The Madsen-Saetter machine gun was a Danish general-purpose machine gun designed in the early 1950s by Eric Larsen-Saetter.

Service history

The machine gun was tested by the

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but the

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was preferred.

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produced the Mark II version in .30-06 under license at Pindad.

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also received Madsen-Saetters in .30-06, some being latter locally modified to fire

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rounds.

Variants

*Madsen-Saetter Mk I *Madsen-Saetter Mk II *Madsen-Saetter Mk III: more reliable and shorter version, developed from 1959 *Madsen-Saetter Mk IV: new version, shorter and lighter *Madsen-Saetter tank machine gun: tank-mounted version, has no bipod and buttstock. Could be converted for field use by using special lightweight tripod. Manufactured in limited numbers. *Madsen-Saetter cal. 50 machine gun: prototype of a .50 BMG version. Could be mounted on tanks and armored vehicles, anti-aircraft wheeled mount (similar to

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wheeled mount), and anti-personnel light tripod.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Madsen-Saetter Machine Gun Danish weapons Danish weapons Machine guns of Denmark

Service history

Variants

See also

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