Carcano Model Identification
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Nomenclature
The model nomenclature and identification of the various Carcano
rifles and carbines varies wildly and confusingly in both Italian and
foreign literature. While it may be preferable, in the long run, to
stay with the "official" Italian army nomenclature, it is not always
clear itself and often too ambiguous.
http://personal.stevens.edu/~gliberat/carcano/models.html
The Corps of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
MUSEUM of TECHNOLOGY
http://www.rememuseum.org.uk/
Weapons Collection (Some items on display at the Museum)
http://www.rememuseum.org.uk/arms/armindex.htm
Italian Service Rifles and Carbines
http://www.rememuseum.org.uk/arms/rifles/armisrc.htm
Rifle 6.5 mm M1938 (Mannlicher-Carcano 91/38)
This rifle became of international interest when President John F
Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on 22
November 1963. An example of the Mannlicher-Carcano was originally
PRESUMED to have been used by the assassin since one was found nearby,
but later detail investigations have thrown doubt on this. The
Museum's example was produced in 1940 at the Italian arsenal at Terni.
In 1938, with the introduction of the 7.35 mm cartridge, a new short
rifle and two patterns of carbines chambered for this cartridge were
introduced, all with fixed sights. The entrance of Italy into World
War 2 in 1940, with insufficient supplies of ammunition at hand,
caused second thoughts on the use of another cartridge and that same
year the 6.5 mm was reintroduced, and Carcanos manufactured from that
date were again chambered for the 6.5 mm cartridge.
THE SECOND CARCANO...
Examination of the photograph reveals that the rifle being held by Lee
Harvey Oswald is not the same rifle found on the sixth floor of the
Texas School Book
"Skeptics are never deceived"
French Proverb quotes
http://jfkresearch.freehomepage.com/c2766.html
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