Madsen-Saetter machine gun

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Madsen-Saetter machine gun
Soldiers of Infantry Battalion 611 "Awang Long" during Squad Weapons Shooting Practice.jpg
Indonesian Army Madsen-Saetter
Type General-purpose machine gun
Place of originDenmark
Service history
Used by
Production history
Designer Eric Larsen-Saetter
Designed1952–1960
Manufacturer DISA
Specifications
Mass11 kilograms (24 lb)
Length1,190 millimetres (47 in)
Barrel  length660 mm (26.0 in)

Cartridge 7.62×51mm NATO
.30-06 Springfield
.50 BMG
Action gas-operated
Rate of fire 700–1000 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity 838 m/s (2,749 ft/s)
Feed systembelt
Sightsblade foresight and a tangent notch rearsight

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

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Service history

The machine gun was tested by the British Army but the FN MAG was preferred. [1] Indonesia produced the Mark II version [2] in .30-06 [3] under license at Pindad. [4] Salvadoran Army also received Madsen-Saetters in .30-06, some being latter locally modified to fire 7.62×51mm NATO rounds. [5]

Variants

Madsen-Saetter .50 cal on naval twin mount 12,7mm Madsen-Saetter on naval mount in Aalborg Forsvars- og Garnisonsmuseum, pic2.JPG
Madsen-Saetter .50 cal on naval twin mount

See also

References

  1. Moody, J.R. (August 1998). "Madsen Saetter GPMG". Small Arms Review. Vol. 1, no. 11.
  2. Smith 1969, p. 461.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Smith 1969, p. 342.
  4. Popenker, Maxim. "Madsen-Saetter". modernfirearms.net.
  5. Montes, Julio A. (May 2000). "Infantry Weapons of the Salvadoran Forces". Small Arms Review. No. 8.
  6. Smith 1969, p. 342-343.
  7. Smith 1969, p. 344.