Kropatschek rifle
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A Kropatschek is any variant of a rifle designed by Alfred von Kropatschek. Kropatschek's rifles used a tubular magazine (constructed of nickel-plated steel) of his design, of the same type used in the Japanese Murata Type 22 and the German Mauser Gewehr 1871/84. While designed for black powder, the Kropatschek action proved to be strong enough to handle smokeless powder.
The Kropatschek was the basis for the French Lebel M1886.[1]
Variants
- Gendarmerie Repetier-Karabiner M1881: 11 mm Gendarmerie Carbine (also known as M1874/81);
- Kropatschek Torpedo Boats Gewehr M1893: 8 mm Navy Rifle for Torpedo boat crews.
France:
- Fusil de Marine Mle 1878: 11 mm Navy Rifle;
- Fusil d'Infanterie Mle 1884: 11 mm Infantry Rifle;
- Fusil d'Infanterie Mle 1885: 11 mm Infantry Rifle.
Portugal:
- Espingarda de Infantaria 8 mm m/1886: 8 mm Infantry Rifle;
- Carabina de Caçadores 8 mm m/1886: 8 mm Light Infantry Carbine;
- Carabina de Cavalaria 8 mm m/1886: 8 mm Cavalry Carbine;
- Carabina da Guarda Fiscal 8 mm m/1886/88: 8 mm Treasury Guard Carbine;
- Espingarda de Infantaria 8 mm m/1886/89: 8 mm Colonial Infantry Rifle;
- Carabina de Artilharia 8 mm m/1886/91: 8 mm Artillery Carbine.
Users
- File:Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867–1918).svg Austria-Hungary
- Script error: No such module "flag".:1878 Kropatschek rifle adopted by the navy in 1884; in 1891 it was replaced by the 1886 Portuguese model. During the second Revolta da Armada the army used a small number of Kropatscheks captured from navy depots. The Kropatschek was phased out in naval service in 1895 after the adoption of the 1894 Brazilian Mauser[2]
- Script error: No such module "flag".: 2000 1878 Kropatschek rifles were delivered for the navy in 1881. The objective of this acquisition was to have a fast-firing weapon to repeal torpedo boats.[3]
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- Template:Country data French Third Republic
- Template:Country data Kingdom of Greece: Part of French military aid during World War I.[4]
- Template:Country data Kingdom of Portugal
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire:150,000 Kropatscheks bought from France in 1915[5][6]
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union:taken into Soviet inventory following the Russian Civil War; most were shipped to Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War [6] - Template:Country data Kingdom of Spain: 746 M1878 Kropatschek rifles procured from OEWG.[4]
- Template:Country data Spanish Republic:1,821 surplus 1878 Kropatschek rifles delivered by the Soviet Union[6]
- Template:Country data Wassoulou Empire: The Wassoulou Empire arms industry created functional copies of the Krophatschek rifle in the 1880s and 90s to use in their struggle against French colonial forces.[7]
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See also
References
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External links
- French 1878 Marine Kropatschek Forgotten Weapons
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