Standard Catalog of Military Firearms. Phillip Peterson
is about 30 oz. Issued to the Danish navy from 1897 to 1919.
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Journal-Verlag Schwend GmbH with permission
Model 1882
This revolver was built on the Lefaucheux-Francotte solid-frame fixed cylinder with non-mechanical ejection. Capacity was 6 rounds and the gun was chambered for the 9mm cartridge. The half-round half-octagon barrel was 5.5". This revolver was issued to Danish NCOs from 1888 to 1919.
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Journal-Verlag Schwend GmbH with permission
Model 1886
This revolver was chambered for the 9.5mm cartridge and fitted with a 3" barrel. Built by Auguste Francotte in Liege, Belgium, and issued to military police units in the Danish army beginning in 1886.
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Journal-Verlag Schwend GmbH with permission
Model 1891
This revolver employed a top-break, hinged frame with latch and was chambered for the 9mm cartridge and fitted with a 6.3" half-round half-octagon barrel. Checkered wooden grips with lanyard loop. Built by J.B. Ronge inumo Liege, Belgium. Weight is about 33 oz. Issued to Danish navy units from 1891 to 1941.
NOTE: A training version of this revolver was also used by the Danish navy and was chambered for the 5.1mm cartridge. All other specifications are the same.
Standard Model
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Journal-Verlag Schwend GmbH with permission
Model 1891/96 Training Version
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Bergmann-Bayard Model 1908
Built by the Belgium firm of Pieper SA from 1908 to about 1914. Caliber is 9x23mm Bergman-Bayard with 4" barrel. Many foreign contracts were built in this model.
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Bergmann-Bayard Model 1910-21
After WWI Pieper could no longer supply Bergmann-Bayard pistols to the Danish army, so Denmark made their own at their two national arsenals, Haerens Rustkammer and Haerens Tojus as the Model 1910-21. Most pre-war Pieper-made pistols were modified to 1910-21 configuration during the postwar years.
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Model 46
This is the Danish designation for the postwar Browning Hi-Power. Marked “M 1946 HV” on the left side of the frame. Fixed sights.
Courtesy Orvel Reichert
Courtesy Orvel Reichert
P210 (Model 49)
See Switzerland, Handguns, SIG.
SUBMACHINE GUNS
The Danish military has also used the Finnish Suomi MP41, the Swedish Model 37/39, and the HK MP5A2 and MP5A3 submachine guns.
Danish Hovea M49
Introduced in 1949 this submachine gun is chambered for the 9mm Parabellum cartridge and fitted with an 8.5" barrel. Folding metal butt. Magazine capacity is 35 rounds. Rate of fire is about 600 rounds per minute. Weight is approximately 7.5 lbs. This gun was originally developed by Husqvarna for the Swedish army. Denmark purchased the rights and built the gun for its own forces.
Courtesy private NFA collection
Pre-1968
| Exc. | V.G. | Fair |
| 20000 | 18000 | 16000 |
Madsen M50
This submachine gun was produced from 1945 to 1953 by the Danes. It is chambered for the 9mm cartridge and is fitted with a 7.8" barrel. Its rate of fire is about 500 rounds per minute. Marked “MADSEN” on the right side of receiver. Weight is approximately 7 lbs.
This gun has some unusual features, such as a flat receiver with barrel attached with locking nut that when unscrewed allows the left side of the receiver to fold back to expose the right side, which contains all the moving parts. Fitted with a quick change barrel. Very simple design allows for fast and economical construction.
Courtesy private NFA collection
Pre-1968
| Exc. | V.G. | Fair |
| 8000 | 7000 |