The Austrian Feldzeugmeister Alfred Ritter von Kropatschek (born Mar 30, 1838)
 

    Rifles utilizing the Kropatchek tubular magazine system:

    M1878 French Kropatchek
    M1884 French Kropatchek
    M1885 French Kropatchek

    I.G. Mod 71/84 German Mauser

    Serbian Mauser-Milovanovich

    M1886 Portugese Mauser-Kropatchek

    M1887 Turkish Mauser

    Type 22 Japanese Murata

    M1884/87 Norwegian Jarmann
 

GENERALLY:  The Kropatschek tubular magazine system was designed and developed by
 the Austrian Feldzeugmeister Alfred Ritter von Kropatschek (born Mar 30, 1838).
 

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Page first sketched March 28, 1998
Revised September 21, 1999