Chropi rifle

Chropi Rifle
TypeAssault rifle Squad automatic weapon Designated marksman rifle
Place of originGreece
Service history
In service1976-present
Used byHellenic Army (not officially adopted)
Production history
DesignerSotiris Sofianopoulos (team leader)
Designed1975
ManufacturerChropi (Chropei), Athens
No. builtRoughly 5000
VariantsChropi rifle (5.56x45mm variant 20 round magazine) and (7.62x39mm variant 30 round magazine)
Specifications
Length1,090 mm
Barrel length460 mm
Cartridge5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×39mm
Caliber5.56mm
7.62mm
ActionGas-operated
Feed system30 round detachable box magazine
SightsIron 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 It was a simple and rather outdated design, clearly inferior to the Heckler & Koch G3, which was adopted (produced by the state run EVO company).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.

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Bibliography

  • Theodoros Dimopoulos (January–February 2006). "Όπλα ελληνικής επινόησης και κατασκευής (Greek developed and produced arms)". Panzer (in Greek) (24).


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