Chropi rifle
| Chropi Rifle | |
|---|---|
| Type | Assault rifle |
| Place of origin | Greece |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Hellenic Army (not officially adopted) |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Sotiris Sofianopoulos (team leader) |
| Designed | 1975 |
| Manufacturer | Chropi (Chropei), Athens |
| No. built | Unknown (probably a few dozen) |
| Variants | Chropi rifle (5.56x45mm variant 20 round magazine) and (7.62x39mm variant 30 round magazine) |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 1,090 mm |
| Barrel length | 460 mm |
| Cartridge | 7.62×39mm |
| Caliber | 7.62mm |
| Action | Gas-operated |
| Feed system | 30 round detachable box magazine |
| Sights | Iron sights |
The Chropi Rifle was an assault rifle built by Chropi, Hropi (Greek: ΧΡΩΠΕΙ), a Greek chemicals company, which used the "Chropi" spelling on its weapons. It was designed by a team under Sotiris Sofianopoulos and was proposed to the Greek Army in 1975. It was a simple and rather outdated design, clearly inferior to the Heckler & Koch G3, which was adopted (produced by the state run EVO company). The rifle was rejected after a series of tests indicated that the weapon itself did not adhere to all of the desired standards. The company, nonetheless, had created all necessary infrastructure for the rifle's production and a small number were manufactured and delivered to the Greek Army but these ended up being kept in storage facilities.
Variants[edit]
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Chropi rifle (5.56x45mm variant 20 round magazine) -
Chropi rifle (7.62x39mm variant 30 round magazine)
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See also[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- Theodoros Dimopoulos (January–February 2006). "Όπλα ελληνικής επινόησης και κατασκευής (Greek developed and produced arms)". Panzer (in Greek) (24).
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