Carcano
Lee Harvey Oswald's Carcano M91/38 Fucile Corto (short rifle)
Type	Battle rifle
Place of origin	Kingdom of Italy
Service history
In service	1892 - 1950
Used by	Italy, colonies
Wars	First World War Second World War
Production history
Designed	1891
Produced	1892 - 1945
Variants	Long rifles, short rifle, cavalry carbine, special troops' carbine in diverse sub-variants
Specifications
Weight	8 lb 9 oz (3.8 kg) (unloaded)
Length	49.5 in (1295 mm)
Barrel length	780 mm
Cartridge	6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano and 7.35x51mm Carcano (some in 7.92x57mm Mauser)
Action	Bolt-action
Muzzle velocity	2300 ft/s (700 m/s)
Effective range	c. 600m
Feed system	6 round magazine, charger fed

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Carcano is the frequently used name for a series of Italian bolt-action military rifles. Introduced in 1891, this rifle was chambered for the newly-developed rimless 6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano cartridge. It was developed by the chief technician Salvatore Carcano at the Turin Army Arsenal in 1890 and called the Model 91 (M91). Successively replacing the previous Vetterli-Vitali rifles in 10.35x47mmR, it was produced from 1892 to 1945. The M91 was issued in both rifle and carbine form to most Italian troops during the First World War and Second World War. Half opened bolt on a Winchester Model 70. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Location Region Piedmont Province Torino Area   – Total   – Water 130 km² (50 mi²) ##.# km² (#.# mi²) #.##% Population   – Total (2002)   – Density 857,433 6,596/km² Time zone CET: UTC+1 Latitude Longitude   45°04N 7°40E (##.#######, -##.#######)1. ... Year 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... Year 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

History

Although this rifle is often called "Mannlicher-Carcano" especially in US parlance, that name was never official, as little as the even less correct moniker "Mauser-Parravicino." Its official designation in Italian is simply Mod. '91 ("il novantuno"). The name Mannlicher-Carcano is also misleading because the rifle's bolt action was based on a German Mauser-style bolt action, not the Austrian Mannlicher-style. The taxonomically misleading Mannlicher designation comes from the fact that the rifle depends for proper usage upon a magazine system using en bloc charger clips developed and patented by Ferdinand Mannlicher, but the actual and superior variant used in the Carcano is derived from the later non-Mannlicher German Mod. 1888 commission rifle. Mauser is the common name of a German arms manufacturer, maker of a line of bolt-action rifles from the 1870s to present. ... Mannlicher may refer to: Ferdinand Mannlicher - a famous weapon designer various guns bearing his name: Rifle Mannlicher-Schönauer (arguably his most famous design) Pistol Steyr Mannlicher M1894 Pistol Steyr Mannlicher M1901 Rifle Mannlicher-Carcano M91 Rifle Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated... Ferdinand Ritter von Mannlicher (born January 30, 1848 in Mainz, Germany - died January 20, 1904 in Vienna, Austria) was an engineer and small armaments designer. ...

A short rifle variant in carbine length called the M91/38 was introduced in 1938, jointly with a new 7.35x51mm cartridge. The new caliber, however, never replaced the old one, and in 1940, production switched back to the 6.5x52mm cartridge. In 1941, the military reverted to a long-barrelled infantry rifle again (slightly shorter than the original M91), the M91/41. Military surplus Carcano ammunition is no longer readily available, but civilian loadings are offered by Hornady, Norma and Prvi Partizan. Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sniper versions never existed, but in World War I, a few rifles were fitted with telescopes (World War II scoped rifles are prototypes only). A number of Moschetti M91/38 TS (special troops' carbines) were chambered for the larger caliber German 7.92x57mm Mauser ammunition. The reasons for this conversion are still not clear; one batch was already converted in World War II (around 1941), but never saw troop service, while most were converted after 1945, and were exported to Egypt, where they served as drill and training carbines. The occasional model designation "Model 1943 (M43)" is wrong, and was never applied to either 8 mm gun. The 8mm Mauser cartridge next to a United States nickel. ...

German forces captured large quantities of Carcano rifles after Italy's capitulation in September 1943. It was the most commonly issued rifle to the German people's militia Volkssturm units in late 1944 and 1945. With torn picture of his Führer beside his clenched fist, a dead Bataillionsführer (general) of the Volkssturm lies on the floor of city hall, Leipzig, Germany. ...

After World War II, Italy replaced its Carcano rifles first with British Lee-Enfields and then with the US .30 caliber (7.62 mm) M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle which the Italians labeled the Model 1952 (M52.) Large quantities of surplus Carcanos were sold in the USA and Canada beginning in the 1950s. In the Polizia di Stato the rifle was abandoned only in 1981. Lee-Enfield No4 Mk1 with bayonet, scabbard attached The Lee-Enfield was the British armys standard bolt action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle from 1895 until 1956. ... The M1 Garand (more formally the United States Rifle, Caliber . ... One of the Lamborghini Gallardo of the Polizia Stradale Police trucks in Venice Railway Station The Polizia di Stato (State Police) is one of the national police forces of Italy. ... AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...

The original Carcano cartridge, 6.5x52mm, was also used in World War I era machine guns. However, in 1935, the 8x59mm Breda cartridge was adopted for this purpose, and was used in a number machineguns during World War II (rechambered Fiat-Revelli, Breda M37, Breda M38).

Variants

• Fucile di Fanteria Mo.1891 (long infantry rifle Model 1891, adopted in 1891)
• Moschetto Mo.91 da Cavalleria (carbine, adopted in 1893)
• Moschetto per Truppe Speciali Mo.91 (or M.91TS, carbine for special troops, adopted 1897)
• Moschetto di Fanteria Mo. 91/24 (carbine, modification of the original Mo.1891 with shortened barrel and altered rearsight blade, adopted in 1924)
• Moschetto di Fanteria Mo. 91/28 (newly constructed carbine, adopted in 1928)
• Moschetto di Fanteria Mo. 91/28 con Tromboncino (modified version coupled with a 38,5 mm grenade launcher)
• Fucile di Fanteria Mo. 1938 (Model 1938, modernized version adopted in 1938 in the 7,35 caliber)
• Moschetto di Fanteria Mo. 91/38 (Model 1938 carbine in the original 6,5 caliber)
• Fucile di Fanteria Mo. 91/41 (long infantry rifle, similar to the original Mo.1891, adopted in 1941)

See also

• List of common WWII infantry weapons
• John F. Kennedy assassination rifle

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External links

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Carcano

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