Error creating thumbnail: File missing Join our Discord!
If you have been locked out of your account you can request a password reset here.

Carcano Rifle Series: Difference between revisions

From Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
 
(167 intermediate revisions by 23 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
The "Royal Infantry Musket" Mannlicher-Carcano-Parravicino Rifle series is a group of Italian made bolt-action rifles and carbines that began with the Infantry Model 1891 and continued with rifles like the M1938, M91/38 and M91/41 until the end of the Second World War. He was the ordinance rifle used by Italian Soldiers by First Italo-Ethiopian War (1896-1898) from Second World War.  
The "Royal Infantry Musket" Mannlicher-Carcano-Parravicino Rifle series is a group of Italian made bolt-action rifles and carbines that began with the Infantry Model 1891 and continued with rifles like the M1938, M91/38 and M91/41 until the end of the Second World War. It was the ordinance rifle used by Italian Soldiers in the First Italo-Ethiopian War (1896-1898) through to the Second World War.  


The M91/38 Short version Rifle for Cavalry with a six-round magazine and scope, became infamous as the rifle that Lee Harvey Oswald used to assassinate JFK.
The M91/38 Short Rifle for cavalry with a six-round magazine and scope, became infamous as the rifle that Lee Harvey Oswald used to assassinate JFK.
 
List of Carcano rifle variants.:
 
* '''Carcano M91''' / ''Fucile di Fanteria Mod. 91'' - standard infantry rifle (barrel length 780 mm).
* '''Carcano M91 Carbine''' / ''Moschetto da Cavalleria Mod. 91'' - a carbine designed for cavalry, with an integrated folding bayonet. (barrel length 450 mm).
* '''Carcano M91 TS''' / ''Moschetto per Truppe Speciali Mod. 91'' - a carbine designed for special units (incl. Truppe Speciali): heavy weapons and motorcycle troops. (barrel length 450 mm).
* '''Carcano M91/24''' / ''Moschetto di Fanteria Mod. 91/24'' - (barrel length 450 mm).
* '''Carcano M91/28 TS Modificato''' / ''Moschetto per Truppe Speciali Mod. 91/28 Modificato'' - (barrel length 450 mm).
* '''Carcano M91/28 TS Tromboncino''' / ''Moschetto per Truppe Speciali con Tromboncino Mod. 91/28'' - rifle-grenade launcher.
* '''Carcano M91/38 7.35 mm''' / ''Fucile di Fanteria Mod. 38'' - a short rifle designed to fire 7.35x51 mm ammunition (barrel length 531 mm).
* '''Carcano M91/38 Carbine''' / ''Moschetto Mod. 38'' - carbine (shorter version of Mod. 38) caliber 7.35x51 mm, with an integrated folding bayonet (barrel length 450 mm). Later reverted to 6.5x52 mm.
* '''Carcano M91/38 TS''' / ''Moschetto per Truppe Speciali Mod. 38'' - carbine (shorter version of Mod. 38) caliber 7.35x51 mm, with a detachable bayonet (barrel length 450 mm). Later reverted to 6.5x52 mm.
* '''Carcano M91/38 6.5 mm''' / ''Fucile di Fanteria Mod. 91/38'' - rebuilt versions of Mod. 38, back to 6.5x52mm ammunition. (barrel length 450 mm)
* '''Carcano M91/41''' / ''Fucile di Fanteria Mod. 91/41'' - short rifle 6.5x52 mm (barrel length 691 mm)
* [[Arisaka_Rifle#Arisaka_Type_I|'''Carcano Type I''' / ''Arisaka Type I'']] - export version produced for Japan, caliber 6.5 x 50mm SR
-----
{{Gun Title}}


==Carcano M91 Rifle==
==Carcano M91 Rifle==
[[File:Carcano91.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Carcano M91 Short Rifle for Cavalry- 6.5mm.]]
[[File:Carcano91.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Carcano M91 Long Rifle - 6.5x52mm]]
[[File:Carcanosniper.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Scoped Carcano M1891 Rifle with French Scheibler/Amigues scope - 6.5x52mm]]
[[Image:CarcanoM91CavCarbine.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Moschetto Modello 1891 - 6.5x52mm]]


===Film===
===Film===
Line 15: Line 34:
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
| ''[[Blood Feud]]'' || || Fascist || || 1978
| ''[[Mountains on Fire]]'' ||  || Italian sniper || with a French APX Mle 1917 scope || 1931
|-
| ''[[Attention! Bandits! (Achtung! Banditi!)]]'' || Unknown || Young partisan || || 1951
|-
| ''[[A Farewell to Arms (1957)|A Farewell to Arms]]'' || || Italian soldiers || || 1957
|-
| rowspan="4"|''[[Great War, The (La grande guerra)|The Great War (La grande guerra)]]'' || [[Alberto Sordi]] || Oreste Jacovacci || rowspan="4"| || rowspan="4"| 1959
|-
| [[Vittorio Gassman]] || Giovanni Busacca
|-
| [[Folco Lulli]] || Bordin
|-
|  || Italian soldiers
|-
| ''[[The Four Days of Naples (Le quattro giornate di Napoli)|The Four Days of Naples]]'' || || Italian Resistance fighters || || 1962
|-
| ''[[The Shortest Day (Il giorno più corto)]]'' || || Italian soldiers || || 1963
|-
| ''[[55 Days at Peking]]'' || || Italian soldiers || || 1963
|-
| ''[[The Battle of Neretva]]'' ||  || Italian soldiers || || 1969
|-
| ''[[Many Wars Ago]]'' || || Italian troops || || 1970
|-
| ''[[Novecento]]'' || [[Gérard Depardieu]] || Olmo || || 1976
|-
| ''[[Blood Feud]]'' || || Fascists ''Blackshirts'' || || 1978
|-
| ''[[Lion of the Desert]]'' || || Fascists ''Blackshirts'' || || 1981
|-
| ''[[Time to Kill (Tempo di uccidere)]]'' || || Italian soldiers || || 1989
|-
| ''[[Mediterraneo]]'' || || Italian soldiers || || 1991
|-
| ''[[In Love and War]]'' || || Italian soldiers || || 1996
|-
| ''[[Up at the Villa]]'' || || Italian soldiers || ||2000
|-
| ''[[Captain Corelli's Mandolin]]'' || || Italian troops || || 2001
|-
| rowspan="2"|''[[El Alamein - The Line of Fire]]'' || [[Paolo Briguglia]] || Pvt. Serra || rowspan="2"| || rowspan="2"| 2002
|-
| || Italian troops
|-
| rowspan="2"|''[[Gallipoli: End of the Road]]'' || [[Gürkan Uygun]] || Mushin || rowspan="2"|mocked as [[Mosin Nagant Rifle|Mosin Nagant M1891]] with scope || rowspan="2"| 2013
|-
| [[Fikret Yildirim Urag]] || Capt. Ibrahim Adil
|-
| ''[[The Silent Mountain]]'' || || Italian soldiers || || 2014
|-
|}
 
===Television===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| rowspan="3"|''[[Davos 1917]]'' || Ruben Brinkman || Van de Velde || rowspan="3"| || rowspan="3"| 2023
|-
| [[David Kross]] || Dr. Mangold
|-
| || Mayor General Taylor's henchmen
|-
|-
|}
|}
Line 23: Line 107:
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Notation'''
Line 30: Line 114:
| ''[[Forgotten Hope]]'' || || || || 2003
| ''[[Forgotten Hope]]'' || || || || 2003
|-
|-
| ''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]'' || || || W/o bayonet || 2005
| ''[[Battlefield: 1918]]'' || || || || 2004
|-
| ''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]'' || "Carcano M91" || || W/o bayonet || 2007
|-
| ''[[Mare Nostrum]]'' || "Carcano M91" || || || 2008
|-
| ''[[Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 ]]'' || "Carcano m.91" || || || 2015
|-
|-
| ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' || "Carcano Rifle" || || || 2010
| ''[[Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades]]'' || || || || 2016
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Enlisted]]'' || || || Carcano Model 1891 || rowspan=2| 2021
|-
||| ||Carcano Model 1891 (Scheibler/Amigues scope)
|-
| ''[[Isonzo]]'' || "Fucile da Fanteria Mo. 1891 'Carcano'" || || || 2022
|-
|-
|}
|}


<br clear="all">
<br clear="all">
==Carcano M91 TS==
[[Image:M91TSFT.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Carcano M91 TS (''Truppe Speciale''; Special Troops) - 6.5x52mm. This was the first type heavily adopted by artillery and military engineering, after about fifteen years of exterior modifications. Note the cross-type bayonet lug, standard sling loop and smaller rear sight.]]
[[Image:91TSMod.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Carcano M91 TS Modificato (Modified) - 6.5x52mm. Note the standard bayonet lug. The modified 91 has an additional left side back sling loop for a more comfortable carry on the back (specifically asked by artillery and engineering, who were doing a lot of manual work).]]
[[File:Tromboncino.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Carcano M91TS Carbine with [[Tromboncino M28|Tromboncino Modello 28 grenade launcher]] - 6.5x52mm Carcano; 38.5mm grenade]]
===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Mountains on Fire]]'' || || Italian soldier || || 1931
|-
| ''[[A Farewell to Arms (1957)|A Farewell to Arms]]'' || || Italian military police || TS M || 1957
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[The Four Days of Naples (Le quattro giornate di Napoli)|The Four Days of Naples]]'' || [[Frank Wolff]] || Salvatore || TS M || rowspan=2|1962
|-
| || Italian Resistance fighters || TS M
|-
| ''[[Illustrious Corpses (Cadaveri eccellenti)]]'' || || Italian police || TS M || 1976
|-
|''[[Blood Feud]]''|| || Fascist || TS M || 1978
|-
| ''[[Senso '45]]'' || || An Italian partisan || TS M || 2002
|-
| ''[[The Roses of the Desert]]'' || || Italian Troops || TS M || 2006
|-
| ''[[The Silent Mountain]]'' || || Italian soldiers || || 2014
|-
|}
===Anime===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Violet Evergarden]]''|| Isidor || E12; M91 TS with [[Tromboncino M28|Tromboncino M28 grenade launcher]] || 2018
|-
|}
===Video Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Referred as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
|-
| ''[[Men of War (Video Game)|Men of War]]'' || "Carabine Carcano" || added with ''Red Tide'' expansion pack || 2009
|-
| ''[[Battlefield V]]'' || "M28 con Tromboncino" || with [[Tromboncino M28|Tromboncino M28 grenade launcher]], added in 2019 update || 2018
|-
| ''[[Isonzo]]'' || "Moschetto Per Truppe Speciali Mo.91" || || 2022
|-
|}
<br clear=all>
==Carcano M91/24==
[[Image:9124.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Carcano M91/24 - 6.5x52mm. This rifle does not come from Special Troops series, as is often mistakenly considered. In reality the M91/24 is a shortened M91 long rifle, as can be seen from the standard rear sight.]]
===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[The Four Days of Naples (Le quattro giornate di Napoli)|The Four Days of Naples]]'' || [[Franco Sportelli]] || Prof. Rosati || || rowspan=2|1962
|-
| || Italian Resistance fighters ||
|-
| ''[[Kill Rommel!]]'' || || Italian Troops || || 1969
|-
| ''[[Free Hand for a Tough Cop]]'' || [[Claudio Cassinelli]] || Commissioner Antonio Sarti || Fitted with rifle grenade launcher || 1976
|-
|''[[I Am the Law (Il prefetto di ferro)]]''|| || Carabinieri || || 1977
|-
|''[[Mediterraneo]]''|| || Boy || || 1991
|-
| ''[[The Roses of the Desert]]'' || || Italian Troops || || 2006
|}
===Television===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Front Without Mercy (Front ohne Gnade)]]'' || || Italian troops and Spanish Republicans || Ep.5-6 || 1984
|-
|}


==Carcano M91/38 Short Rifle==
==Carcano M91/38 Short Rifle==
[[Image:CarcanoM91-38ShortRifle.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Carcano M91/38 Short Rifle for Cavalry- 6.5mm.]]
[[Image:CarcanoM91-38ShortRifle.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Carcano M91/38 - 6.5x52mm. The Model 38 (''Fucile di Fanteria Mod. 1938'') in 7.35x51mm caliber is very similar.]]


===Film===
===Film===
Line 49: Line 248:
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?]]'' || || German and Soviet soldiers || || 1959
|-
| ''[[Bridge, The (1959)|The Bridge]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1959
|-
| ''[[Bandits of Orgosolo (Banditi a Orgosolo)]]'' || || A carabinier || || 1961
|-
| ''[[The Battle of Neretva]]'' ||  || Italian Soldiers || || 1969
|-
|-
| ''[[Executive Action]]'' || [[Paul Carr]] || Assassination conspirator || || 1973
| ''[[Executive Action]]'' || [[Paul Carr]] || Assassination conspirator || || 1973
|-
| ''[[The Boss]]'' || [[Henry Silva]] || Nicola Lanzetta || With rifle grenade launcher || 1973
|-
| ''[[We Want the Colonels (Vogliamo i colonnelli)]]'' || || Paramilitaries || || 1973
|-
|-
| ''[[Shriek of the Mutilated]]'' || [[Tawm Ellis]] || Dr. Karl Werner || || 1974
| ''[[Shriek of the Mutilated]]'' || [[Tawm Ellis]] || Dr. Karl Werner || || 1974
|-
|-
| ''[[JFK]]'' || [[Gary Oldman]] || Lee Harvey Oswald || || 1991
| ''[[The Last Four Days]]'' || || Italian partisans || || 1974
|-
|-
| ''[[JFK]]'' || [[Frank Whaley]] || Fake Oswald || || 1991
| ''[[Silent Action]]'' || || Terrorists || || 1975
|-
|-
| ''[[JFK]]'' || [[Kevin Costner]] || Jim Garrison || || 1991
| ''[[Young, Violent, Dangerous (Liberi armati pericolosi)]]'' || || A forest ranger || || 1976
|-
| ''[[I Am the Law (Il prefetto di ferro)]]''|| || Italian ''Carabinieri'' || || 1977
|-
| rowspan="3"|''[[Sahara (1983)|Sahara]]' || [[Lambert Wilson]] || Jaffar || rowspan="3"| || rowspan="3"| 1983
|-
| [[Brooke Shields]] || Dale Gordon
|-
| || Nomadic tribes fighters
|-
| ''[[Flashpoint (1984)|Flashpoint]]'' || || || Found in old car || 1984
|-
| ''[[Time to Kill (Tempo di uccidere)]]'' || || Abyssinian partisans || || 1989
|-
|rowspan="3"|''[[JFK]]'' || [[Gary Oldman]] || Lee Harvey Oswald || || rowspan="3"|1991
|-
|  [[Frank Whaley]] || Fake Oswald ||
|-
[[Kevin Costner]] || Jim Garrison ||
|-
| ''[[Up at the Villa]]'' || || Italian soldiers || || 2000
|-
| rowspan="3"|''[[El Alamein - The Line of Fire]]'' || [[Paolo Briguglia]] || Pvt. Serra || rowspan="3"| || rowspan="3"| 2002
|-
| [[Pierfrancesco Favino]] || Sgt. Rizzo
|-
| || Italian troops
|-
| ''[[In Her Line of Fire]]'' ||  || The rebels || || 2006
|-
| ''[[The Roses of the Desert]]'' || || Italian Troops || || 2006
|-
|-
| ''[[Watchmen]]'' || [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]] || The Comedian/Edward Blake || || 2009
| ''[[Watchmen]]'' || [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]] || The Comedian/Edward Blake || || 2009
|-
|-
| ''[[Running Against Time]]'' || [[James DiStefano]] || Lee Harvey Oswald || ||
| ''[[Running Against Time]]'' || [[James DiStefano]] || Lee Harvey Oswald || ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|''[[Gallipoli: End of the Road]]'' || [[Ben Warwick]] || Cpl. William Eagle || modified, with a scope || rowspan="2"| 2013
|-
| || Australian soldiers || mocked as [[SMLE|Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*]]
|-
|-
|}
|}
Line 69: Line 314:
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Show Title '''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Show Title '''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="450"|'''Note / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
|-
|-
| ''[[Quantum Leap]]'' || [[Scott Bakula]] || Lee Harvey Oswald || Season 5, Episode 1 & 2: "Lee Harvey Oswald - Oct 5, 1957-Nov 22, 1963: Part 2" || 1989-1993
| ''[[Quantum Leap]]'' || [[Scott Bakula]] || Lee Harvey Oswald || Season 5, Episode 1 & 2: "Lee Harvey Oswald - Oct 5, 1957-Nov 22, 1963: Part 2" || 1989-1993
|-
|-
| ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' || [[Toby Aspin]] || Lee Harvey Oswald || || 1992-1999
| ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' || Toby Aspin || Lee Harvey Oswald || || 1992-1999
|-
|-
| ''[[Penn & Teller: Bullshit!]]'' || [[Teller]] || Himself || "Conspiracy Theories" (S3E3) || 2005
| ''Penn & Teller: Bullshit!'' || Teller || Himself || "Conspiracy Theories" (S3E3) || 2005
|-
|-
| ''[[The Kennedys]]'' || [[Ryan Blakely]] || Lee Harvey Oswald || || 2011
| ''[[The Kennedys]]'' || [[Ryan Blakely]] || Lee Harvey Oswald || || 2011
Line 100: Line 345:
| ''[[Forgotten Hope]]'' || || || || 2003
| ''[[Forgotten Hope]]'' || || || || 2003
|-
|-
| ''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]'' || || || W/o bayonet || 2005
| ''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]'' || || || W/o bayonet || 2007
|-
| ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' || "Carcano Rifle" || || anachronistic || 2010
|-
| ''[[Red Dead Redemption II]]'' || "Carcano Rifle" || || anachronistic || 2018
|-
| rowspan=3|''[[Enlisted]]'' || || || Carcano M91/38 6.5 mm || rowspan=3| 2021
|-
||| ||Carcano M91/38 7.35 mm
|-
||| ||Carcano M91/38 7.35 mm with scope mod.38
|-
|-
|}
|}
Line 106: Line 361:


==Carcano M91/38 Cavalry Carbine==
==Carcano M91/38 Cavalry Carbine==
[[Image:CarcanoM38CavCarbine.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Carcano M91/38 Cavalry Carbine with folded bayonet - 6.5mm.]]
[[Image:CarcanoM38CavCarbine.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Carcano M91/38 Cavalry Carbine with folded bayonet - 6.5x52mm]]
 
===Film===
===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
Line 116: Line 372:
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
| ''[[Salvatore Giuliano]]'' || || Italian Carabinieri and Army soldiers || || 1962
| ''[[The Last Chance]]'' || || Italian soldiers || || 1945
|-
| ''[[Rome, Open City (Roma città aperta)]]'' || || Italian soldiers and carabiniers || || 1945
|-
| ''[[In the Name of the Law]]'' || || Carabiniers || || 1949
|-
| ''[[Spy for Germany]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1956
|-
| ''[[A Farewell to Arms (1957)|A Farewell to Arms]]'' || || Italian military police || || 1957
|-
| ''[[The Law Is the Law]]'' || || French policeman || || 1958
|-
| ''[[Great War, The (La grande guerra)|The Great War (La grande guerra)]]'' || || Carabinieri || || 1959
|-
| ''[[Everybody Go Home! (Tutti a casa)]]'' || || Italian troops || || 1960
|-
| rowspan="2"|''[[Divorce Italian Style]]'' || [[Leopoldo Trieste]] || Carmelo Patanè || rowspan="2"| || rowspan="2"| 1961
|-
| || Italian soldiers
|-
| ''[[Bandits of Orgosolo (Banditi a Orgosolo)]]'' || || Carabiniers and bandits || || 1961
|-
|''[[Operation Caviar]]'' || || A German soldier || || 1961
|-
| ''[[Salvatore Giuliano]]'' || || Carabinieri, Italian soldiers || || 1962
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[The Four Days of Naples (Le quattro giornate di Napoli)|The Four Days of Naples]]'' || [[Luigi De Filippo]] || Cicillo || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1962
|-
| || Italian Resistance fighters
|-
| ''[[Organizer, The (I compagni)|The Organizer (I compagni)]]'' || || Italian Army cavalrymen || || 1963
|-
| rowspan=4|''[[The Camp Followers (Le soldatesse)]]'' || [[Mario Adorf]] || Sgt. Castagnoli || rowspan=4| || rowspan=4|1965
|-
| [[Tomas Milian]] || Lt. Gaetano Martino
|-
| [[Aleksandar Gavric]] || Maj. Alessi
|-
| || Italian soldiers
|-
| ''[[After the Fox]]'' || || prison guards || bayonet removed || 1966
|-
| ''[[Anzio]]'' || || Italian Soldiers || || 1968
|-
| ''[[The Battle of Neretva]]'' || || Italian soldiers and partisans ||  || 1969
|-
| ''[[Five for Hell]]'' || || An Italian Carabinier || || 1969
|-
| ''[[The Eighth (Osmiyat)]]'' || || A resistance fighter || || 1969
|-
| ''[[Confessions of a Police Captain]]'' ||  || Carabinieri || || 1971
|-
| ''[[Blood Brothers (I guappi)]]'' || || Carabinieri || || 1974
|-
| ''[[The Last Four Days]]'' || || Italian partisans || || 1974
|-
|''[[Libera, My Love (Libera, amore mio ...)]]'' || || Carabinieri, Italian soldiers || || 1975
|-
|-
| ''[[Rocky]]'' || [[Sylvester Stallone]] || Rocky Balboa || Seen behind a radiator in apartment || 1976
| ''[[Rocky]]'' || [[Sylvester Stallone]] || Rocky Balboa || Seen behind a radiator in apartment || 1976
|-
|''[[I Am the Law (Il prefetto di ferro)]]''|| || Prisoner guards || ||1977
|-
|-
| ''[[Night Riders (Nocní jazdci)]]'' || [[Jozef Adamovic]] || Smuggler Imro Jakuvec || || 1981
| ''[[Night Riders (Nocní jazdci)]]'' || [[Jozef Adamovic]] || Smuggler Imro Jakuvec || || 1981
|-
| ''[[Fall of Italy, The (Pad Italije)|The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije)]]'' ||  || Italian occupation forces, partisans, and chetniks || || 1981
|-
| ''[[The Sicilian]]'' || || Carabiniers and soldiers || || 1987
|-
|-
| ''[[The Godfather Part III]]'' || [[Mario Donatone]] || Mosca || || 1990
| ''[[The Godfather Part III]]'' || [[Mario Donatone]] || Mosca || || 1990
|-
|-
| ''[[Captain Corelli's Mandolin]]'' || || Italian artillery troops || || 2001
| ''[[Up at the Villa]]'' || || Fascist || || 2000
|-
|-
| ''[[Captain Corelli's Mandolin]]'' || [[Nicolas Cage]] || Captain Antonio Corelli || || 2001
|rowspan="2"|''[[Captain Corelli's Mandolin]]'' || [[Nicolas Cage]] || Captain Antonio Corelli || rowspan="2"| ||rowspan="2"|2001
|-
| Italian artillery troops
|-
| ''[[El Alamein - The Line of Fire]]'' || || Italian Troops || || 2002
|-
| ''[[The Roses of the Desert]]'' || || Italian Troops || || 2006
|-
| ''[[The Expendables 2]]'' || || Bulgarian villagers || without the bayonet || 2012
|-
| ''[[The Silent Mountain]]'' || || Italian soldiers || || 2014
|-
|''[[Tenet]]''|| || ||seen in a warehouse||2020
|-
|-
|}
|}
Line 133: Line 463:
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Show Title '''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Show Title '''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Air Date'''
|-
| ''[[Front Without Mercy (Front ohne Gnade)]]'' || || Italian troops || Ep.5 || 1984
|-
| ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot - Season 1|Agatha Christie's Poirot: Triangle at Rhodes]]'' || || Italian soldiers and carabiniers || || 1989
|-
|-
| ''[[Mythbusters]]'' || || || "Exploding Toilet" (S01E04); "Myths Revisited" (S02E01); "Seasickness - Kill or Cure" (S03E19); "Shredded Plane" (S04E02); "Firearms Folklore" (S04E25) || 2003-Present
| ''[[Mythbusters]]'' || || || "Exploding Toilet" (S01E04); "Myths Revisited" (S02E01); "Seasickness - Kill or Cure" (S03E19); "Shredded Plane" (S04E02); "Firearms Folklore" (S04E25) || 2003-Present
Line 152: Line 486:
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Release Date'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Release Date'''
|-
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty 2: Big Red One]]'' || || || || 2005
| ''[[Call of Duty 2: Big Red One]]'' || "Carcano M38" || || || 2005
|-
|-
| ''[[Karma Online]]'' || "Carcano M91" || || || 2011
| ''[[Karma Online]]'' || "Carcano M91" || || || 2011
|-
| ''[[Enlisted]]'' || || || || 2021
|-
|-
|}
|}
Line 160: Line 496:


==Carcano M91/41==
==Carcano M91/41==
[[Image:CarcanoM91Rifle.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Carcano M91/41 Rifle - 6.5x52mm]]
===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
|''[[Jaws]]''||||Fisherman/Shark Hunting Party ||||1975
|-
| ''[[Mediterraneo]]'' || || || Seen in a hidden armory || 1991
|-
|}


[[Image:CarcanoM91Rifle.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Carcano M91/41 Rifle - 6.5mm.]]
===Video Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Referred as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
|-
| ''[[Sniper Elite III]]'' || "Carcano" || || 2014
|-
| ''[[Sniper Elite 4]]'' || "Carcano" || || 2017
|-
|''[[Strange Brigade]]'' || "Gehrig-Delgane S1" || Semi-automatic || 2018
|-
| ''[[Enlisted]]'' || || || 2021
|-
|}
<br clear="all">
<br clear="all">



Latest revision as of 13:26, 26 December 2023

The "Royal Infantry Musket" Mannlicher-Carcano-Parravicino Rifle series is a group of Italian made bolt-action rifles and carbines that began with the Infantry Model 1891 and continued with rifles like the M1938, M91/38 and M91/41 until the end of the Second World War. It was the ordinance rifle used by Italian Soldiers in the First Italo-Ethiopian War (1896-1898) through to the Second World War.

The M91/38 Short Rifle for cavalry with a six-round magazine and scope, became infamous as the rifle that Lee Harvey Oswald used to assassinate JFK.

List of Carcano rifle variants.:

  • Carcano M91 / Fucile di Fanteria Mod. 91 - standard infantry rifle (barrel length 780 mm).
  • Carcano M91 Carbine / Moschetto da Cavalleria Mod. 91 - a carbine designed for cavalry, with an integrated folding bayonet. (barrel length 450 mm).
  • Carcano M91 TS / Moschetto per Truppe Speciali Mod. 91 - a carbine designed for special units (incl. Truppe Speciali): heavy weapons and motorcycle troops. (barrel length 450 mm).
  • Carcano M91/24 / Moschetto di Fanteria Mod. 91/24 - (barrel length 450 mm).
  • Carcano M91/28 TS Modificato / Moschetto per Truppe Speciali Mod. 91/28 Modificato - (barrel length 450 mm).
  • Carcano M91/28 TS Tromboncino / Moschetto per Truppe Speciali con Tromboncino Mod. 91/28 - rifle-grenade launcher.
  • Carcano M91/38 7.35 mm / Fucile di Fanteria Mod. 38 - a short rifle designed to fire 7.35x51 mm ammunition (barrel length 531 mm).
  • Carcano M91/38 Carbine / Moschetto Mod. 38 - carbine (shorter version of Mod. 38) caliber 7.35x51 mm, with an integrated folding bayonet (barrel length 450 mm). Later reverted to 6.5x52 mm.
  • Carcano M91/38 TS / Moschetto per Truppe Speciali Mod. 38 - carbine (shorter version of Mod. 38) caliber 7.35x51 mm, with a detachable bayonet (barrel length 450 mm). Later reverted to 6.5x52 mm.
  • Carcano M91/38 6.5 mm / Fucile di Fanteria Mod. 91/38 - rebuilt versions of Mod. 38, back to 6.5x52mm ammunition. (barrel length 450 mm)
  • Carcano M91/41 / Fucile di Fanteria Mod. 91/41 - short rifle 6.5x52 mm (barrel length 691 mm)
  • Carcano Type I / Arisaka Type I - export version produced for Japan, caliber 6.5 x 50mm SR

The Carcano Rifle Series and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Carcano M91 Rifle

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Carcano M91 Long Rifle - 6.5x52mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Scoped Carcano M1891 Rifle with French Scheibler/Amigues scope - 6.5x52mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Moschetto Modello 1891 - 6.5x52mm

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Mountains on Fire Italian sniper with a French APX Mle 1917 scope 1931
Attention! Bandits! (Achtung! Banditi!) Unknown Young partisan 1951
A Farewell to Arms Italian soldiers 1957
The Great War (La grande guerra) Alberto Sordi Oreste Jacovacci 1959
Vittorio Gassman Giovanni Busacca
Folco Lulli Bordin
Italian soldiers
The Four Days of Naples Italian Resistance fighters 1962
The Shortest Day (Il giorno più corto) Italian soldiers 1963
55 Days at Peking Italian soldiers 1963
The Battle of Neretva Italian soldiers 1969
Many Wars Ago Italian troops 1970
Novecento Gérard Depardieu Olmo 1976
Blood Feud Fascists Blackshirts 1978
Lion of the Desert Fascists Blackshirts 1981
Time to Kill (Tempo di uccidere) Italian soldiers 1989
Mediterraneo Italian soldiers 1991
In Love and War Italian soldiers 1996
Up at the Villa Italian soldiers 2000
Captain Corelli's Mandolin Italian troops 2001
El Alamein - The Line of Fire Paolo Briguglia Pvt. Serra 2002
Italian troops
Gallipoli: End of the Road Gürkan Uygun Mushin mocked as Mosin Nagant M1891 with scope 2013
Fikret Yildirim Urag Capt. Ibrahim Adil
The Silent Mountain Italian soldiers 2014

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
Davos 1917 Ruben Brinkman Van de Velde 2023
David Kross Dr. Mangold
Mayor General Taylor's henchmen

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
Forgotten Hope 2003
Battlefield: 1918 2004
Forgotten Hope 2 "Carcano M91" W/o bayonet 2007
Mare Nostrum "Carcano M91" 2008
Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 "Carcano m.91" 2015
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 2016
Enlisted Carcano Model 1891 2021
Carcano Model 1891 (Scheibler/Amigues scope)
Isonzo "Fucile da Fanteria Mo. 1891 'Carcano'" 2022


Carcano M91 TS

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Carcano M91 TS (Truppe Speciale; Special Troops) - 6.5x52mm. This was the first type heavily adopted by artillery and military engineering, after about fifteen years of exterior modifications. Note the cross-type bayonet lug, standard sling loop and smaller rear sight.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Carcano M91 TS Modificato (Modified) - 6.5x52mm. Note the standard bayonet lug. The modified 91 has an additional left side back sling loop for a more comfortable carry on the back (specifically asked by artillery and engineering, who were doing a lot of manual work).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Carcano M91TS Carbine with Tromboncino Modello 28 grenade launcher - 6.5x52mm Carcano; 38.5mm grenade

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Mountains on Fire Italian soldier 1931
A Farewell to Arms Italian military police TS M 1957
The Four Days of Naples Frank Wolff Salvatore TS M 1962
Italian Resistance fighters TS M
Illustrious Corpses (Cadaveri eccellenti) Italian police TS M 1976
Blood Feud Fascist TS M 1978
Senso '45 An Italian partisan TS M 2002
The Roses of the Desert Italian Troops TS M 2006
The Silent Mountain Italian soldiers 2014

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Violet Evergarden Isidor E12; M91 TS with Tromboncino M28 grenade launcher 2018

Video Games

Game Title Referred as Note Release Date
Men of War "Carabine Carcano" added with Red Tide expansion pack 2009
Battlefield V "M28 con Tromboncino" with Tromboncino M28 grenade launcher, added in 2019 update 2018
Isonzo "Moschetto Per Truppe Speciali Mo.91" 2022


Carcano M91/24

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Carcano M91/24 - 6.5x52mm. This rifle does not come from Special Troops series, as is often mistakenly considered. In reality the M91/24 is a shortened M91 long rifle, as can be seen from the standard rear sight.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Four Days of Naples Franco Sportelli Prof. Rosati 1962
Italian Resistance fighters
Kill Rommel! Italian Troops 1969
Free Hand for a Tough Cop Claudio Cassinelli Commissioner Antonio Sarti Fitted with rifle grenade launcher 1976
I Am the Law (Il prefetto di ferro) Carabinieri 1977
Mediterraneo Boy 1991
The Roses of the Desert Italian Troops 2006

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
Front Without Mercy (Front ohne Gnade) Italian troops and Spanish Republicans Ep.5-6 1984

Carcano M91/38 Short Rifle

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Carcano M91/38 - 6.5x52mm. The Model 38 (Fucile di Fanteria Mod. 1938) in 7.35x51mm caliber is very similar.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? German and Soviet soldiers 1959
The Bridge German soldiers 1959
Bandits of Orgosolo (Banditi a Orgosolo) A carabinier 1961
The Battle of Neretva Italian Soldiers 1969
Executive Action Paul Carr Assassination conspirator 1973
The Boss Henry Silva Nicola Lanzetta With rifle grenade launcher 1973
We Want the Colonels (Vogliamo i colonnelli) Paramilitaries 1973
Shriek of the Mutilated Tawm Ellis Dr. Karl Werner 1974
The Last Four Days Italian partisans 1974
Silent Action Terrorists 1975
Young, Violent, Dangerous (Liberi armati pericolosi) A forest ranger 1976
I Am the Law (Il prefetto di ferro) Italian Carabinieri 1977
Sahara' Lambert Wilson Jaffar 1983
Brooke Shields Dale Gordon
Nomadic tribes fighters
Flashpoint Found in old car 1984
Time to Kill (Tempo di uccidere) Abyssinian partisans 1989
JFK Gary Oldman Lee Harvey Oswald 1991
Frank Whaley Fake Oswald
Kevin Costner Jim Garrison
Up at the Villa Italian soldiers 2000
El Alamein - The Line of Fire Paolo Briguglia Pvt. Serra 2002
Pierfrancesco Favino Sgt. Rizzo
Italian troops
In Her Line of Fire The rebels 2006
The Roses of the Desert Italian Troops 2006
Watchmen Jeffrey Dean Morgan The Comedian/Edward Blake 2009
Running Against Time James DiStefano Lee Harvey Oswald
Gallipoli: End of the Road Ben Warwick Cpl. William Eagle modified, with a scope 2013
Australian soldiers mocked as Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Quantum Leap Scott Bakula Lee Harvey Oswald Season 5, Episode 1 & 2: "Lee Harvey Oswald - Oct 5, 1957-Nov 22, 1963: Part 2" 1989-1993
Red Dwarf Toby Aspin Lee Harvey Oswald 1992-1999
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! Teller Himself "Conspiracy Theories" (S3E3) 2005
The Kennedys Ryan Blakely Lee Harvey Oswald 2011
Level 9 An assassin Ep. "Wetware"

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault 2002
Forgotten Hope 2003
Forgotten Hope 2 W/o bayonet 2007
Red Dead Redemption "Carcano Rifle" anachronistic 2010
Red Dead Redemption II "Carcano Rifle" anachronistic 2018
Enlisted Carcano M91/38 6.5 mm 2021
Carcano M91/38 7.35 mm
Carcano M91/38 7.35 mm with scope mod.38


Carcano M91/38 Cavalry Carbine

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Carcano M91/38 Cavalry Carbine with folded bayonet - 6.5x52mm

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Last Chance Italian soldiers 1945
Rome, Open City (Roma città aperta) Italian soldiers and carabiniers 1945
In the Name of the Law Carabiniers 1949
Spy for Germany German soldiers 1956
A Farewell to Arms Italian military police 1957
The Law Is the Law French policeman 1958
The Great War (La grande guerra) Carabinieri 1959
Everybody Go Home! (Tutti a casa) Italian troops 1960
Divorce Italian Style Leopoldo Trieste Carmelo Patanè 1961
Italian soldiers
Bandits of Orgosolo (Banditi a Orgosolo) Carabiniers and bandits 1961
Operation Caviar A German soldier 1961
Salvatore Giuliano Carabinieri, Italian soldiers 1962
The Four Days of Naples Luigi De Filippo Cicillo 1962
Italian Resistance fighters
The Organizer (I compagni) Italian Army cavalrymen 1963
The Camp Followers (Le soldatesse) Mario Adorf Sgt. Castagnoli 1965
Tomas Milian Lt. Gaetano Martino
Aleksandar Gavric Maj. Alessi
Italian soldiers
After the Fox prison guards bayonet removed 1966
Anzio Italian Soldiers 1968
The Battle of Neretva Italian soldiers and partisans 1969
Five for Hell An Italian Carabinier 1969
The Eighth (Osmiyat) A resistance fighter 1969
Confessions of a Police Captain Carabinieri 1971
Blood Brothers (I guappi) Carabinieri 1974
The Last Four Days Italian partisans 1974
Libera, My Love (Libera, amore mio ...) Carabinieri, Italian soldiers 1975
Rocky Sylvester Stallone Rocky Balboa Seen behind a radiator in apartment 1976
I Am the Law (Il prefetto di ferro) Prisoner guards 1977
Night Riders (Nocní jazdci) Jozef Adamovic Smuggler Imro Jakuvec 1981
The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije) Italian occupation forces, partisans, and chetniks 1981
The Sicilian Carabiniers and soldiers 1987
The Godfather Part III Mario Donatone Mosca 1990
Up at the Villa Fascist 2000
Captain Corelli's Mandolin Nicolas Cage Captain Antonio Corelli 2001
Italian artillery troops
El Alamein - The Line of Fire Italian Troops 2002
The Roses of the Desert Italian Troops 2006
The Expendables 2 Bulgarian villagers without the bayonet 2012
The Silent Mountain Italian soldiers 2014
Tenet seen in a warehouse 2020

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Front Without Mercy (Front ohne Gnade) Italian troops Ep.5 1984
Agatha Christie's Poirot: Triangle at Rhodes Italian soldiers and carabiniers 1989
Mythbusters "Exploding Toilet" (S01E04); "Myths Revisited" (S02E01); "Seasickness - Kill or Cure" (S03E19); "Shredded Plane" (S04E02); "Firearms Folklore" (S04E25) 2003-Present

Video Game

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One "Carcano M38" 2005
Karma Online "Carcano M91" 2011
Enlisted 2021


Carcano M91/41

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Carcano M91/41 Rifle - 6.5x52mm

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Jaws Fisherman/Shark Hunting Party 1975
Mediterraneo Seen in a hidden armory 1991

Video Games

Game Title Referred as Note Release Date
Sniper Elite III "Carcano" 2014
Sniper Elite 4 "Carcano" 2017
Strange Brigade "Gehrig-Delgane S1" Semi-automatic 2018
Enlisted 2021