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Madsen-Saetter
General Facts
- TYPE
Machine gun - ORIGIN
Denmark - NICKNAMES
- - DESIGNED
Early 1950's - 1960 - DESIGNER
Eric Larsen-Saetter - PRODUCTION
1960's - PRODUCERS
Denmark - DISA
Indonesia - Pindad - QUANTITY
Unknown - UNIT COST
Unknown - CHARACTERISTICS
Controllable
Limited reliability
Expensive to produce
Introduction
The Madsen-Saetter is a machine gun of Danish origin. DISA acquired the design of the Saetter design in the early 1950's in order to expand its produce catalogue. The Madsen name was added as it was a well known brand name. The Madsen-Saetter arrived too late and saw limited sales.
Design
The Madsen-Saetter is a gas operated weapon that uses a long stroke gas piston and fires from the open bolt position. It is belt fed and feeds from left to right. The quick change barrel is fluted at the begin for increased cooling. Besides the wooden stock and pistol grip the whole weapon is made out of metal. It can be fired from its bipod or be mounted on a tripod.
Firepower
The Madsen-Saetter fires the 7.62x51mm NATO round from 50 round non-disintegrating link belts. The cyclic rate of fire is 750 rpm. The maximum effective range is 800 meters. During British trails in 1958 the Madsen-Saetter showed it had a limited reliability.
Users
The Madsen-Saetter was produced only in limited quantities for trails, but did not win any contracts. License production at the Pindad plant in Bandung, Indonesia was setup and limited quantities were produced. It does not appear to be in active service.
Madsen-Saetter
The Madsen-Saetter is a medium machine gun of Danish origin. It is a gas operated belt fed weapon that fires the 7.62x51mm round. It was produced in limited numbers as it was more expensive and less capable than other machine guns produced in the 1960's.
- Specifications:
- Madsen-Saetter
Type | Machine gun |
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Caliber | 7.62x51mm NATO or .30-06 |
Magazine | Belt fed, 50 rounds |
Operation | Gas operated, long stroke gas piston, open bolt |
Fire selector | 0-F |
Rate of fire | 750 rpm |
Barrel length | 564 mm |
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Rifling | 4 grooves, right hand twist |
Muzzle velocity | 838 m/s |
Stock | Fixed |
Length | 970 mm |
Width | ? |
Height | ? |
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Weight | 10.1 kg empty |
Sights | Iron sights, blade front and tangent notch rear |
Remarks | Fixed foldable bipod |