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Submachine gun
Madsen M-50 is a submachine gun originating in Denmark. It was built by Dansk Industri Syndikat. Current inventory lists document it in Guatemala.
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Submachine gun
Denmark
1950–1980s
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Dansk Industri Syndikat
1950
Dansk Industri Syndikat
M/46, M/53
3.15 kilograms (6.9 lb)
795 millimetres (31.3 in) with stock open
9×19mm Parabellum
Blowback
550 rounds/min
380 m/s (1,200 ft/s)
Magazine 32 rounds
Single aperature set for 100 m (110 yd)
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil (produced under license as the INA Model 953 in .45 ACP )
Chile
Colombia
Denmark
El Salvador
Guatemala
Indonesia
North Vietnam
Nicaragua
Paraguay
South Vietnam
Thailand
Taiwan
United Kingdom : the M-50 underwent intensive trials in 1951–1952 against the BSA model 1949 and the Sterling submachine gun . The latter was eventually selected.
United States In use with Green Berets serving alongside Montagnards in MIKE Force units
Venezuela
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True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Madsen M-50 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
El Salvador
Guatemala
Indonesia
Nicaragua
Paraguay
Taiwan
Thailand
United Kingdom
United States
Venezuela