Chropi rifle

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 It was a simple and rather outdated design, clearly inferior to the Heckler & Koch G3, which was adopted (produced by the state run EVO company).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.

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	5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×39mm
Caliber	5.56mm 7.62mm
Action	Gas-operated
Feed system	30 round detachable box magazine
Sights	Iron sights

Variants

• 
  Chropi rifle (5.56x45mm variant 20 round magazine)
• 
  Chropi rifle (7.62x39mm variant 30 round magazine)

See also

• List of assault rifles

Bibliography

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