Notice that the Filipino Revolutionary Republican Army used Spanish Mauser rifles.
State of the art, in those days.
Reason: The Spanish Army provided Spanish Mauser rifles for their soldiers. And after the defeat of Spain to the Republican Forces, all Spanish arms were collected and distributed to the Filipino Revolutionary Army.
At its peak strength, the Filipino Revolutionary Army was 70,000 man strong.
It was a full-fledged-functioning military force.
It was destroyed and beaten into submission during the Philippine-American War.
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