Chropi rifle
Chropi Rifle | |
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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) |
Specifications | |
Length | 1090 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 It was a simple and rather outdated design, clearly inferior to the Heckler & Koch G3, which was adopted (produced by the state run EVO company).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.
See also[]
Bibliography[]
- Theodoros Dimopoulos (January–February 2006). "Όπλα ελληνικής επινόησης και κατασκευής (Greek developed and produced arms)". Panzer (in Greek) (24).
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- Rifles of the Cold War
- 7.62×39mm assault rifles
- Trial and research firearms
- Rifles of Greece
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