The Spanish American War and the Krag Jorgenson rifle

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The Krag-Jorgenson Rifle: The Armory adopts the Krag-Jorgenson rifle which uses smokeless powder and magazine or manual loading.
Krag Design: The new, more complex design requires a radical shift in manufacturing operations.
Krag Production: Faced with war, the Armory ramps up production.
Krag Use in Spanish-American War: Krag fails in practice, Mauser design adopted.