Carcano rifle
E26852
The Carcano rifle is an Italian bolt-action military rifle most widely known as the weapon used by Lee Harvey Oswald in the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
All labels observed (15)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carcano rifle canonical | 3 |
| Carcano M91 TS (Truppe Speciali) | 1 |
| Carcano M91 rifles | 1 |
| Carcano M91/24 | 1 |
| Carcano M91/24 carbines | 1 |
| Carcano M91/28 | 1 |
| Carcano M91/38 | 1 |
| Carcano M91/38 rifles | 1 |
| Carcano M91/41 | 1 |
| Carcano bolt-action rifle | 1 |
| Carcano rifles | 1 |
| Fucile Modello 1891 | 1 |
| M91 Carcano | 1 |
| Mannlicher–Carcano rifle | 1 |
| Modello 1891 Carcano rifle | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T210164 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Carcano rifle Context triple: [Assassination of John F. Kennedy, weaponUsed, Carcano rifle]
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A.
Beretta M1934 pistol
The Beretta M1934 pistol is an Italian semi-automatic handgun widely used in the mid-20th century, notably as the firearm employed in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
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B.
Beryl assault rifle
The Beryl assault rifle is a Polish-designed 5.56×45mm NATO service rifle widely used as the primary infantry weapon of Poland’s armed forces.
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C.
SA80 assault rifle
The SA80 assault rifle is the standard-issue bullpup infantry weapon of the British Armed Forces, known for its compact design and multiple modernization upgrades since its introduction in the 1980s.
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D.
Derringer pistol
The Derringer pistol is a small, easily concealed single-shot handgun historically infamous as the type of weapon used to kill U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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E.
Mauser BK-27 27 mm cannon
The Mauser BK-27 is a German-designed 27 mm revolver cannon widely used in modern fighter aircraft for high-rate, accurate air-to-air and air-to-ground fire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Carcano rifle Target entity description: The Carcano rifle is an Italian bolt-action military rifle most widely known as the weapon used by Lee Harvey Oswald in the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
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A.
Beretta M1934 pistol
The Beretta M1934 pistol is an Italian semi-automatic handgun widely used in the mid-20th century, notably as the firearm employed in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
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B.
Beryl assault rifle
The Beryl assault rifle is a Polish-designed 5.56×45mm NATO service rifle widely used as the primary infantry weapon of Poland’s armed forces.
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C.
SA80 assault rifle
The SA80 assault rifle is the standard-issue bullpup infantry weapon of the British Armed Forces, known for its compact design and multiple modernization upgrades since its introduction in the 1980s.
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D.
Derringer pistol
The Derringer pistol is a small, easily concealed single-shot handgun historically infamous as the type of weapon used to kill U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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E.
Mauser BK-27 27 mm cannon
The Mauser BK-27 is a German-designed 27 mm revolver cannon widely used in modern fighter aircraft for high-rate, accurate air-to-air and air-to-ground fire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bolt-action rifle
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firearm ⓘ military rifle ⓘ |
| action | bolt action ⓘ |
| caliber |
M1 Garand rifles
ⓘ
surface form:
.30-06 Springfield
6.5×52mm Carcano ⓘ 7.35×51mm Carcano ⓘ |
| category |
Italian rifles
ⓘ
bolt-action military rifles ⓘ |
| chambering | 6.5×52mm Carcano ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Italy
ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ |
| designer | Salvatore Carcano ⓘ |
| feedSystem | 6-round en-bloc clip ⓘ |
| firingMode | manual ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Carcano rifle
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Carcano M91 TS (Truppe Speciali)
Carcano rifle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Carcano M91/24
Carcano rifle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Carcano M91/28
Carcano rifle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Carcano M91/38
Carcano rifle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Carcano M91/41
|
| inServiceUntil | 1945 ⓘ |
| loadingMechanism | en-bloc clip ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Beretta
ⓘ
Terni Arsenal ⓘ
surface form:
Brescia Arsenal
Fabbrica Nazionale d’Armi di Brescia ⓘ Terni Arsenal ⓘ |
| material |
steel barrel
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wooden stock ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Salvatore Carcano ⓘ |
| notableFor | use in the assassination of John F. Kennedy ⓘ |
| originatedAs |
Carcano rifle
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Fucile Modello 1891
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| primaryUser | Italy ⓘ |
| productionEnd | late 1940s ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1892 ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1891 ⓘ |
| standardIssueFor | Italian infantry ⓘ |
| typeDesignation |
Carcano rifle
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
M91 Carcano
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| usedBy |
Finnish Army
ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
surface form:
German forces (captured weapons)
Italian Armed Forces ⓘ Italian colonial troops ⓘ Regio Esercito ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Italian Army
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| usedByPerson | Lee Harvey Oswald ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Italian invasion of Greece
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surface form:
Greco-Italian War
Italian campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Campaign (World War II)
North African campaign ⓘ
surface form:
North African Campaign
Second Italo-Ethiopian War ⓘ Spanish Civil War ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| usedInEvent |
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
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surface form:
assassination of John F. Kennedy
|
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Carcano rifle Description of subject: The Carcano rifle is an Italian bolt-action military rifle most widely known as the weapon used by Lee Harvey Oswald in the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.