In 1933 the newly build Danish patrol vessel ‘Ingolf’ was equipped with two 8mm lmg and two 20mm machine cannons. On its maiden voyage the 69 meter long vessel visited a few European cities before…
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I have had to redo the home page due to technical problems. All old blog posts will reappear in due time over the next month.
Leave a CommentEven though the Danish army produced their own Madsen (with some exceptions) the DIS version sometimes turned up on the army shooting range. Either as a comparison to the armies own version of the Madsen…
Leave a CommentThere has been a number of agents with colorful personalities promoting Madsen guns. But DIS also had their own agents, like Lieutenant Colonel Troels-Smith. He was part of the board from 1928 to 1930. From…
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This page is about the Madsen machine gun, it is also about some of the stories that deserve to be told. Madsen was the world’s first true light machine gun produced in quantity. It was…
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