Don't forget boys and girls, this is but one of two Madsen episodes. You'll get a total of 3 shooty bits between them. Hope ya'll enjoy!

"Scandinavian Tropics" -- I'm stealing that

Ya'll need some "Recoil Rifle Syndicate" shirts pronto.

Madsen MGs still show up in the hands of Rio de Janeiro police officers here in Brazil, they may or may not be the only Brazilian state that adopted the Madsen, but they certainly are the only one that still fields them... My state (São Paulo) police used mostly Hotchkiss M1914 and M1909's, but we are not that desperate, so they're all in museums and private collections now.

Bugger the Madsen gun! Get me some of those heavy assault ostriches!

Scissors, a toothpick dispenser, and a paper trimmer. Amazing prop usage that makes total sense despite how wild they are.

The illustrations of interrupter methods using office supplies were delightful.

The transitions flipping the camera ARE FIRE

"War Were Declared" at 1:00:09 That has to be a record.

Madsen upscaled the design for 20mm canon. Used on naval vessels and armoured vehicles (Landsverk L60 and L 180)

+10 internet points for the "shoulder thing that goes up."

"Baby food yellow" are definitely words I wasn't expecting to hear on C&Rsenal.

I was watching this with a smile on my face. So well made - and then full auto to the tune of "Midsommervisen - vi elsker vort land" original version. Does not get any better than that. Well produced and executed - thumbs up!!!! Greetings from Denmark!

you ever look at these historic pieces in fascination, knowing that when it rolled off the production line it was just a weapon with a number, to the factory workers it meant nothing significant. Yet over 100 years later this gun is sitting in front of a historian and researcher who's explaining the vast eccentricities involved in the guns history with thousands of viewers who are equally fascinated by its history and significance

Here's the song that's playing while Mae is shooting! Basically "We love our land" sung for the summer solstice festival Sankte Hans (John the Baptist). Mainly famous for all Danes burning huge bonfires and singing this song. Also witch burnings... The final verse is definitely pointed squarely at the Germans after they beat us in 1864 - "We love our land, but with sword in hand, shall our enemies find us ready." The song was written in 1872, so very thematical. And just one more reason why I føcking LOVE your channel :D 1. Vi elsker vort land, når den signede jul tænder stjernen i træet med glans i hvert øje, når om våren hver fugl over mark, under strand lader stemmen til hilsende triller sig bøje: vi synger din lov over vej, over gade, vi kranser dit navn, når vor høst er i lade; //: men den skønneste krans bli'r dog din, sankte Hans! den er bunden af sommerens hjerter så varme, så glade. :// 2. Vi elsker vort land, men ved midsommer mest, når hver sky over marken velsignelsen sender, når af blomster er flest, og når kvæget i spand giver rigeligst gave til flittige hænder; når ikke vi pløjer og harver og tromler, når koen sin middag i kløveren gumler: //: da går ungdom til dans på dit bud, sankte Hans! ret som føllet og lammet, der frit over engen sig tumler. :// 3. Vi elsker vort land, og med sværdet i hånd skal hver udenvælts fjende beredte os kende! men mod ufredens ånd over mark, under strand vil vi bålet på fædrenes gravhøje tænde: hver by har sin heks og hvert sogn sine trolde, dem vil vi fra livet med glædesblus holde; //: vi vil fred her til lands, sankte Hans, sankte Hans! den kan vindes, hvor hjerterne aldrig bli'r tvivlende kolde! ://

Outstanding video!! Among Danish soldiers back in the 1930 - 60, the Madsen was popularly known as "virgin-Madsen". My dad often referred to the weapon as that - not sure why. Best regards, a Danish historian

The song in the background at 54:00 is actually a Danish song from 1885 called "We love our country" or in danish "Vi elsker vort land". The song is still used today on the day of "Sankt Hans" ( John the Baptist ). Where we light a fire from the ground and burn a doll made to look like a witch, while people sing around the fire. The Swedes choose to dance around a pole instead, don't know why they are kinda just like the speciel needs section here in the Nordic countries. And the fires can be quiet big at times. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Johannisfeuer_CC-BY-SA30_Use_20120623.jpg/800px-Johannisfeuer_CC-BY-SA30_Use_20120623.jpg

Me at 12:30 AM: Alright, time to get some sleep and watch the new C&Rsenal episode tomorrow. Phone alert: New episode available! Me at 12:31 AM: #$&*%!

THIS- is why I love this channel; I can put my feet up, relax, and be educated in depth. Oh and enjoy a nice single malt. After 90 minutes, I'm sad to see the session end!

This is one of the guns I've been waiting for! This and the Schwarzlose MG.

one of the most interesting actions i've ever seen, i also really love the amount of people that help make this program possible. thank you to everyone that makes it possible, this show is the best.

You guys Rock!! C&Rsenal and Forgotten Weapons are two of the sites that, when I see the notification, I immediately have a butchers. I always learn something and have yet to see a dud episode! Oh, and I can totally relate to Mae's satisfied smile at the end of her firing . Well done you two, keep posting, I'll keep viewing and You Tube be damned!!

Soooooo many moving parts!!!! It’s amazing to me that they could actually keep things running and make them work. It’s like they got credit the more complex they made things.

Ian from forgotten weapons has videos on the early experimental madsen rifles btw

Despite the very odd mechanics, it's amazing how ahead of its time / modern the Madsen is, especially in form factor.

The episodes I have been waiting for and the first comes out on my birthday, lucky me!

Hats off to Bruno! Amazing animations!

Анимация - огромный плюс канала, большая работа.

This may have been a WW1 small arms primer, but I'm here because I just watched the movie '9 April', depicting the German invasion of Denmark in WW2. When I started looking up the weapons the Danish troops were using I certainly wasn't expecting to learn that their light machine gun had been in continuous service since well before WW1. It struck me as perfectly competitive with the other light machine guns of WW2, which wouldn't be terribly remarkable if the gun had been developed in the 1930s. That the Danish army had been using it since 1903 speaks to a really fantastic design for the time.

Another one I've been eagerly waiting for. Spectacular work as always.

I've always thought this gun was interesting because of how it looked, and also because of the weird way it is said to operate. I think an edition of Jane's Infantry Weapons(?) from many years ago said something to the effect of, "The most unusual thing about the Madsen was not the fact that it was said to work well, but the fact that it worked at all." Very neat.

Those are some badass scissors. Will you make a "Scissors of WW1" series?

One important detail missing from the difference between the Danish conservatives and liberals with regard to the defence of Denmark is that the conservative policy was to only defend the capital of Copenhagen while the liberals saw all of Denmark as being worth defending.

Awesome work, and a very much appreciated thank you to all those who made this episode possible. 👍👍

Waking up sick is worth it when you're greeted by a C&Rsenal episode.

Been waiting for this one! Thanks guys.

20:15 exotic Madsen variant of which only 60 or so of which were made? Look forward to seeing it someday on Forgotten Weapons

I love coming back to rewatxh old episodes years later i watched these on release years ago

Great video. Thank you for all the time you guys put into it.

The slot on the back of the magazine was for pushing the casings down if there was a feeding problem due to compression of the magazine or gooey stuck rounds, momentary dirt/whatnot. Recoil is clockwork, the pendulum is kept swinging by the escapement pushing it but the opposite swing doesn't have to be driven.

I was a bit worried before ~one hour mark, haha. Exciting episode, guys. I love Madsen, such an unique firearm. Thank you and all others, who made this episode possible! Cheers from Western Siberia!

If anyone is interested in the rifle that preceded the Madsen, Ian at Forgotten Weapons has a great disassembly video of one.

Outstanding animation and explanation, really pulled it together!

Julius Rasmussen studied at Aarhus, which is in the middle of our street.

Woo, I finally caught up with all the episodes! Now I can watch new ones without forcing myself to wait until I catch up!

This is a comforting bed time story.

Yessss!!! Another primer episode!!! Sounds amazing in full auto

Yes!!! I am very excited to see this episode!

As a Madsen, I appreciate the 2 part Madsen lmg mini series. Once you get past the great wars, I expect a Madsen m50 smg and a Madsen m47.

I've always liked the Madsen. Something about how the stock is so far offset.

I love the madsen. Here's praying I can shoot one one day. Thanks for doing a vid on it

It's amazing how these old autoloading weapons are mechanical magic inside. Look at something like a mg34 or whatever work, no huge slabs of metal and even the belt feed system is fairly simply thanks to disintegrating links.

Riffelsyndikatet still exsists to this day its called DISA. And when you look at there company websites history section. www.disagroup.com/en-us/about-disa/history-of-disa It starts in 1900 with the production of the "Madsen" :)

wow a very complicated story i love it awesome work Othais and Mae

Amazing camera work and that’s my favorite light machine gun too

In the Danish WW2 movie ''April 9th'' you can see the Madsen in action against the Germans! The Krag rifle too.

Lots of history backgrouynd, I didnt know about. Thank you very much sir! :)

The ejector alone! It is incredible how complicated it is.

Hey, that wasnt too bad a pronounciation of Rekylgevär, the emphasis should be on the kyl instead of the re but it was close.

Impressionnant ! dommage que nous ne voyons pas la cible que vise Mae.

I love seeing madsens in combat in modern Brazil I mean, the police uses them because it's all they have, but doesn't make them less cool

Loved the transition at 33:10 - hurray for production value!

Machine gun episodes are probably my favorite and this is a gun that keeps making go "well isn't that neat". I think it's interesting how forward thinking the danes were given that their goal was to arm forts and enforce their neutrality. I'd almost expect them to just buy all the Maxims but nope.

WOW !! GREAT VIDEO !!!

6:23 - "Man knew how to make a Rolling Block." [Later goes on to basically make a machine gun out of a Rolling Block-esque mechanism] ...I think he *_really, REALLY_* liked Rolling Blocks.

Dude. I'm trying to sleep. I need sleep. But you uploaded and now I can't!

Great timing, no I have to wait till after work to watch. 😉

Just in time to watch for dinner here (in Australia)!

Best history channel(nudges algorithm)

always love the look on Mae's face after she gets thruogh shooting an automatic

this is sure the longest time taken just for the action so far in the series

Didn't get a notification for this so I was pleasantly surprised when I mindlessly checked KZfaq just now

Subtitles when Mae is firing Madsen: [Warp 9, engage] Yep, just about it.

I was scared war weren't gonna be declared this time.

First time I have watched one of these episodes with the view count under 500. Win!

so insanely overcomplicated and unusual of problem solving with the engineering in this thing, im suprised it works so well if at all

Woooo that fancy camera work!

Hi Othias, I would just like to applaude your danish pronunciation. Godt gået! :-) (Especially Schouboe, Ian could learn a thing or two ;-))

Cool video. Thanks from Denmark 🇩🇰

Who else took one look at Madsen and thought "King Theoden!"?

YES! Finally the Madsen!!!!

Cool...background first...after lightbox....clear acrylic visual aid.

19:50 Just to let folk know, I think Forgotten weapons has a version of this gun that Ian went over

A very nice camera move at 3:12!!

It's crazy how ahead of its time the Madsen was and how long it lasted.

I remember the Madsen-Rassmusen Forgotten Weapons episode mostly because it was one of the most steam punk looking guns I had ever seen.

Holy fancy camera work batman!

You know, with the understanding of just how expensive the Madsen machinegun actually is, it just puts into perspective just how goddamn extravagant the Maxim machinegun was. Sure, it will last for fucking ever, but judging by Brazilian police action, so does the Madsen. I wonder if the Madsen could be adapted towards using a water jacket and a belt feed, or if not a water jacket, an aluminum radiator shroud like on the Lewis gun? With the slow rate of fire and forced air cooling, it oughta stay pretty mild.

This beauty of a recoil rifle has such a satisfying shooting sound. :3

Ha! I love the smile on the girls face when she fires in automatic mode :-D

Alas, in Denmark, where the innovative Madsen was invented, we'll never be allowed to own one. Full auto or single. And I really needed a wall hanger, so I 3D designed my own, like the one used by the army in 1940. And also the Bergman pistol, and the Danish Krag Jørgensen. The Danish series. That seems a bit close to the C@Rsenal videos, you may think. You'd be right. Seen those videos many times. So if it is ok with Othias and May, you can at least have a rather accurate 3D replica. Check, and maybe write me a mail.

Whoo whoo! The Madsen finally :D

Nice video, very thorough. I don't know of it is mentioned in the comments, but the D is silent, so it is pronounced Massen :)

Still the most interesting and informative channel on this site(Or anywhere else, for that matter.) in regards to WWI lead tossers. I really hope yall are able to keep plugging away till Vietnam and beyond... :-)

The gun itself is very cleverly designed and beautifully made, but I must say, the way the... magazine? ammunition hopper? bangbang box?... flops around a bit even when fully attached does not inspire confidence (nor does the fact that it's made of such thin metal that it even _sounds_ flimsy).

Thank you to gun Owner for the Used of the weapon

I enjoy othais's finger ballet for the camera

I have a major issue with this episode. Othias, you know very well the gun noise isn't "pow" it is "bang". That inconsistency makes it hard to take your hours of research seriously.

Blind like before viewing, this is a cool looking apparatus.

Those camera transitions... wow. Nice touch, Othais! Or Mae? :D