Argentine Mauser Rifles: 1871-1959 (Schiffer Military History Book)

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This is the complete story of Argentina’s contract Mauser rifles from the purchase of their first Model 1871s to the disposal of the last shipment of surplus rifles received in america in May 2002. Between 1891-1959 Argentina bought or manufactured nearly 500,000 Mauser rifles and carbines for itself in addition to for its neighbors Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay. It also supplied Spain with rifles to assist suppress the Melilla insurrection in Morocco, which have been eventually used against america throughout the Spanish American War of 1898. The Argentine Commission’s relentless pursuit of tactical superiority resulted in a major contribution to the development of Mauser’s now famous bolt-action system. The combined efforts of the Belgian, Turkish and Argentine arms commissions between 1889 and 1892 produced the origins of what became the Model 98 bolt-action system that may be still in use today over 110 years later. Details include: thirty-seven identified variants; the history in the back of every purchase and the technical description of every variant; contract-by-contract, and in terms of the Model 1891, 1909 and 1947 weapons a month-by-month, detail of production and shipping data; over 400 pictures, illustrations, documents and blueprints; history and details of the manufacturing facilities in Europe and in Argentina in addition to a description of the manufacturing process used by the “Matheu” (DGFM-FMAP) small arms factory in Argentina; interesting and colorful anecdotes about the people involved, including revelations about spying and secret alliances never before revealed.

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