{"id":88763,"date":"2024-08-14T02:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T06:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=88763"},"modified":"2024-08-13T09:12:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T13:12:14","slug":"madsen-m50-from-the-korean-war-to-star-trek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/08\/14\/madsen-m50-from-the-korean-war-to-star-trek\/","title":{"rendered":"Madsen M50: From the Korean War to <em>Star Trek<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/95YPVQR_7yw?si=GuYwb7QeBq-dp9KN\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished May 1, 2024<\/p>\n<p>During World War Two, Madsen (DISA) manufactured a licensed copy of the Finnish Suomi (see: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hjs1uiAIpNQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Danish M1941 Suomi SMG<\/a>). When the war ended, they wanted to replace this with a more modern, inexpensive design of their own. The result was the Model 1946 Madsen, a creative clamshell design of stamped parts. It is a very simple blowback, open-bolt 9x19mm SMG that perfectly fit the post-war era. The M46 version was sold to a few countries, and after some continued development and refinement the M50 version was demonstrated to a public audience in November 1950. This pattern was even simpler than before, and proved a popular gun for many unaligned countries in Central and South America and Southeast Asia &mdash; so much so that it remained in production until the 1980s. 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When the war ended, they wanted to replace this with a more modern, inexpensive design of their own. 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