Engineering: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 |
| Calibre | 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 It was a simple and rather outdated design, clearly inferior to the Heckler & Koch G3, which was adopted (produced by the state run EVO company).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
Chropi rifle (5.56x45mm variant 20 round magazine)
Chropi rifle (7.62x39mm variant 30 round magazine)
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See also
Bibliography
- Theodoros Dimopoulos (January–February 2006). "Όπλα ελληνικής επινόησης και κατασκευής (Greek developed and produced arms)" (in Greek). Panzer (24).
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