In the early 1930s, the Mexican government decided it could make a profit trying to market the weapon on the international stage. At the time the Mondragón was still quite advanced, with its only true rival being the BAR. It was sold to many Mexican allied nations including Chile, Brazil, Perú, and the Republic of China. The Weimar Republic and later Nazi Germany purchased rights to license manufacture the weapon along with Austria and Japan. Japan however, manufactured less than five thousand.
A number of examples rifles made their way into the Lithuanian Army by World War II. Several copies, called Mandragon by the Lithuanian military, could be found in 1936 and 1939 armament lists.
Selbstlader M1916 : The M16 was a rifle used extensively by the German Flying Corp in WW1 and alongside the Mondragon was one of the main semi automatic rifle used by the Germans, the rifles used by the Japanese are leftover from the last war and kept in storage for be used by the IJA or by the IJN.
Ribeyrolles M1918 : This carbine used by the French during WW1 and in the interwar period can be used by the Japanese since from speculations they kept it in service even during WW2, after the Invasion of Indochina Japan would acquire large quantities of this weapon.
RSC : The RSC M17 was a semi automatic rifle created in 1917 for replace the Lebel M-86 rifles, this weapon wasn’t well suited for trench warfare’s use so many of them can be shipped in Asia and used by the French colonial forces in Indochina.
Selbstlader 1906 : This odd rifle used a Luger mechanism system for operate his locks, the rifle never stepped outside of the experimental trails in real life but here it was, issued by the German colonial forces in the Pacific prior to WW1 and by the Imperial Germany Navy. Some of this rifles were captured by the Japanese in WW1 and keep stored until the Invasion of China.