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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Generate an image of a carcano 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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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bolt-action rifle ⓘ
firearm ⓘ
military rifle ⓘ
action bolt action ⓘ
caliber .30-06 Springfield ⓘ
linked to: M1 Garand rifles

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) ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle

Carcano M91/24 ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle

Carcano M91/28 ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle

Carcano M91/38 ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle

Carcano M91/41 ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle
inServiceUntil 1945 ⓘ
loadingMechanism en-bloc clip ⓘ
manufacturer Beretta ⓘ
Brescia Arsenal ⓘ
linked to: Terni 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 ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle
primaryUser Italy ⓘ
productionEnd late 1940s ⓘ
productionStart 1892 ⓘ
serviceEntry 1891 ⓘ
standardIssueFor Italian infantry ⓘ
typeDesignation M91 Carcano ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle
usedBy Finnish Army ⓘ
German forces (captured weapons) ⓘ
linked to: Wehrmacht

Italian Armed Forces ⓘ
Italian colonial troops ⓘ
Royal Italian Army ⓘ
linked to: Regio Esercito
usedByPerson Lee Harvey Oswald ⓘ
usedInConflict Greco-Italian War ⓘ
Italian Campaign (World War II) ⓘ
linked to: Italian campaign

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carcano rifle → originatedAs → Fucile Modello 1891 ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle
Carcano rifle → typeDesignation → M91 Carcano ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle
Carcano rifle → hasVariant → Carcano M91/24 ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle
Carcano rifle → hasVariant → Carcano M91/28 ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle
Carcano rifle → hasVariant → Carcano M91/38 ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle
Carcano rifle → hasVariant → Carcano M91 TS (Truppe Speciali) ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle
Carcano rifle → hasVariant → Carcano M91/41 ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle
Regio Esercito → usedEquipment → Carcano rifle ⓘ
Salvatore Carcano → designed → Carcano rifle ⓘ
Salvatore Carcano → designed → Modello 1891 Carcano rifle ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle
Salvatore Carcano → notableWork → Carcano bolt-action rifle ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle
Fabbrica Nazionale d’Armi di Brescia → product → Carcano rifles ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle
Fabbrica Nazionale d’Armi di Brescia → produced → Carcano M91 rifles ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle
Fabbrica Nazionale d’Armi di Brescia → produced → Carcano M91/24 carbines ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle
Fabbrica Nazionale d’Armi di Brescia → produced → Carcano M91/38 rifles ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle
Hungarian Army units → usedSmallArms → Mannlicher–Carcano rifle ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle
single-bullet theory → involvesWeapon → Mannlicher-Carcano rifle ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle
Type I rifle → inspiredBy → Carcano rifle ⓘ
Type I rifle → receiverType → Carcano-type receiver ⓘ
linked to: Carcano rifle