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.
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Type | Rifle |
Place of origin | Austria-Hungary |
Service history | |
In service | 1886 – Present |
Used by | Austria-Hungary France Chile Brazil[1] Kingdom of Portugal Ethiopian Empire Russian Empire[2] Spanish Republic[3] |
Wars | War of the Pacific[4] Revolta da Armada Federalist Revolution[5] First Italo-Ethiopian War[6] War of Canudos[7] Second Boer War World War I Spanish Civil War World War II (Portuguese colonies) Annexation of Goa Portuguese Colonial War |
Production history | |
Designer | Alfred von Kropatschek |
Designed | 1886 |
Produced | 1886–circa 1898 |
Variants | Long rifle, short rifle |
Specifications | |
Mass | 4.3 kg (9.5 lb) |
Length | 1320 mm (4 ft) |
Barrel length | 820 mm (32.3 in) |
Cartridge | 11×59mmR Gras 8×56mmR Kropatschek Corto[8] 8×60mmR Guedes[9] |
Caliber | 8mm (.329 in) |
Action | Bolt action |
Muzzle velocity | 609 m/s (2,000 ft/s) |
Effective firing range | 2406 yd (2,200 m) |
Feed system | 8-round integral tubular magazine |
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The Kropatschek was the basis for the French Lebel M1886.[10]