DISA (company)

DISA

Company type	Aktieselskab
Industry	Conglomerate
Predecessor	Compagnie Madsen A/S
Founded	1900
Headquarters	Taastrup , Denmark
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Metal Casting
Website	Official Website

DISA is a company founded in Denmark (with the name Compagnie Madsen A/S) which since 1900 has produced metal casting products.

In 1936 it changed name from Dansk Rekyl Riffel Syndikat A/S to Dansk Industri Syndikat A/S and was a defense manufacturer most notable for producing the Madsen machine gun and Madsen M-50.

History

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 his shareholding to 31.6%, and was hereby the biggest shareholder.

Arms manufacturing products

Different types of Madsen weapons

• Madsen M1888 Self Loading rifle ^{[1] [2]}
• Madsen M1896 Flaadens Rekylgevær ^{[1] [2]}
• Madsen machine gun ^[3]
• Schouboe Automatic Pistol
• Lightened Experimental submachine gun ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Madsen-Saetter machine gun
• Madsen M45 ^[3]
• Madsen-Ljungmann Self Loading rifle M. 1945 ^[3]
• Madsen M47
• 51 mm Madsen Grenade launcher M 1947 ^[3]
• Madsen M50 ^[3]
• Madsen LAR
• Madsen 20 mm AA gun ^[3]

References

Citations

1. Popenker.
2. McCollum.
3. Jessen 1947.

Bibliography

• Jessen, Halvor (June 23, 1947). "Den moderne Slagmarks automatiske Præcisions og Enhedsvaaben". Krigsvidenskab (in Danish). Retrieved September 21, 2020.
• McCollum, Ian. "Madsen-Rasmussen 1888/1896". forgottenweapons.com. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
• Popenker, Maxim. "Madsen M1896". modernfirearms.net. Retrieved September 21, 2020.

External links

• Official Website
• Weapons Museum Website