The Mondragon rifle is a family of firearms designed by Mexican general Manuel Mondragon, encompassing earlier straight-pull bolt-action models of 1893 and 1894 and the self-loading M1908, Mexico's first self-loading rifle and the first such rifle of any nation to see combat. Mondragon began the design in 1891 and held several patents on it by 1907; the Mexican Army adopted the M1908 in 1908 as the Fusil Porfirio Diaz Sistema Mondragon Modelo 1908, and it was carried in action during the Mexican Revolution from around 1910. During the First World War, Germany bought the remaining M1908 stock from the Swiss manufacturer SIG; the German Army found the rifle unreliable in trench conditions, but the Imperial German Flying Corps issued it to aircrew as the Fl.-S.-K. 15, two rifles with thirty-round drum magazines per crew, until synchronization gear allowed forward-firing machine guns instead.
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Why did German aircrews fly with the Mondragon rifle in the First World War?
German aircrews used it as a self-loading carbine until synchronized machine guns became available.
The Imperial German Flying Corps took up the Mexican M1908 Mondragon and re-designated it the Fl.-S.-K. 15, short for Flieger-Selbstladekarabiner, Modell 1915, meaning aviator's self-loading carbine. It was issued with 30-round drum magazines. The corps used the rifle until enough machine guns fitted with a synchronization gear became available, after which the M1908 was phased out of that service.
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Semi-automatic rifle
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The 1908 model utilized 5 round stripper clips into 10 round magazine. The 30-round drum was only used by the German flying corps.
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1911 (Mexico) 1914-1918 (Germany) 1917-? Switzerland
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7×57mm Mauser 7.92x57mm Mauser 7.5x55mm Swiss
Used In: Mexican Revolution, Infobox: wars
Mexican Revolution World War I
Used In: World War I, Infobox: wars
Mexican Revolution World War I
Operated By: Mexican Armed Forces, Article text
The Mondragón rifle refers to one of two rifle designs developed by Mexican artillery officer General Manuel Mondragón.
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