Madsen LAR
| Madsen LAR | |
|---|---|
 Madsen Light Automatic Rifle M-62 | |
| Type | Battle rifle/Assault rifle (Proposed Finnish service variant) |
| Place of origin | Denmark |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 1957-1962 |
| Variants | Full wooden stock, Fixed tube stock, Side-folding stock, Underfolding stock |
| Specifications | |
| Cartridge | 7.62×51mm NATO, 7.62×39mm M43 (Proposed Finnish service variant) |
| Caliber | 7.62mm |
| Action | Gas-operated |
| Feed system | 20-round detachable box magazine, 30-round AK magazine (Proposed Finnish service variant) |
| Sights | Iron sights |
The Madsen LAR was a battle rifle of Danish origin chambered in the 7.62×51mm NATO caliber. It's based in the Kalashnikov rifle and was made from lightweight high tensile alloys and steel[1] similar to that used on the M16 rifle and its layout is similar to a number of rifles such as the GRAM 63 and the Valmet M62. Development of the Madsen LAR has its traces back to 1957 when various arms manufacturers like FN Herstal and Heckler & Koch were producing the FN FAL and Heckler & Koch G3.
Variants
Variants of the LAR came with solid wood stocks that covered the receiver from the handguard to the buttplate, then with fixed steel tube and side/underfolding stocks. An assault rifle variant chambered in the 7.62×39mm M43 round was intended for the armed forces of Finland to purge them away from using a Soviet-based design, the Valmet M62 based on the AK-47. However, Finland being a neutral country ignored this and went ahead with the Valmet M62 adopting it as their standard service rifle as it was cheaper to produce, reliable as the Madsen LAR and overall their own design.
See also
References
- Madsen LAR at Modern Firearms
- Madsen LAR at securityarms.com
- DISA Type 2
- DISA Type 1
- Small Arms of the World: A Basic Manual of Small Arms ISBN 0-8117-1687-2 December 1983
- ^ McCollum, Ian (December 8, 2017). "Madsen LAR: An AK for NATO!". forgottenweapons.com. Forgotten Weapons. Retrieved 15 December 2017.