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The Philippidis rifle is a bolt-action rifle designed by Philippos A. Philippidis in 1905.
(p. 222) The Philippidis gun was officially approved for production in 1925, but again, the
History
The weapon was chosen instead of the Greek-designed Philippidis gun ('Οπλον Φιλιππίδου), itself based on an earlier model by the same Austrian manufacturer, after intense lobbying against the Greek design in 1905. This caused a serious political crisis, with accusations about "national treason" heard in the Greek Parliament.L.S. Skartsis, ''Greek Vehicle & Machine Manufacturers 1800 to Present: A Pictorial History'', Marathon (2012)(p. 222) The Philippidis gun was officially approved for production in 1925, but again, the
Mannlicher–Schönauer
The Mannlicher–Schönauer (sometimes Anglicized as "Mannlicher Schoenauer", Hellenized as Τυφέκιον/Όπλον Μάνλιχερ, ''Óplon/Tyfékion Mannlicher'') is a rotary-magazine bolt-action rifle produced by Steyr Mannlicher for ...
was produced (by Breda
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in Italy
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), due to (reportedly) late submission of the Greek designs to the Italian manufacturer and/or cost factors.Christos Sazanidis, ''Ta Opla ton Ellinon (Arms of the Greeks)'', Maiandros, Thessaloniki (1995)
References
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