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No. But the Spanish put up a tougher fight than was anticipated and made it a difficult fight.

The Spaniards had Mauser rifles, a German design. This was new at the time, soon every nation had a version of this type rifle, and they were used by all nations in WWI and every nation but the US in WWII. This was a superior weapon to the one used by US soldiers at Santiago. It had a better range, higher rate of fire, greater accuracy, and used true smokeless powder, so the shooter did not betray his position with puffs of smoke and obscure his vision with a cloud of powder smoke. The US had just invested a large amount equipping its troops with the Krag rifle. Nevertheless after the experience of fighting the Spaniards armed with Mauser rifles in 1898, the US adopted its own licensed version of the Mauser as its standard rifle in 1903, called the Springfield Model 1903.

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