IWI Dan vs Madsen-Saetter machine gun

ASmall arms

IWI Dan

Sniper rifle

Credit

Mztourist · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BSmall arms

Madsen-Saetter machine gun

General-purpose machine gun

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

IWI DanLength

1.28 m

Length source ↗

Madsen-Saetter machine gunLength

1.19 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

IWI Danlarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+8%
Barrel length+12%
Muzzle velocity+5%

Madsen-Saetter machine gunlarger figure on 1 of 4

Mass+86%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

12 of 18 rows sourced on both sides

1.28m

1.19m

Length+8%

All recorded figures & sources

1.28 m

Length

Single source

1.03 m

stock folded

Single source

1,280 mm (50.4 in) 1,030 mm (40.6 in) stock folded^[source]

1.19 m

Length

Single source

1,190 millimetres (47 in)^[source]

5.9kg

11kg

Mass+86%

All recorded figures & sources

5.9 kg

Mass

Single source

7.3 kg

folding stock version

Single source

5.9 kg (13.01 lb) 7.3 kg (16 lb) folding stock version^[source]

11 kg

Mass

Single source

11 kilograms (24 lb)^[source]

1.2kmEffective; Effective firing range

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Range

All recorded figures & sources

1.2 km

Effective; Effective firing range

Single source

1200 m^[source]

737mm

660mm

Barrel length+12%

All recorded figures & sources

0.737 m

Barrel length

Single source

737 mm (29.0 in)^[source]

0.66 m

Barrel length

Single source

660 mm (26.0 in)^[source]

881m/s

838m/s

Muzzle velocity+5%

All recorded figures & sources

881 m/s

Muzzle velocity

Single source

881 m/s (2,890 ft/s)^[source]

838 m/s

Muzzle velocity

Single source

838 m/s (2,749 ft/s)^[source]

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700–1,000rounds/min

Rate of fire

All recorded figures & sources

700–1,000 rounds/min

Rate of fire

Single source

700–1000 rounds/min^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

IWI Dan and Madsen-Saetter machine gun configuration
Specification	IWI Dan	Madsen-Saetter machine gun
Type	Sniper rifle^[source]	General-purpose machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	Israel^[source]	Denmark^[source]
Designer	Nehemia Sirkis^[source]	Eric Larsen-Saetter^[source]
Manufacturer	Israel Weapon Industries^[source]	DISA^[source]
Unit cost	$9,000^[source]	—
Produced	2014–present^[source]	—
Cartridge	.338 Lapua Magnum^[source]	7.62×51mm NATO .30-06 Springfield .50 BMG^[source]
Action	Bolt-action^[source]	gas-operated^[source]
Feed system	10-round detachable box magazine^[source]	belt^[source]
Sights	day or night optical sights back-up iron sights^[source]	blade foresight and a tangent notch rearsight^[source]
Used by	—	Indonesia El Salvador^[source]
Designed	—	1952–1960^[source]

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IWI Dan

Madsen-Saetter machine gun

Type

Sniper rifle^[source]

General-purpose machine gun^[source]

Place of origin

Israel^[source]

Denmark^[source]

Designer

Nehemia Sirkis^[source]

Eric Larsen-Saetter^[source]

Manufacturer

Israel Weapon Industries^[source]

DISA^[source]

Unit cost

$9,000^[source]

—

Produced

2014–present^[source]

—

Cartridge

.338 Lapua Magnum^[source]

7.62×51mm NATO .30-06 Springfield .50 BMG^[source]

Action

Bolt-action^[source]

gas-operated^[source]

Feed system

10-round detachable box magazine^[source]

belt^[source]

Sights

day or night optical sights back-up iron sights^[source]

blade foresight and a tangent notch rearsight^[source]

Used by

—

Indonesia El Salvador^[source]

Designed

—

1952–1960^[source]