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The Mexican '''Mondragón Rifle''' was a series of bolt-action and self-loading rifles developed by Mexican officer Manuel Mondragón. They were some of the first self-loading rifles adopted by any military. Mondragón first made some prototype straight-pull bolt-action rifle designs in 1891. Early on, Mondragon experimented with ammunition, chambering his rifles in 6.5x53mm Mondragon and 5.2x68mm Mondragon, the latter being developed with Swiss colonel Edward Rubin. As Mexico had no manufacturers able to produce the rifle up to the necessary standards, production was entrusted to [[SIG]] in Switzerland. SIG received two orders for 50 and 200 rifles in 1893 and 1894, chambered in 6.5x48mm and 5.2x68mm Mondragon respectively, and were issued for trials. As these rifles were prototype designs, none received a formal number designation.
The Mexican '''Mondragón Rifle''' was a series of bolt-action and self-loading rifles developed by Mexican officer Manuel Mondragón. They were some of the first self-loading rifles adopted by any military.


Mondragón further improved his design. In 1900, he developed a self-loading rifle. Mondragón further improved his designs. The 1908 design was issued to the 18th Infantry Battalion of the Mexican Army, making it the first self-loading rifle adopted by any military. This design abandons the en-bloc clip used in early Mondragon designs in favor of stripper clips. SIG originally received an order for 4,000 rifles; only 400 were delivered by 1911. The remaining order was canceled due to the high costs of the rifle, the Mexican Revolution, and poor ammo conditions which the rifle couldn't work with.
Mondragón first made some prototype straight-pull bolt-action rifle designs in 1891. Early on, Mondragon experimented with ammunition, chambering his rifles in 6.5x53mm Mondragon and 5.2x68mm Mondragon, the latter being developed with Swiss colonel Edward Rubin. As Mexico had no manufacturers able to produce the rifle up to the necessary standards, production was entrusted to [[SIG]] in Switzerland. SIG received two orders for 50 and 200 rifles in 1893 and 1894, chambered in 6.5x48mm and 5.2x68mm Mondragon respectively, and were issued for trials. As these rifles were prototype designs, none received a formal number designation.


During WWI, Germany bought the remaining stock of the M1908 produced by SIG but not sent to Mexico. These rifles were tested for infantry use, but were found to be too unreliable in the trench conditions and unsuitable for infantry. As air combat doesn't have such conditions, the Imperial German Flying Corps (''Luftstreitkräfte'') adopted the rifle in 1915 as the ''Flieger-Selbstlade-Karabiner Modell 15'' (Aviator's Selfloading Carbine, Model 1915), abbreviated "Fl.-S.-K. 15". These rifles were issued with 30-round drum magazines, and modified to be semi-auto only. They would by phased out when aircraft machine guns with synchronization gear were developed and equipped.
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In 1917, the Swiss also modified 50 M1908s for trials, both by the army and mainly by aviation. They were designated FliegerGewehr Model 1917, and had 12 round straight detachable magazines (despite the new magazine looking about twice the size of the normal 10-round fixed magazine, it's much narrower, since it is single-row and uses the body of a standard magazine as a receiver). Also known is at least one example with a extended fixed magazine of about 20 rounds, but the rest are equipped with detachable magazines.
==Mondragón Modelo 1908==
[[File:Mondragón rifle.jpg|thumb|right|600px|Mondragón Modelo 1908 - 7x57mm Spanish Mauser]]
Mondragón developed a self-loading rifle in 1900, which would further be improved in 1908. The 1908 design was issued to the 18th Infantry Battalion of the Mexican Army, making it the first self-loading rifle adopted by any military. This design abandons the en-bloc clip used in early Mondragon designs in favor of stripper clips. SIG originally received an order for 4,000 rifles; only 400 were delivered by 1911. The remaining order was canceled due to the high costs of the rifle, the Mexican Revolution, and poor ammo conditions which the rifle couldn't work with.


The M1908 could switch into a straight-pull bolt action rifle via a switch located on the charging handle, which would disengage the bolt from the gas system.
The M1908 could switch into a straight-pull bolt action rifle via a switch located on the charging handle, which would disengage the bolt from the gas system.


==Specifications==
===Specifications===
(1893–1894) M1893<br />
{{Specifications
(1908-1910) M1908
| years_of_production = 1908-1910
| type = Semi-automatic rifle
| caliber = 7x57mm Spanish Mauser
| weight =
| length = {{convert|in|43.5}}
| barrel_length = {{convert|in|22.7}}
| feed_system = 10-round fixed box magazine
| fire_modes = Semi-Auto
}}


* '''Type:''' Semi-automatic rifle / Straight-pull bolt-action rifle
===Anime===
{{Media table start|anime}}
|-
| ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]''|| Neo-Atlantean footsoldiers || || 1990 - 1991
|-
|}


* '''Caliber:'''
===Video Games===
** 6.5mm Mondragon, 5.2x68mm Mondragon, 6.5x48mm (1890 models)
{{Media table start|video game}}
** .30-30 Winchester (presentation piece for president Diaz), 6.5mm Mondragon, 7.65x54mm Argentine, 7x57mm Mauser (1900 model)
|-
** 7x57mm Mauser (M1908, FSK 15)
| ''[[World of Guns: Gun Disassembly]]'' || "Mondragon rifle" ||  || 2014
** 7.5x55mm Swiss (M1917)
|-
|''[[Battle of Empires : 1914-1918]]'' || "Mondragon" || w/ semi-fictional extended box magazine || 2015
|-
| ''[[Battlefield 1]]'' || "Mondragon" || w/ bayonet, scope, bipod, experimental dot sight. || 2016
|-
|}
{{clear}}


* '''Weight:''' 9 lb 3oz (4.18 kg)
==Mondragón ''Fl.-S.-K. 15'' ==
[[File:Mondragon with drum mag.jpg|thumb|right|600px|Mondragón ''Fl.-S.-K. 15'' - 7x57mm Spanish Mauser]]


* '''Length:''' {{convert|in|43.5}}
During WWI, Germany bought the remaining stock of the M1908 produced by SIG but not sent to Mexico. These rifles were tested for infantry use, but were found to be too unreliable in the trench conditions and unsuitable for infantry. As air combat doesn't have such conditions, the Imperial German Flying Corps (''Luftstreitkräfte'') adopted the rifle in 1915 as the ''Flieger-Selbstlade-Karabiner Modell 15'' (Aviator's Selfloading Carbine, Model 1915), abbreviated "Fl.-S.-K. 15". These rifles were issued with 30-round drum magazines, and modified to be semi-auto only. They would by phased out when aircraft machine guns with synchronization gear were developed and equipped.


* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|in|22.7}}
===Specifications===
{{Specifications
| years_of_production = 1915
| type = Semi-automatic rifle
| caliber = 7x57mm Spanish Mauser
| weight =
| length = {{convert|in|43.5}}
| barrel_length = {{convert|in|22.7}}
| feed_system = 30-round detachable drum magazine
| fire_modes = Semi-Auto
}}


* '''Capacity:'''
===Video Games===
** 6-10 round fixed box magazine (1890 models)
{{Media table start|video game}}
** 6, 8 or 10 round fixed box magazine (1900 model)
| ''[[Enlisted]]'' || Mondragón M1908 || || || 2021
** 10-round fixed box magazine (M1908)
|-
** 30-round detachable drum magazine (Fl.-S.-K. 15)
|}
** about 20-round fixed box magazine (M1917)
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** 12-round detachable box magazine (M1917)


* '''Fire Modes:''' Straight-pull Bolt Action, Semi-Auto
==Mondragón Model 1917 ==
[[File:Mondragon Extended.jpg|thumb|right|600px|Mondragón Model 1917 - 7.5x55mm Swiss]]
In 1917, the Swiss also modified 50 M1908s for trials, both by the army and mainly by aviation. They were designated FliegerGewehr Model 1917, and had 12 round straight detachable magazines (despite the new magazine looking about twice the size of the normal 10-round fixed magazine, it's much narrower, since it is single-row and uses the body of a standard magazine as a receiver). Also known is at least one example with a extended fixed magazine of about 20 rounds, but the rest are equipped with detachable magazines.


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===Specifications===
{{Gun Title}}
{{Specifications
 
| years_of_production = 1917
=Mondragón Modelo 1908=
| type = Semi-automatic rifle
[[File:Mondragón rifle.jpg|thumb|right|600px|Mondragón Modelo 1908 semi-automatic rifle - 7x57mm Spanish Mauser]]
| caliber = 7.5x55mm Swiss
[[File:Mondragon with drum mag.jpg|thumb|right|600px|Mondragón ''Fl.-S.-K. 15'' with 30-round drum magazine - 7x57mm Spanish Mauser]]
| weight =
[[File:Mondragon Extended.jpg|thumb|right|600px|Swiss Mondragón Model 1917 with 12-round detachable box magazine - 7.5x55mm Swiss]]
| length = {{convert|in|43.5}}
| barrel_length = {{convert|in|22.7}}
| feed_system = 12-round detachable box magazine; ~20-round fixed box magazine
| fire_modes = Semi-Auto
}}


===Anime===
===Anime===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
{{Media table start|anime}}
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
| ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]''|| Neo-Atlantean footsoldiers || M1908 || 1990 - 1991
| rowspan=3 | ''[[Saga of Tanya the Evil]]'' || Tanya von Degurechaff || rowspan="3" | w/ bayonet || rowspan=3 | 2017
|-
| rowspan=3 | ''[[Saga of Tanya the Evil]]'' || Tanya von Degurechaff || rowspan="3" | M1917 version; w/ bayonet || rowspan=3 | 2017
|-
|-
| Viktoriya Ivanovna Serebryakova  
| Viktoriya Ivanovna Serebryakova  
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| Empire mages
| Empire mages
|-
|-
| rowspan=2 | ''[[Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie]]'' || Viktoriya Ivanovna Serebryakova  || rowspan="2" | M1917 version; w/ bayonet || rowspan=2 | 2019
| rowspan=2 | ''[[Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie]]'' || Viktoriya Ivanovna Serebryakova  || rowspan="2" | w/ bayonet || rowspan=2 | 2019
|-
|-
| Empire mages
| Empire mages
|-
|}
===Video Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
|-
|''[[Battle of Empires : 1914-1918]]'' || "Mondragon" || M1908 w/ fictional extended box magazine || 2014
|-
| ''[[Battlefield 1]]'' || "Mondragon" || M1908; w/ bayonet, scope, bipod, experimental dot sight. || 2016
|-
|-
|}
|}

Latest revision as of 14:39, 24 October 2023

The Mexican Mondragón Rifle was a series of bolt-action and self-loading rifles developed by Mexican officer Manuel Mondragón. They were some of the first self-loading rifles adopted by any military.

Mondragón first made some prototype straight-pull bolt-action rifle designs in 1891. Early on, Mondragon experimented with ammunition, chambering his rifles in 6.5x53mm Mondragon and 5.2x68mm Mondragon, the latter being developed with Swiss colonel Edward Rubin. As Mexico had no manufacturers able to produce the rifle up to the necessary standards, production was entrusted to SIG in Switzerland. SIG received two orders for 50 and 200 rifles in 1893 and 1894, chambered in 6.5x48mm and 5.2x68mm Mondragon respectively, and were issued for trials. As these rifles were prototype designs, none received a formal number designation.

The Mondragón Rifle and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Mondragón Modelo 1908

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Mondragón Modelo 1908 - 7x57mm Spanish Mauser

Mondragón developed a self-loading rifle in 1900, which would further be improved in 1908. The 1908 design was issued to the 18th Infantry Battalion of the Mexican Army, making it the first self-loading rifle adopted by any military. This design abandons the en-bloc clip used in early Mondragon designs in favor of stripper clips. SIG originally received an order for 4,000 rifles; only 400 were delivered by 1911. The remaining order was canceled due to the high costs of the rifle, the Mexican Revolution, and poor ammo conditions which the rifle couldn't work with.

The M1908 could switch into a straight-pull bolt action rifle via a switch located on the charging handle, which would disengage the bolt from the gas system.

Specifications

(1908-1910)

  • Type: Semi-automatic rifle
  • Caliber: 7x57mm Spanish Mauser
  • Length: 43.5 in (110.5 cm)
  • Barrel Length: 22.7 in (57.7 cm)
  • Feed System: 10-round fixed box magazine
  • Fire Mode(s): Semi-Auto

Anime

Title Character Notes Date
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Neo-Atlantean footsoldiers 1990 - 1991

Video Games

Title Appears as Mods Notes Date
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly "Mondragon rifle" 2014
Battle of Empires : 1914-1918 "Mondragon" w/ semi-fictional extended box magazine 2015
Battlefield 1 "Mondragon" w/ bayonet, scope, bipod, experimental dot sight. 2016


Mondragón Fl.-S.-K. 15

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Mondragón Fl.-S.-K. 15 - 7x57mm Spanish Mauser

During WWI, Germany bought the remaining stock of the M1908 produced by SIG but not sent to Mexico. These rifles were tested for infantry use, but were found to be too unreliable in the trench conditions and unsuitable for infantry. As air combat doesn't have such conditions, the Imperial German Flying Corps (Luftstreitkräfte) adopted the rifle in 1915 as the Flieger-Selbstlade-Karabiner Modell 15 (Aviator's Selfloading Carbine, Model 1915), abbreviated "Fl.-S.-K. 15". These rifles were issued with 30-round drum magazines, and modified to be semi-auto only. They would by phased out when aircraft machine guns with synchronization gear were developed and equipped.

Specifications

(1915)

  • Type: Semi-automatic rifle
  • Caliber: 7x57mm Spanish Mauser
  • Length: 43.5 in (110.5 cm)
  • Barrel Length: 22.7 in (57.7 cm)
  • Feed System: 30-round detachable drum magazine
  • Fire Mode(s): Semi-Auto

Video Games

Title Appears as Mods Notes Date
Enlisted Mondragón M1908 2021


Mondragón Model 1917

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Mondragón Model 1917 - 7.5x55mm Swiss

In 1917, the Swiss also modified 50 M1908s for trials, both by the army and mainly by aviation. They were designated FliegerGewehr Model 1917, and had 12 round straight detachable magazines (despite the new magazine looking about twice the size of the normal 10-round fixed magazine, it's much narrower, since it is single-row and uses the body of a standard magazine as a receiver). Also known is at least one example with a extended fixed magazine of about 20 rounds, but the rest are equipped with detachable magazines.

Specifications

(1917)

  • Type: Semi-automatic rifle
  • Caliber: 7.5x55mm Swiss
  • Length: 43.5 in (110.5 cm)
  • Barrel Length: 22.7 in (57.7 cm)
  • Feed System: 12-round detachable box magazine; ~20-round fixed box magazine
  • Fire Mode(s): Semi-Auto

Anime

Title Character Notes Date
Saga of Tanya the Evil Tanya von Degurechaff w/ bayonet 2017
Viktoriya Ivanovna Serebryakova
Empire mages
Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie Viktoriya Ivanovna Serebryakova w/ bayonet 2019
Empire mages