Carcano rifle

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bolt-action rifle firearm military rifle

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	.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 M91 TS (Truppe Speciali) → Carcano M91/24 → Carcano M91/28 → Carcano M91/38 → Carcano M91/41 →
inServiceUntil	1945 →
loadingMechanism	en-bloc clip →
manufacturer	Beretta → 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	Fucile Modello 1891 →
primaryUser	Italy →
productionEnd	late 1940s →
productionStart	1892 →
serviceEntry	1891 →
standardIssueFor	Italian infantry →
typeDesignation	M91 Carcano →
usedBy	Finnish Army → German forces (captured weapons) → Italian Armed Forces → Italian colonial troops → Royal Italian Army →
usedByPerson	Lee Harvey Oswald →
usedInConflict	Greco-Italian War → Italian Campaign (World War II) → North African Campaign → Second Italo-Ethiopian War → Spanish Civil War → World War I → World War II →
usedInEvent	assassination of John F. Kennedy →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Carcano rifle ("Carcano M91/24") → Carcano rifle ("Carcano M91/28") → Carcano rifle ("Carcano M91/38") → Carcano rifle ("Carcano M91 TS (Truppe Speciali)") → Carcano rifle ("Carcano M91/41") →	hasVariant
Carcano rifle ("Fucile Modello 1891") →	originatedAs
Carcano rifle ("M91 Carcano") →	typeDesignation
Assassination of John F. Kennedy →	weaponUsed