Draft:Rigopoulos Rifle (1941)

Rigopoulos rifle
Rigopoulos rifle
Type	Semi-automatic rifle
Place of origin	Kingdom of Greece
Service history
Used by	Hellenic Army (intended)
Wars	World War II ; German invasion of Greece
Production history
Designer	Rigas Rigopoulos
Designed	(spring 1941)
Specifications
Action	Semi-automatic
Feed system	20-round detachable box magazine

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Declined by DoubleGrazing 52 days ago. Last edited by Fertitler 6 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: When citing offline sources, please provide sufficient bibliographical detail to enable the source to be reliably identified for verification; see WP:OFFLINE for advice. DoubleGrazing (talk) 08:58, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Comment: Two sources, one of which apparently authored by the person who designed this weapon, is not enough to establish notability per WP:GNG. DoubleGrazing (talk) 08:57, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

The Rigopoulos Rifle is a semi-automatic rifle and designed by Lieutenant Rigas Rigopoulos during World War II 1941.

An improvement of the Mannlicher–Schönauer is the Rigopoulos semi-automatic rifle was designed by Lieutenant Rigas Rigopoulos during World War II (spring 1941), incorporating modified and redesigned parts to enable automatic fire, and feed system 20-round detachable box magazine. Though approved by the Greek military to be produced in Volos, it never went into production, due to the German invasion of Greece.^[1]^[2]

Mechanism of Rigopoulos rifle designed by Lieutenant Rigas Rigopoulos during World War II (spring 1941).

References

^ Rigas Rigopoulos (2003). Secret War: Greece-Middle East, 1940–1945 : the Events Surrounding the Story of Service 5-16-5 (PDF). Turner Publishing Company. pp. 13–14. ISBN 978-1-56311-886-9.
^ Christos Sazanidis (1995). Ta Opla ton Ellinon (Arms of the Greeks), Maiandros, Thessaloniki.

[1] Rigas Rigopoulos (2003). Secret War: Greece-Middle East, 1940–1945 : the Events Surrounding the Story of Service 5-16-5 (PDF). Turner Publishing Company. pp. 13–14. ISBN 978-1-56311-886-9.

[2] Christos Sazanidis (1995). Ta Opla ton Ellinon (Arms of the Greeks), Maiandros, Thessaloniki.

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