Upon returning to Madrid, Carlo eagerly handed over the more than 100 Vetterli rifle he had purchased from Italy to the Royal Arms Factory for replication, and in an effort to thoroughly understand their workings.
No matter how successful reforms and development may be, military strength remains the standard for measuring a country's power.
Spain is not currently well-suited to developing its navy, so it can only focus on developing its army, striving to have a top-tier European army.
Because Spain's population is far smaller than that of the major European powers, the only area it can focus on at present is the sophistication of its weaponry.
If Spain had been able to equip itself with a large number of advanced rifles and machine guns before the European powers, its army would at lea
