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	\|''[[Karma Online]]''\|\| \|\| \|\| 2011		\|''[[Karma Online]]''\|\| \|\| \|\| 2011
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	\| ''[[World of Guns: Gun Disassembly]]'' \|\|Madsen Machine Gun \|\|with bipods and stock support \|\| 2014		\| ''[[World of Guns: Gun Disassembly]]'' \|\|Madsen Machine Gun \|\|with bipods and stock support \|\| 2014
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	\|''[[Battle of Empires: 1914-1918]]'' \|\| "Madsen" \|\| \|\| 2015		\|''[[Battle of Empires: 1914-1918]]'' \|\| "Madsen" \|\| Anachronistic post-war model \|\| 2015
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	\| ''[[Verdun]]'' \|\| "Madsen" \|\| \|\| 2015		\| ''[[Verdun]]'' \|\| "Madsen" \|\| Anachronistic Portuguese contract Madsen \|\| 2015
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	\|''[[Battlefield 1]]'' \|\| "Madsen MG" \|\| \|\| 2016		\|''[[Battlefield 1]]'' \|\| "Madsen MG" \|\| Anachronistic Portuguese contract Madsen \|\| 2016
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	\|''[[Battlefield V]]'' \|\| "Madsen MG" \|\| Dutch version; added with Tides of War Chapter 4 (2019) \|\| 2018		\|''[[Battlefield V]]'' \|\| "Madsen MG" \|\| Dutch version; added with Tides of War Chapter 4 (2019) \|\| 2018
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	\| ''[[Screaming Steel: 1914-1918]]'' \|\| "Madsen M1914" \|\| Added in the "Endgame Update" (2021) \|\| 2018		\| ''[[Screaming Steel: 1914-1918]]'' \|\| "Madsen M1914" \|\| Added in the "Endgame Update" (2021) \|\| 2018
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	\| ''[[Enlisted]]'' \|\| \|\| Russian Madsen ~~M1904~~ \|\| 2021		\| ''[[Enlisted]]'' \|\| \|\| Russian contract 1902 Rexer-Madsen \|\| 2021
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	\| ''[[Beyond The Wire]]'' \|\| "M1902 Madsen" \|\|\|\| 2022		\| ''[[Beyond The Wire]]'' \|\| "M1902 Madsen" \|\| Brazilian contract 1907 Madsen \|\| 2022
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	\| ''[[Isonzo]]'' \|\| "Madsen" \|\| \|\| 2022		\| ''[[Isonzo]]'' \|\| "Madsen" \|\| Anachronistic hybrid of Portuguese and Brazilian contract models \|\| 2022
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	[[~~Image~~:~~MadsenM1902~~.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|~~Danish~~ Madsen ~~M1902~~ - ~~8x58mmR Danish Krag~~]]		[[File:Madsen M1902 Danish Model.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Russian contract Rexer-Madsen, 1902 pattern - 7.62x54mmR.]]
			[[File:Madsen Model 1907.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Brazilian contract Madsen, 1907 pattern - 7x57mm Mauser.]]
	[[File:MadsenGun2.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Portuguese Madsen machine gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser. This is a typical example of the later-type Madsen, including the double-feed magazine (which can be identified by the reinforcement plate at the end). The strange-looking vertical green thing on the magazine is a spring-like metal band with a pointed tip: the Madsen magazine has no feed lips, and the tip of this spring retains the cartridges when the magazine is detached and also acts as a magazine catch. Note the coat of arms of Portugal on the side.]]		[[File:MadsenGun2.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Portuguese Madsen machine gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser. This is a typical example of the later-type Madsen, including the double-feed magazine (which can be identified by the reinforcement plate at the end). The strange-looking vertical green thing on the magazine is a spring-like metal band with a pointed tip: the Madsen magazine has no feed lips, and the tip of this spring retains the cartridges when the magazine is detached and also acts as a magazine catch. Note the coat of arms of Portugal on the side.]]

	The '''Madsen''' is a Danish magazine-fed, recoil-operated light machine gun. Designed in the period from ~~1883~~-1901 by Julius A. Rasmussen and Theodor Schoubue ~~and named after~~ the Danish ~~Minister for War at the time, Colonel Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen~~, it is the first light machine gun adopted in any meaningful quantity, being adopted by the Danish Army in ~~1902~~. It was ~~used by Russian cavalry during~~ the ~~Russo~~-~~Japanese war and later as an aircraft gun by~~ the ~~Imperial Russian Air Service~~, ~~by Germany during~~ the ~~WW1 (as the "~~''~~Leichte Automatische Muskette M15~~''~~") prior~~ to the ~~adoption of~~ the ~~[[Maxim MG08/15]]~~, ~~and by~~ the ~~Norwegian Army~~ and ~~Nazi Germany during WW2. It~~ was ~~ultimately sold in 12 different calibers~~ to ~~34 countries~~.		The '''Madsen''' machine gun (contemporarily known as a "machine rifle") is a Danish magazine-fed, recoil-operated light machine gun. Designed in the period from 1893 - 1901 by Julius A. Rasmussen and Theodor Schoubue of the ''Dansk Rekylriffel Syndikat'' (Danish Recoil-rifle Syndicate), it was the first light machine gun adopted in any meaningful quantity, being adopted by the Danish Army in 1903, designated ''Rekylgevær m/1903''. It was subsequently named after the Danish Minister for War at the time, Colonel Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen, who had lobbied strongly for its adoption. Shortly afterward, licensed mass-production of the weapon was established in Britain, under the name '''Rexer''', intended for international export. Rexer-Madsen machine guns were sold to various countries, the largest order being to Russia, who purchased 1,250 guns which were issued to cavalry regiments during the Russo-Japanese War. In 1907, the D.R.S. company suspended the British license, and all manufacture was moved back to Denmark, whereupon a new model was introduced.

	~~The principles~~ of the ~~gun date back~~ to a ~~series~~ of ~~black-powder~~ and ~~smokeless powder self~~-~~loading rifle prototypes produced starting in 1883~~. The ~~final design was patented by Lieutenant Jens Schouboe~~ on ~~behalf~~ of the ~~Dansk Riffel Syndikat~~ in ~~1901 (sometimes leading~~ to ~~him being credited as~~ the ~~inventor~~ in ~~older sources)~~, and ~~after a brief hiccup of trying~~ to ~~run a machine gun~~ with ~~black powder cartridges~~, ~~entered production~~.		During World War I, the 1907 and 1912 pattern Madsen guns were adopted by Germany and Austria-Hungary as under the rather ambiguous designation ''M.15 Muskete'', which was intended to disguise the origin of the guns. Denmark was officially neutral and was prohibited from selling armaments to Germany, so the Germans intercepted a shipment of Madsen guns intended for Bulgaria and rechambered them into 7.92x57mm. The manufacturer's stamps on the receivers were covered over. These were distributed to the ''Musketen-Bataillone'', light machine gun battalions raised specifically to exploit the advantages of the Madsen. The battalions fought on the Western Front until 1916, but were disbanded after suffering heavy casualties during the Battle of the Somme. The remaining Madsen guns in German service were then redirected to the Italian Front and were used extensively at the Battle of Caporetto in 1917. The Russian government also licensed production of the Madsen gun in 1917.

			By the time of World War II, the Madsen gun had been sold in various iterations to many countries around the world. Production continued until the early 1950s, and it was ultimately sold in 12 different calibers to 34 countries. Amazingly, it appears to still be in service today, with 7.62mm NATO guns retired by the Brazilian Army in 1996 used by military police units in Rio de Janeiro State. While it was supposed to have been retired in 2008, police Madsens were seen in video footage taken in 2018.

	The operating cycle of the Madsen is one of the most complicated machine gun actions ever devised, using a mixed recoil operating system built around a copy of the lever-action Peabody Martini breechblock. The block in this design, unlike most machine guns, performs none of the actions of extracting or loading. Instead, extraction and cartridge ramming are performed by two separate mechanisms, which are operated by cam grooves in a "switch plate" mounted to the inside of the receiver: the block tilts up on the rearward stroke of the barrel assembly to provide access for the extractor mechanism, which ejects the spent casing downwards, and tilts down on the forward stroke so the rammer can push a new cartridge into the breech from the top-mounted magazine: the net result is an action which is incredibly compact, only requiring about 1.3 inches of travel to cycle a 3-inch long cartridge. In spite of all this insanity going on inside it, the Madsen had an enviable reputation for reliability in most calibers (the Norwegian 6.5x55mm Swedish Mauser version being a notable exception). The barrel and action form a single group that can easily be removed from the weapon by pulling out a single pin and hinging the trigger group down, functioning as a fairly rapid barrel change system. Charging is accomplished with a crank-like non-reciprocating charging handle on the right side of the receiver, though this is only pulled back rather than rotated. Unlike most other top-loading machine guns, the Madsen is sighted along its centerline, with the magazine offset to the left to allow this. One interesting aspect of the Madsen is because it uses a gravity-assisted feed and its feeding lips are part of the gun rather than the magazine, it is possible to simply drop loose rounds into the magazine well and have the weapon fire them with no magazine fitted (up to four at a time). The original Madsen used 25-round single-row magazines; some sources also give magazine capacity of 30 or 33 rounds, while period documents and survive examples suggest that only ubiquitous used magazines capacity was in fact 25 rounds. Later modifications, starting with the M22, received double-row magazines, which made it possible to use a large capacity for 30 and 40 rounds with smaller overall dimensions. For use on armored vehicles, an 80-round drum was developed, as well as a separate version with a belt feed.		The operating cycle of the Madsen is one of the most complicated machine gun actions ever devised, using a mixed recoil operating system built around a copy of the lever-action Peabody Martini breechblock. The block in this design, unlike most machine guns, performs none of the actions of extracting or loading. Instead, extraction and cartridge ramming are performed by two separate mechanisms, which are operated by cam grooves in a "switch plate" mounted to the inside of the receiver: the block tilts up on the rearward stroke of the barrel assembly to provide access for the extractor mechanism, which ejects the spent casing downwards, and tilts down on the forward stroke so the rammer can push a new cartridge into the breech from the top-mounted magazine: the net result is an action which is incredibly compact, only requiring about 1.3 inches of travel to cycle a 3-inch long cartridge. In spite of all this insanity going on inside it, the Madsen had an enviable reputation for reliability in most calibers (the Norwegian 6.5x55mm Swedish Mauser version being a notable exception). The barrel and action form a single group that can easily be removed from the weapon by pulling out a single pin and hinging the trigger group down, functioning as a fairly rapid barrel change system. Charging is accomplished with a crank-like non-reciprocating charging handle on the right side of the receiver, though this is only pulled back rather than rotated. Unlike most other top-loading machine guns, the Madsen is sighted along its centerline, with the magazine offset to the left to allow this. One interesting aspect of the Madsen is because it uses a gravity-assisted feed and its feeding lips are part of the gun rather than the magazine, it is possible to simply drop loose rounds into the magazine well and have the weapon fire them with no magazine fitted (up to four at a time). The original Madsen used 25-round single-row magazines; some sources also give magazine capacity of 30 or 33 rounds, while period documents and survive examples suggest that only ubiquitous used magazines capacity was in fact 25 rounds. Later modifications, starting with the M22, received double-row magazines, which made it possible to use a large capacity for 30 and 40 rounds with smaller overall dimensions. For use on armored vehicles, an 80-round drum was developed, as well as a separate version with a belt feed.

	Despite being comparatively expensive to manufacture due to the complex mechanism, the Madsen had an incredibly long service life with over a hundred variants produced, the last in 1950 featuring a quick-change barrel. Amazingly, it appears to still be in service today, with 7.62mm NATO guns retired by the Brazilian Army in 1996 used by military police units in Rio de Janeiro State. While it was supposed to have been retired in 2008, police Madsens were seen in video footage taken in 2018.

	==Specifications==		==Specifications==

	''(1902-1955)''		''(1902 - 1955)''

	'''Type:''' Light machine gun		'''Type:''' Light machine gun

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	\| ''[[World of Guns: Gun Disassembly]]'' \|\|Madsen Machine Gun \|\|with bipods and stock support \|\| 2014		\| ''[[World of Guns: Gun Disassembly]]'' \|\|Madsen Machine Gun \|\|with bipods and stock support \|\| 2014
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	\|''[[Battle of Empires: 1914-1918]]'' \|\| "Madsen" \|\| \|\| ~~2014~~		\|''[[Battle of Empires: 1914-1918]]'' \|\| "Madsen" \|\| \|\| 2015
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	\| ''[[Verdun]]'' \|\| "Madsen" \|\| \|\| 2015		\| ''[[Verdun]]'' \|\| "Madsen" \|\| \|\| 2015

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	\| ''[[World of Guns: Gun Disassembly]]'' \|\|Madsen Machine Gun \|\|with bipods and stock support \|\| 2014		\| ''[[World of Guns: Gun Disassembly]]'' \|\|Madsen Machine Gun \|\|with bipods and stock support \|\| 2014
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	\|''[[Battle of Empires : 1914-1918]]'' \|\| "Madsen" \|\| \|\| 2014		\|''[[Battle of Empires: 1914-1918]]'' \|\| "Madsen" \|\| \|\| 2014
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	\| ''[[Verdun]]'' \|\| "Madsen" \|\| \|\| 2015		\| ''[[Verdun]]'' \|\| "Madsen" \|\| \|\| 2015

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	\|''[[Battlefield V]]'' \|\| "Madsen MG" \|\| Dutch version; added with Tides of War Chapter 4 (2019) \|\| 2018		\|''[[Battlefield V]]'' \|\| "Madsen MG" \|\| Dutch version; added with Tides of War Chapter 4 (2019) \|\| 2018
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			\| ''[[Screaming Steel: 1914-1918]]'' \|\| "Madsen M1914" \|\| Added in the "Endgame Update" (2021) \|\| 2018
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	\| ''[[Enlisted]]'' \|\| \|\| Russian Madsen M1904 \|\| 2021		\| ''[[Enlisted]]'' \|\| \|\| Russian Madsen M1904 \|\| 2021

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	\|''[[Battle of Empires : 1914-1918]]'' \|\| "Madsen" \|\| \|\| 2014		\|''[[Battle of Empires : 1914-1918]]'' \|\| "Madsen" \|\| \|\| 2014
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	\| ''[[~~Verdun (VG)\|~~Verdun]]'' \|\| "Madsen" \|\| \|\| 2015		\| ''[[Verdun]]'' \|\| "Madsen" \|\| \|\| 2015
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	\|''[[Battlefield 1]]'' \|\| "Madsen MG" \|\| \|\| 2016		\|''[[Battlefield 1]]'' \|\| "Madsen MG" \|\| \|\| 2016
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	\|''[[Battlefield V]]'' \|\| "Madsen MG" \|\| Dutch version; added with Tides of War Chapter 4 (2019) \|\| 2018		\|''[[Battlefield V]]'' \|\| "Madsen MG" \|\| Dutch version; added with Tides of War Chapter 4 (2019) \|\| 2018
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	\| ''[[~~Beyond The Wire~~]]'' \|\| ~~"M1902 Madsen"~~ \|\|\|\| 2021		\| ''[[Enlisted]]'' \|\| \|\| Russian Madsen M1904 \|\| 2021
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	\| ''[[~~Enlisted~~]]'' \|\| \|\| ~~Russian~~ Madsen ~~M1904~~ \|\| ~~2021~~		\| ''[[Beyond The Wire]]'' \|\| "M1902 Madsen" \|\|\|\| 2022
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			\| ''[[Isonzo]]'' \|\| "Madsen" \|\| \|\| 2022
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	\| ''[[Beyond The Wire]]'' \|\| "M1902 Madsen" \|\|\|\| 2021		\| ''[[Beyond The Wire]]'' \|\| "M1902 Madsen" \|\|\|\| 2021
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			\| ''[[Enlisted]]'' \|\| \|\| Russian Madsen M1904 \|\| 2021
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	The operating cycle of the Madsen is one of the most complicated machine gun actions ever devised, using a mixed recoil operating system built around a copy of the lever-action Peabody Martini breechblock. The block in this design, unlike most machine guns, performs none of the actions of extracting or loading. Instead, extraction and cartridge ramming are performed by two separate mechanisms, which are operated by cam grooves in a "switch plate" mounted to the inside of the receiver: the block tilts up on the rearward stroke of the barrel assembly to provide access for the extractor mechanism, which ejects the spent casing downwards, and tilts down on the forward stroke so the rammer can push a new cartridge into the breech from the top-mounted magazine: the net result is an action which is incredibly compact, only requiring about 1.3 inches of travel to cycle a 3-inch long cartridge. In spite of all this insanity going on inside it, the Madsen had an enviable reputation for reliability in most calibers (the Norwegian 6.5x55mm Swedish Mauser version being a notable exception). The barrel and action form a single group that can easily be removed from the weapon by pulling out a single pin and hinging the trigger group down, functioning as a fairly rapid barrel change system. Charging is accomplished with a crank-like non-reciprocating charging handle on the right side of the receiver, though this is only pulled back rather than rotated. Unlike most other top-loading machine guns, the Madsen is sighted along its centerline, with the magazine offset to the left to allow this. One interesting aspect of the Madsen is because it uses a gravity-assisted feed and its feeding lips are part of the gun rather than the magazine, it is possible to simply drop loose rounds into the magazine well and have the weapon fire them with no magazine fitted (up to four at a time). The original Madsen used 25-round single-row magazines; some sources also give magazine capacity of 30 or 33 rounds, while period documents and survive examples suggest that only ubiquitous used magazines capacity was in fact 25 rounds. Later modifications, starting with the M22, received double-row magazines, which made it possible to use a large capacity for 30 and 40 rounds with smaller overall dimensions. For use on armored vehicles, an 80-round drum was developed, as well as a separate version with a belt feed.		The operating cycle of the Madsen is one of the most complicated machine gun actions ever devised, using a mixed recoil operating system built around a copy of the lever-action Peabody Martini breechblock. The block in this design, unlike most machine guns, performs none of the actions of extracting or loading. Instead, extraction and cartridge ramming are performed by two separate mechanisms, which are operated by cam grooves in a "switch plate" mounted to the inside of the receiver: the block tilts up on the rearward stroke of the barrel assembly to provide access for the extractor mechanism, which ejects the spent casing downwards, and tilts down on the forward stroke so the rammer can push a new cartridge into the breech from the top-mounted magazine: the net result is an action which is incredibly compact, only requiring about 1.3 inches of travel to cycle a 3-inch long cartridge. In spite of all this insanity going on inside it, the Madsen had an enviable reputation for reliability in most calibers (the Norwegian 6.5x55mm Swedish Mauser version being a notable exception). The barrel and action form a single group that can easily be removed from the weapon by pulling out a single pin and hinging the trigger group down, functioning as a fairly rapid barrel change system. Charging is accomplished with a crank-like non-reciprocating charging handle on the right side of the receiver, though this is only pulled back rather than rotated. Unlike most other top-loading machine guns, the Madsen is sighted along its centerline, with the magazine offset to the left to allow this. One interesting aspect of the Madsen is because it uses a gravity-assisted feed and its feeding lips are part of the gun rather than the magazine, it is possible to simply drop loose rounds into the magazine well and have the weapon fire them with no magazine fitted (up to four at a time). The original Madsen used 25-round single-row magazines; some sources also give magazine capacity of 30 or 33 rounds, while period documents and survive examples suggest that only ubiquitous used magazines capacity was in fact 25 rounds. Later modifications, starting with the M22, received double-row magazines, which made it possible to use a large capacity for 30 and 40 rounds with smaller overall dimensions. For use on armored vehicles, an 80-round drum was developed, as well as a separate version with a belt feed.

	Despite being comparatively expensive to manufacture due to the complex mechanism, the Madsen had an incredibly long service life with over a hundred variants produced, the last in 1950 featuring a quick-change barrel. Amazingly, it appears to still be in service today, with 7.62mm NATO guns retired by the Brazilian Army in 1996 used by military police units in Rio de Janeiro State. While it was supposed to have been retired in 2008, police Madsens were seen in video footage taken in ~~2015~~.		Despite being comparatively expensive to manufacture due to the complex mechanism, the Madsen had an incredibly long service life with over a hundred variants produced, the last in 1950 featuring a quick-change barrel. Amazingly, it appears to still be in service today, with 7.62mm NATO guns retired by the Brazilian Army in 1996 used by military police units in Rio de Janeiro State. While it was supposed to have been retired in 2008, police Madsens were seen in video footage taken in 2018.

	==Specifications==		==Specifications==

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	[[Image:MadsenM1902.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Danish Madsen M1902 - 8x58mmR Danish Krag]]		[[Image:MadsenM1902.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Danish Madsen M1902 - 8x58mmR Danish Krag]]
	[[File:MadsenGun2.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Portuguese Madsen machine gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser. The strange-looking vertical green thing on the magazine is a spring-like metal band with a pointed tip: the Madsen magazine has no feed lips, and the tip of this spring retains the cartridges when the magazine is detached and also acts as a magazine catch. Note the coat of arms of Portugal on the side.]]		[[File:MadsenGun2.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Portuguese Madsen machine gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser. This is a typical example of the later-type Madsen, including the double-feed magazine (which can be identified by the reinforcement plate at the end). The strange-looking vertical green thing on the magazine is a spring-like metal band with a pointed tip: the Madsen magazine has no feed lips, and the tip of this spring retains the cartridges when the magazine is detached and also acts as a magazine catch. Note the coat of arms of Portugal on the side.]]

	The '''Madsen''' is a Danish magazine-fed, recoil-operated light machine gun. Designed in the period from 1883-1901 by Julius A. Rasmussen and Theodor Schoubue and named after the Danish Minister for War at the time, Colonel Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen, it is the first light machine gun adopted in any meaningful quantity, being adopted by the Danish Army in 1902. It was used by Russian cavalry during the Russo-Japanese war and later as an aircraft gun by the Imperial Russian Air Service, by Germany during the WW1 (as the "''Leichte Automatische Muskette M15''") prior to the adoption of the [[Maxim MG08/15]], and by the Norwegian Army and Nazi Germany during WW2. It was ultimately sold in 12 different calibers to 34 countries.		The '''Madsen''' is a Danish magazine-fed, recoil-operated light machine gun. Designed in the period from 1883-1901 by Julius A. Rasmussen and Theodor Schoubue and named after the Danish Minister for War at the time, Colonel Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen, it is the first light machine gun adopted in any meaningful quantity, being adopted by the Danish Army in 1902. It was used by Russian cavalry during the Russo-Japanese war and later as an aircraft gun by the Imperial Russian Air Service, by Germany during the WW1 (as the "''Leichte Automatische Muskette M15''") prior to the adoption of the [[Maxim MG08/15]], and by the Norwegian Army and Nazi Germany during WW2. It was ultimately sold in 12 different calibers to 34 countries.
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	The principles of the gun date back to a series of black-powder and smokeless powder self-loading rifle prototypes produced starting in 1883. The final design was patented by Lieutenant Jens Schouboe on behalf of the Dansk Riffel Syndikat in 1901 (sometimes leading to him being credited as the inventor in older sources), and after a brief hiccup of trying to run a machine gun with black powder cartridges, entered production.		The principles of the gun date back to a series of black-powder and smokeless powder self-loading rifle prototypes produced starting in 1883. The final design was patented by Lieutenant Jens Schouboe on behalf of the Dansk Riffel Syndikat in 1901 (sometimes leading to him being credited as the inventor in older sources), and after a brief hiccup of trying to run a machine gun with black powder cartridges, entered production.

	The operating cycle of the Madsen is one of the most complicated machine gun actions ever devised, using a mixed recoil operating system built around a copy of the lever-action Peabody Martini breechblock. The block in this design, unlike most machine guns, performs none of the actions of extracting or loading. Instead, extraction and cartridge ramming are performed by two separate mechanisms, which are operated by cam grooves in a "switch plate" mounted to the inside of the receiver: the block tilts up on the rearward stroke of the barrel assembly to provide access for the extractor mechanism, which ejects the spent casing downwards, and tilts down on the forward stroke so the rammer can push a new cartridge into the breech from the top-mounted magazine: the net result is an action which is incredibly compact, only requiring about 1.3 inches of travel to cycle a 3-inch long cartridge. In spite of all this insanity going on inside it, the Madsen had an enviable reputation for reliability in most calibers (the Norwegian 6.5x55mm Swedish Mauser version being a notable exception). The barrel and action form a single group that can easily be removed from the weapon by pulling out a single pin and hinging the trigger group down, functioning as a fairly rapid barrel change system. Charging is accomplished with a crank-like non-reciprocating charging handle on the right side of the receiver, though this is only pulled back rather than rotated. Unlike most other top-loading machine guns, the Madsen is sighted along its centerline, with the magazine offset to the left to allow this. One interesting aspect of the Madsen is because it uses a gravity-assisted feed and its feeding lips are part of the gun rather than the magazine, it is possible to simply drop loose rounds into the magazine well and have the weapon fire them with no magazine fitted (up to four at a time). The original ~~Madsens~~ used 25-round single-row magazines; 30~~-round were also developed~~, ~~but apparently they were rarely~~ used. Later modifications, starting with the M22, received double-row magazines, which made it possible to use a large capacity for 30 and 40 rounds with smaller overall dimensions. For use on armored vehicles, an 80-round drum was developed, as well as a separate version with a belt feed.		The operating cycle of the Madsen is one of the most complicated machine gun actions ever devised, using a mixed recoil operating system built around a copy of the lever-action Peabody Martini breechblock. The block in this design, unlike most machine guns, performs none of the actions of extracting or loading. Instead, extraction and cartridge ramming are performed by two separate mechanisms, which are operated by cam grooves in a "switch plate" mounted to the inside of the receiver: the block tilts up on the rearward stroke of the barrel assembly to provide access for the extractor mechanism, which ejects the spent casing downwards, and tilts down on the forward stroke so the rammer can push a new cartridge into the breech from the top-mounted magazine: the net result is an action which is incredibly compact, only requiring about 1.3 inches of travel to cycle a 3-inch long cartridge. In spite of all this insanity going on inside it, the Madsen had an enviable reputation for reliability in most calibers (the Norwegian 6.5x55mm Swedish Mauser version being a notable exception). The barrel and action form a single group that can easily be removed from the weapon by pulling out a single pin and hinging the trigger group down, functioning as a fairly rapid barrel change system. Charging is accomplished with a crank-like non-reciprocating charging handle on the right side of the receiver, though this is only pulled back rather than rotated. Unlike most other top-loading machine guns, the Madsen is sighted along its centerline, with the magazine offset to the left to allow this. One interesting aspect of the Madsen is because it uses a gravity-assisted feed and its feeding lips are part of the gun rather than the magazine, it is possible to simply drop loose rounds into the magazine well and have the weapon fire them with no magazine fitted (up to four at a time). The original Madsen used 25-round single-row magazines; some sources also give magazine capacity of 30 or 33 rounds, while period documents and survive examples suggest that only ubiquitous used magazines capacity was in fact 25 rounds. Later modifications, starting with the M22, received double-row magazines, which made it possible to use a large capacity for 30 and 40 rounds with smaller overall dimensions. For use on armored vehicles, an 80-round drum was developed, as well as a separate version with a belt feed.

	Despite being comparatively expensive to manufacture due to the complex mechanism, the Madsen had an incredibly long service life with over a hundred variants produced, the last in 1950 featuring a quick-change barrel. Amazingly, it appears to still be in service today, with 7.62mm NATO guns retired by the Brazilian Army in 1996 used by military police units in Rio de Janeiro State. While it was supposed to have been retired in 2008, police Madsens were seen in video footage taken in 2015.		Despite being comparatively expensive to manufacture due to the complex mechanism, the Madsen had an incredibly long service life with over a hundred variants produced, the last in 1950 featuring a quick-change barrel. Amazingly, it appears to still be in service today, with 7.62mm NATO guns retired by the Brazilian Army in 1996 used by military police units in Rio de Janeiro State. While it was supposed to have been retired in 2008, police Madsens were seen in video footage taken in 2015.

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