Chropi rifle
| Chropi Rifle | |
|---|---|
 Chropi rifle with magazine removed. | |
| 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 x 39 mm M43 |
| Caliber | 7.62 mm |
| Action | Gas operated |
| Feed system | 30 Round AK Type Box Magazine |
| Sights | Iron |
The Chropi Rifle was a rifle type 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 It was a simple and rather outdated design, clearly inferior to the Heckler & Koch G3, which was adopted (produced by the state-run EBO company).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 its production and a small number (probably a few dozen) produced was delivered to the Greek state and ended up in Greek Army storage facilities.
References
- Theodoros Dimopoulos (2006). "Όπλα ελληνικής επινόησης και κατασκευής (Greek-developed and produced Arms)". Panzer (in Greek) (24).
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