Photo of Luger in Mexican Revolution

alanint · 06-25-2008, 12:55 PM

US military and commertial arms flooded south of the border before, during and after the Mexican revolution. As you can see in some of the photos, Germany sent "observers" there with Maxims and other arms in a bid to secure Mexico as an ally south of the US, who by then was considered a threat to certain European colonial powers.
If what I saw on the street while living there is any indication, (security guards for the armored trucks still carried Thompson SMGs with the 50 round drums!), the Mexican Army's warehouses must be a virtual arms museum.

06-25-2008, 12:55 PM	#24
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	US military and commertial arms flooded south of the border before, during and after the Mexican revolution. As you can see in some of the photos, Germany sent "observers" there with Maxims and other arms in a bid to secure Mexico as an ally south of the US, who by then was considered a threat to certain European colonial powers. If what I saw on the street while living there is any indication, (security guards for the armored trucks still carried Thompson SMGs with the 50 round drums!), the Mexican Army's warehouses must be a virtual arms museum.