Madsen 20mm AA guns

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

I found these images on Ebay.com of Madsen AA guns.

I know that these guns were used during the Second World War by Denmark, Finland, Hungary and Germany, at least. I think it remained in production by the Germans during the war, but I am not sure. How many were manufactured?

However I think there were several different models of Madsen 20mm anti-aircraft guns. I do not know the designations or Danish or German. Have anyone more information and/or pictures of these guns?

Thanks in advance. Sturm78

[Martti]

Info about Finnish use: http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/AA_GUNS1.htm#20ItK39

[jopaerya]

Hello

Based on my information there are 2 version the Madsen M 1933 and Madsen M 1935
Your first photo is the M 1933 and the second the M 1935 , for the first one please see
for photo's here http://images.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=h ... N%26um%3D1 middle of the
topic , this M 1933 version had a round base with legs with holes in it .

The M 1935 there was a mobile version with a lafette on a tripod and a static version with 2 lafette's the 2 achsig lafette 37 ( please see drawing )and the 3 achsig-lafette 37 ( your second photo ) .

Photo's = Ebay.de

Regards Jos

[Sturm78]

Thank you very much for your information and images, Jopaerya and Martti.

I think there were more than one version of the 20mm Madsen model 1933: a version with legs with holes and one without legs. I think that the Brazilian Madsen guns had no legs and may shoot on her mount wheels. See image 1

According to your information I think :

Image 1 : brazilian Madsen M1933 (I think without legs)
Image 2 : to the left, rare Madsen with cruciform carriage and to the right a Madsen M1933 with legs with holes
Image 3 : Madsen M1935 on pedestal mount (I think perhaps the 2 axles version ??)

Regards Sturm78.

[jopaerya]

Hi Sturm78

I have my dought about photo 2.1 , the rounds look more like a 3.7 cm then a 2 cm .

Regards Jos

[Sturm78]

Hi Jopaerya,

I never heard to talk of a 37mm Madsen AA gun.

Regards Sturm78

[jopaerya]

Hi Sturm78

I also never heard of a 3.7 cm Madsen , but to me it looks not a 2 cm .
Here some more picture's of the 20 mm Madsen also the A.T./ground version M 1938
http://images.google.nl/images?hl=nl&um ... =0&ndsp=18

Regards Jos

[jan lugtmeijer]

Some info about the munition from the famous lexpev site
http://www.lexpev.nl/downloads/mdv17021942.pdf

[nuyt]

More Madsen
http://www.network54.com/Forum/330333/t ... 175/Danish
http://www.network54.com/Forum/330333/m ... e+Linhares
http://www.network54.com/Forum/330333/t ... +20mm+guns
http://www.network54.com/Forum/330333/t ... ary+Museum

[jopaerya]

Hello

Please have a look a the special tripod of this 2 cm Madsen gun from Ebay.de

Regards Jos

[jopaerya]

Hello

Here some info on the 2 cm rounds for the Madsen gun http://cgi.ebay.com/DANISH-MADSEN-20MM- ... 51906499a4

Regards Jos

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

I found this nice image of a 2cm Madsen M1935 AA gun in german service:

Image from Ebay.
Regards Sturm78

[jopaerya]

Hello

Here a Naval 2 cm Madsen flak gun from Ebay.usa

Regards Jos

[jopaerya]

A few nice photo's of the 2 cm Madsen gun , according to the photocaption in Norway .

Picture's = Ebay

Regards Jos

[stril]

A few nice photo's of the 2 cm Madsen gun , according to the photocaption in Norway .

From a MKB in my area
regards
stril