The Madsen LAR was a battle rifle of Danish origin chambered in the 7.62×51mm NATO caliber. It is based on the Kalashnikov rifle and was made from lightweight, high tensile alloys and steel [1] similar to that used on the M16 rifle. Its layout is similar to a number of rifles at the time, such as the GRAM 63 and the Valmet M62.

History of the Madsen m/62 LAR. Dansk Industri Syndikat (Madsen) developed a new, state-of-the-art "battle rifle" between 1957 and 1962 to meet the growing global The need calls for a reliable rifle automatic weapon firing the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge.

The Madsen LAR was a battle rifle of Danish origin chambered in the 7.62mm NATO calibre. It was made from lightweight high tensile alloys and steel similar to that used on the M16 rifle and its layout is based on a number of rifles such as the GRAM 63 and the Valmet M62.

The m/62 LAR chambered in NATO’s 7.62x51mm round appeared in 1962, the same year the Finns adopted the Valmet M62 AK-clone. The Madsen LAR prototypes used high-tensile aluminium alloys to form the receivers while the barrel and gas piston tube were chromium lined to prevent fouling.

Dec 8, 2017 · The first version of the LAR was chambered for 7.62x39mm and submitted to Finnish testing, where it lost out to the Valmet-made Rk-62. Madsen then scaled up the working parts of the rifle and offered it in 7.62mm NATO for testing by the rest of …

Madsen light automatic rifle LAR M/62 is a gas operated, selective fire weapon which fired from closed bolt. It uses rotary bolt locking and a long stroke piston gas system, with manual gas regulator.

May 12, 2021 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the Madsen m/62 LAR Battle Rifle Prototype including pictures.

Dec 12, 2017 · The LAR was developed in Denmark, a NATO founding member, but the first variant was developed for Finnish military trials, and was actually chambered for the Soviet 7.62x39mm round. In the video embedded below, Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons takes us through several variants of the LAR, located at the Royal Danish Armory Museum:

The Madsen LAR was a battle rifle of Danish origin chambered in the 7.62×51mm NATO caliber. It is based on the Kalashnikov rifle and was made from lightweight, high tensile alloys and steel similar to that used on the M16 rifle. Its layout is similar to a number of rifles at the time, such as the GRAM 63 and the Valmet M62.

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