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Madsen model 1946 (m/46) 1950 (m/50) 1953 (m/53) submachine gun (Denmark)![]() Madsen model 1946 submachine gun
The famous Danish company Dansk Industrie
Syndicat AS 'Madsen', usually referred simply as Madsen or DISA, manufactured
various weapons since the early 1900s. In 1946 Madsen introduced a modern submachine gun, the m/46,
which
featured an entirely stamped receiver, integral with pistol grip and
magazine
housing. This SMG also featured unusual charging handle, a
bracket-shaped slider
above the receiver. But the most unusual feature of the m/46 was the
field stripping
procedure. The receiver was made from two halves, left and right,
hinged at the
rear, and held together at the front by the screw-on barrel nut. To
disassemble
the gun, one must unscrew the barrel nut, and then open the left side
of the
receiver/housing. Barrel, bolt, return spring and trigger unit will
remain in
the right "half" of the gun, easily accessible. The hollow pistol grip
contained magazine loading tool, and there wee no manual safeties;
instead,
Madsen m/46 had an automatic safety in the form of the lever just
behind the
magazine housing; to fire the gun, one must grasp the magazine and this
lever
securely by non-firing hand, to be able to release the bolt. Otherwise,
the m/46
was a fairy conventional blowback design, which fired only in full auto.
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