SIG MG 50

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| origin = Switzerland

| type = General-purpose machine gun

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| used_by = Denmark

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| length = 1245 mm

| part_length = 600 mm

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| action = gas operated

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| feed = belt

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The SIG MG 50 is a general-purpose machine gun of Swiss origin and was chambered in many calibres. It was designed to replace the Maxim and Furrer M25 guns in service of pre-World War II design so around 1944/51, SIG industries decided to manufacture a series of gas-operated machine guns fed by using drum magazines and ammo belts. The MG 50 lost in the trials to the MG 51; however, it continued sales for a time. A version chambered in the .30-06 calibre was adopted by Denmark as the SIG M/51,{{cite web|title=SIG MG50 / M/51 machine gun (Switzerland)|url=http://world.guns.ru/machine/switch/sig-mg-50-e.html|website=Modern Firearms|access-date=27 September 2014}} while another variant was tested in Sweden as the SIG MG 53 but again was turned down.