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The Basilopoulos rifle or Basilopoulos gun made by Lieutenant Basilopoulos in 1901.

According to reports, Mr. Basilopoulos, a Hellenic Army Lieutenant, invented and built an "advanced repeater gun" in 1901. The gun was supposed to be tested in Volos by the Army during the same year, but no more details are known about its fate.^[1]

References

^ L.S. Skartsis, Greek Vehicle & Machine Manufacturers 1800 to Present: A Pictorial History, Marathon (2012) ISBN 978-960-93-4452-4 (p. 222)

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