Carcano rifle

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf bolt-action rifle
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
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
wooden stock
namedAfter Salvatore Carcano
notableFor use in the assassination of John F. Kennedy
originatedAs Carcano rifle self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fucile Modello 1891
primaryUser Italy
productionEnd late 1940s
productionStart 1892
serviceEntry 1891
standardIssueFor Italian infantry
typeDesignation Carcano rifle self-linksurface differs
surface form: M91 Carcano
usedBy Finnish Army
Wehrmacht
surface form: German forces (captured weapons)

Italian Armed Forces
Italian colonial troops
Regio Esercito
surface form: Royal Italian Army
usedByPerson Lee Harvey Oswald
usedInConflict Italian invasion of Greece
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
surface form: assassination of John F. Kennedy

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Carcano rifle originatedAs Carcano rifle self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Fucile Modello 1891
Carcano rifle typeDesignation Carcano rifle self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: M91 Carcano
Carcano rifle hasVariant Carcano rifle self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Carcano M91/24
Carcano rifle hasVariant Carcano rifle self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Carcano M91/28
Carcano rifle hasVariant Carcano rifle self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Carcano M91/38
Carcano rifle hasVariant Carcano rifle self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Carcano M91 TS (Truppe Speciali)
Carcano rifle hasVariant Carcano rifle self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Carcano M91/41
Regio Esercito usedEquipment Carcano rifle
Salvatore Carcano designed Carcano rifle
Salvatore Carcano designed Carcano rifle
this entity surface form: Modello 1891 Carcano rifle
Salvatore Carcano notableWork Carcano rifle
this entity surface form: Carcano bolt-action rifle
Fabbrica Nazionale d’Armi di Brescia product Carcano rifle
this entity surface form: Carcano rifles
Fabbrica Nazionale d’Armi di Brescia produced Carcano rifle
this entity surface form: Carcano M91 rifles
Fabbrica Nazionale d’Armi di Brescia produced Carcano rifle
this entity surface form: Carcano M91/24 carbines
Fabbrica Nazionale d’Armi di Brescia produced Carcano rifle
this entity surface form: Carcano M91/38 rifles
Hungarian Army units usedSmallArms Carcano rifle
this entity surface form: Mannlicher–Carcano rifle