Original Portuguese Kropatschek M.1886 Light Infantry Carbine with Sling made by ŒWG Steyr - Matching Serial D441 Category_MG 34 Feed Assembly condition of wood handle

condition of wood handle

the troops moved steadily through

the 'Intermediate Sector' and the 'Advance Sector'

small buckled belt that secures the three tripod legs together for transportation

where it was known as the Hispano-Suiza MP43/44

Original Portuguese Kropatschek M.1886 Light Infantry Carbine with Sling made by ŒWG Steyr - Matching Serial D441 Category_MG 34 Feed Assembly condition of wood handleOriginal Item: One Only. In 1886 ALFRED VON KROPATSCHEK designed an 8mm rimmed cartridge rifle that became the fore runner to the French LEBEL. Known as the 1886 Kropatschek Rifle it's big customer was PORTUGAL. Production lasted from 1886 until 1898, however many saw service in the First World War and later in the Spanish Civil War of the 1930's. Kropatschek's rifles used a tubular magazine (constructed of nickel plated steel) of his design, of the