Madsen M-50
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The Madsen M-50 or M/50 is a submachine gun introduced in 1950. It was produced by the Danish company Dansk Industri Syndikat of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Overview
This firearm was a modified variation of the M/46. The only major improvement was the simplified retracting handle. Introduction of the M/50 occurred at Mosede Fort, from 7 November 1950, until 1953.[1]
The M/50 is made of stamped sheet metal. It is an open bolt design which means it fires when the bolt is in the locked back open position with a fixed firing pin. The M/46 and M/50 share a unique design: the firearm is stamped from two pieces of sheet metal which are shaped with an integral rear pistol grip and magazine housing. The two pieces fit together like a clam shell with the hinge at the rear of the pistol grip. The firearm is held together with a barrel locking nut which is threaded onto the fore section of the two receiver halves. The pistol grip is hollow, providing storage space for a magazine loading tool.[1]
The folding stock is made of tubular steel covered with leather and folds onto the right side of the firearm. The M/50 fires in full-auto only. It also features a safety lever (also known as grip safety), unusually placed in front of the forward magazine housing. To fire the M/50 the operator must grip the magazine housing and hold down the safety lever.[2]
Users
- File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina[3]
- File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia[4]
- File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (produced under license as the INA Model 953 in .45 ACP)
- File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile[5]
- File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia[6]
- File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark[1][4]
- File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador[3][4]
- File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala[3]
- File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia[7]
- File:Flag of North Vietnam (1955–1975).svg North Vietnam[8]
- File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua[6]
- File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay[6][4]
- File:Flag of South Vietnam.svg South Vietnam[9]
- File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand[5]
- File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan[10]
- File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom: the M-50 underwent intensive trials in 1951–1952 against the BSA model 1949 and the Sterling submachine gun. The latter was eventually selected.[11]
- File:Flag of the United States.svg United States In use with Green Berets serving alongside Montagnards in MIKE Force units [12]
- File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela[5][4]
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- Non State Users
- Malayan Communist Party
- Brazilian Communist Party[13][14]
- Ação Libertadora Nacional[15]
- Ulster Defence Association
- Red Hand Commando[16]
- Loyalist Volunteer Force
- Vanguarda Armada Revolucionaria Palmares[17]
- Italian Mafia-Large quantities of Madsen M-50s sold to various Italian Mafia crime families through the black market.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Yakuza-Large quantities of Madsen M-50s sold to various Japanese Yakuza clans through the black market.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
References
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- Nelson, Thomas B. The World's Submachine Guns. International small arms publishers: Cologne, Germany, 1963.
External links
- Madsen M1946 / M1950 / M1953 at Modern Firearms