 In the 1950s .30 Browning machine guns replaced the Madsens still in Irish service.The Portuguese Army used Madsen machine guns during the Portuguese Colonial War of the 1960s and 1970s.Madsens served as temporary armament for "Auto-Metralhadora-Daimler 4 × 4 Mod.F/64" armoured cars, which were Daimler Dingos modified with the addition of a turret-like structure.