Kropatschek rifle

Variants

Austria-Hungary:

• 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

• Austria-Hungary
• :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
• : 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.
• Ethiopian Empire
• French Third Republic
• Kingdom of Greece: Part of French military aid during World War I.
• Kingdom of Portugal
• Russian Empire:150,000 Kropatscheks bought from France in 1915 Soviet Union:taken into Soviet inventory following the Russian Civil War; most were shipped to Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War
• Kingdom of Spain: 746 M1878 Kropatschek rifles procured from OEWG.
• Spanish Republic:1,821 surplus 1878 Kropatschek rifles delivered by the Soviet Union
• 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.

References

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