It was the presence of colonies that allowed the Spaniards to buy the very best, the modern and the expensive. For it says "fight - fight, and give money!"įor example, a Spanish silver coin, which is directly related to the history of Spanish weapons. they then paid many decades to patent royalties to Mauser, thus replenishing the German treasury, and these payments continued even during the First World War, when Germany and the United States fought among themselves. Despite the fact that it was defeated during the Spanish-American war, the famous Spanish Mauser impressed the American soldiers who fought in Cuba so much that the United States quickly adopted its own Mauser - the 1903 model of the year. This Spanish influence has even spread to the United States - which Spain would never have expected, and did not want. That is, the Mauser company, one might say, flourished precisely at the expense of all these countries, and then Czechoslovakia began to produce rifles for them in the same way!
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But then the story was repeated with a Mauser rifle, since Spain "set an example." In the previous materials of this series it was described in great detail how many rifles went into the countries of the Caribbean and South America. Spain adopted the Remington rifle with a crane bolt, and the countries of Central and South America also adopted it in imitation of their “mother country”. Why, yes, because people are “big monkeys”. Moreover, Spain’s close relations with these countries continued even after the majority of these countries gained independence. for the Mauser company they became a truly “gold mine”. Well, when the numerous colonial possessions of Spain in America followed its example, and it came to buying rifles, then. But Spain also played a completely unique role in the proliferation of rifles with a sliding bolt, and a role so important that it is almost impossible to exaggerate. For example, Switzerland has become the birthplace of the infantry that crushed the knightly cavalry. There are small countries that have played stories big role. Well, now let's look at another important circumstance. Mauser rifles of direct relevance to Spain (from right to left!): Mouser M1888, "Spanish Mauser" M1893 “Spanish Mauser” M1916 “first model” "Spanish Mauser M1916" second model " the German Mauser, supplied by Franco his German ally. But it is said - “the rifle gives birth to power!” And so it turned out that this very rifle, which level women and men in Spain, became. began to take an active part in the public life of the country with arms in their hands.
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And then, during the years of the Spanish Civil War, judging by the photographs, Spanish women finally broke free from the Catholic domostroi and. Also in “Guard Civil” - there is something to see! So the thought involuntarily creeps in that the girls and police in Spain are taken only as external data to the police and the “Guard of Sibil”. Rides such a cop on a bicycle, in a white shirt, in blue shorts, in white golf, with a truncheon and handcuffs on a belt, behind a ponytail to the sacrum. But for some reason only beauties served in the police there. When I was there, I noticed that women of that age are so. Spanish women are, of course, a separate topic. And we have with you, dear visitors of the VO website, there is a wonderful opportunity to admire the Spanish beauties 1936 - 1938. But now it is time, in some way, to delve into the “theory”. Well, of course, having supported them, I hurried to tell not so much about the Mauser rifles of Spain, but about my impression of them. Incidentally, not on purpose, it turned out that when I was preparing the first materials of the series “About Mouzers with Love,” which were once published here at VO, three Spanish Mauser of excellent preservation fell into my hands at once.