James Hughes’ Mexican Military Arms is a pretty good book on a subject not often written about. It covers all the rifles used by the Mexican Army (both locally designed and purchased elsewhere) from the Spencer repeater up to the adoption of the M1 Garand. It is a bit limited in coverage, though, with a single page for most of the guns it includes. The photos also range from good to almost unusable. Overall, it’s definitely worth having as long as you have an interest in this particular topic. You can find it for sale in the link below, though the prices being asked on eBay and Amazon are pretty outrageous. I would be pretty hesitant to pay more than $20 for it unless I was really dedicated to the subject.
Light MGs
Mendoza LMG Photos
We were able to find a Mendoza light machine gun in a private collection, and took a number of photos of it. Sadly, the gun is deactivated and we were not able to disassemble it, […]
Light MGs
Mendoza 1934: Mexico’s Domestic LMG
Rafael Mendoza was Mexico’s premier domestic arms designer, and the Model 1934 LMG is probably his most successful design. He began work on it in 1929, and it entered testing with the Mexican Army in […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Mondragon 1894 Bolt Action Rifle (Video)
Manuel Mondragon was a talented lifelong gun designer born in Mexico. He worked extensively at the Swiss SIG factory, and was the man behind the first military-issue semiautomatic rifle. Before that, though, he designed this […]
Hi Ian,
Is there any way to find Mexican Mendosa submachine gun manual??
I always wondered how they operating and dismounts..
I don’t have one right now, but I will keep an eye out for it.
Out of curiosity is it possible to give a list of which firearms are featured in the book mexican military arms by James Hughes me an a few of my old collage buddies were working on a zombie videogame based in mexico an were going to try an features as many authentic mexican firearms from the old west to modern times as possible an most of the team seems a little hesitant to use $75 just for a book if you can’t its understandable either way i am still going to stay a fan of your youtube channel