DISA (company)
Introduction '''DISA''' is a company founded in Denmark (with the name '''Compagnie Madsen A/S''') which since 1900 has produced metal casting products.In 1936 it changed name from '''Dansk Rekyl Riffel Syndikat A/S''' to '''Dansk Industri Syndikat A/S''' and was a defence manufacturer most notable for producing the Madsen machine gun and Madsen M-50.
History In 1879 V.H.O Madsen designed an air-cooled, repeating machine gun which then took his name, Madsen. In the year 1900 the company Compagnie Madsen A/S was founded. This company was to produce this Madsen machine gun.In 1930 A.P Møller bought a sum of shares corresponding to 15% of the total shares. In the following years A.P Møller expanded his shareholding to 31.6%, and was hereby the biggest shareholder.
Arms manufacturing products Different types of Madsen weapons* Madsen M1888 Self Loading rifle* Madsen M1896 Flaadens Rekylgevær* Madsen machine gun* Schouboe Automatic Pistol* Lightened Experimental submachine gun* Madsen-Saetter machine gun* Madsen M45* Madsen-Ljungmann Self Loading rifle M. 1945* Madsen M47* 51 mm Madsen Grenade launcher M 1947* Madsen M50* Madsen LAR* Madsen 20 mm AA gun
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External links * Official Website* Weapons Museum Website