Chropi GP10 submachine gun
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Chropi GP10 | |
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Type | Submachine gun |
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 | approximately 100 |
Specifications | |
Length | 590 mm |
Cartridge | .45 ACP 9×19mm Parabellum |
Action | Blowback |
Feed system | Box magazine |
Sights | Iron |
The Chropi GP10 was a submachine gun 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 (apparently[citation needed] an original Greek-Cypriot design) and was proposed to the Greek Army in 1975. Initial positive performance results during tests were followed by a final rejection with dire consequences for the company, which had improved its existing infrastructure in order to mass-produce the weapon. About 100 units had been produced, which were delivered to the Greek state and ended up in Greek Army storage facilities.
Bibliography[]
- Theodoros Dimopoulos (January–February 2006). "Όπλα ελληνικής επινόησης και κατασκευής (Greek developed and produced arms)". Panzer (in Greek) (24).
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