Musketen battalions. They were initially equipped with formerly Russian Madsens (later captured Lewis guns). Not sure if this is related to the "problem" at  hand, but could be.--172.130.242.181 (talk) 04:32, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Madsen Muskette??

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message: So Madsen made several types of machine guns over the years. Some examples being their 11,35 mm machinegun or the madsen-saetter mg etc. I'm suggesting moving the article to Madsen light machine gun.--Blockhaj (talk) 07:59, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Renaming the article? 

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