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# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:14:02.165Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alfred-von-kropatschek"
name: "Alfred von Kropatschek"
slug: "alfred-von-kropatschek"
description: "Alfred Ritter von Kropatschek was a general in the Austrian Army and a weapons designer of the late 19th century, who was responsible for several rifle and revolver designs in affiliation with the Steyr Mannlicher; these weapons were used by the armed forces of the Austrian Empire and several other nations. His rifles feature a tubular magazine under the barrel similar to a Winchester rifle; the cartridge lifter was the key to the Kropatschek design. One of his designs was sold to the French Navy, and was later adapted by the French Army in the development of the prolific Lebel rifle, which served as France's front-line rifle from 1886 through the First World War. According to historian Roger A Pauly, some people joked that more bullets from Kropatschek-designed rifles were fired at the Austrians, than by them. Kropatschek's tubular magazine design was also adapted to the German Mauser Model 1871 rifle, resulting in the Model 71/84."
tagline: "Austrian general (1838–1911)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alfred_von_Kropatschek_1901_Huber.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1838-01-30"
deathDate: "1911-05-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           9.41314
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump