Talk:Madsen machine gun

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[edit] To unknown gun guy/whoever knows more than me

If this weapon was used this extensively, more details must be available. Do let me know. I put a {{expert}} tag on this article because I have no idea if any of this is true, and don't have a good hour to research it or to look up back issues of Jane's...

Cheers

V. Joe 15:06, 16 August 2006 (UTC) hey v. joe i know some stuff about it..it was used by several states like russia, germany (it was called "muskete" and was used in small battalions..four men operated one madsen. it used a 25 round amg and was mainly used in defence. here is a picture i found in an old book about the war [url]http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/6250/madsenbn5.jpg[/url] actually this is a russian madsen and it is loaded with 5 round strips greetz homer jay

[edit] Long or short recoil?

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)

[edit] Brazilian Madsen still in use

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)

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)

As a matter of fact some brazilian states police forces used Madsen in the early 30's. In 1932, during a revolution, the police from Minas Gerais (a brazilian state) used this gun to fight against the army. These were 7mm. The link http://www.fab.mil.br/imprensa/enotimp/2007/04-ABR/enotimp110.htm shows some news and one of them talks about a 7.62 mm madsen that police recovered from drug dealers that was stolled from a museum. Unfortunately it's in portuguese.Campola (talk) 17:50, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Another link. In Portuguese, too.It says that another Madsen found in bad hands was from Argentinean Army.http://www.ultimahoranews.com/not_ler.asp?codigo=34537Campola (talk) 18:13, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

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)