Chropi rifle

Chropi Rifle
Chropi rifle with magazine removed.
Type	Battle 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
Number built	unknown (probably a few dozen)
Specifications
Length	1090 mm
Cartridge	7.62 x 39 mm
Caliber	7.62 mm
Action	Gas operated
Feed system	30 Round Magazine
Sights	Iron

The Chropi Rifle was a battle rifle built by Chropei (Greek: ΧΡΩΠΕΙ), a Greek chemicals company, which used the "Chropi" spelling on its weapons. It was designed by a team under Mr. Sotiris Sofianopoulos (apparently based on an original Greek-Cypriot design) 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 It was a simple and rather outdated design, clearly inferior to the Heckler & Koch G3, which was adopted (produced by the state-run EBO company).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 produced and delivered to the Greek Army but these ended up being kept in storage facilities.

See also

• List of battle rifles

References

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