Dansk Industri Syndikat
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Dansk Industri Syndikat is a defence
manufacturer based in Copenhagen
, Denmark
most notable for producing the Madsen M-50
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Defense (military)
Defense has several uses in the sphere of military application.Personal defense implies measures taken by individual soldiers in protecting themselves whether by use of protective materials such as armor, or field construction of trenches or a bunker, or by using weapons that prevent the enemy...
manufacturer based in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
most notable for producing the Madsen M-50
Madsen M-50
The Madsen M-50 or M/50 is a submachine gun introduced in 1950. It was produced by the Danish company Dansk Industri Syndikat of Copenhagen, Denmark. The company was otherwise known as Madsen after its founder Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen-Overview:...
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Products
- Lettet submachine gunLettet-Forsøgs submachine gunThe Lettet-Forsøgs was a variant of the Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun of Finnish origin adapted for Danish service. It was made from stainless steel with a tubular buttstock and a distinctive ball-shaped wooden foregrip intended to improve ergomomic flexibility for the user when handling the weapon...
- Madsen-Saetter machine gunMadsen-Saetter machine gunThe Madsen-Saetter machine gun was a Danish general-purpose machine gun deigned in the early 1950s. It was designed by Eric Larsen-Saetter. The only customer for the new Madsen-Saetter GPMG was Indonesia, which also obtained a manufacturing license and produced these guns for domestic use at the...
- Madsen K50
- Madsen LARMadsen LARThe Madsen LAR was a battle rifle of Danish origin chambered in the 7.62mm NATO calibre. It was made from lightweight high tensile alloys and steel similar to that used on the M16 rifle and its layout is based on a number of rifles such as the GRAM 63 and the Valmet M62...