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The serial-numbered C2766 rifle, sent to Oswald as a surplus advertised "Italian carbine" in 1963, was a short infantry rifle of this type (though technically not a moschetto carbine model), manufactured for the 6.5×52mm cartridge. This 6.5mm Carcano M91/38 was only manufactured for two years, 1940–1941, and discontinued in favor of a new 6 ...
The pre-war headstamp has the 1- or 2-letter code for the brass supplier of the cartridge case at 6 o'clock, the 2-digit year the cartridge case was produced at 12 o'clock, the lot number of the propellant at 9 o'clock, and the 2-digit year the finished cartridge was assembled at 3 o'clock. The brass suppliers or cartridge manufacturers would ...
H&R was the exclusive manufacturer of the US test version of the FN FAL, designated the T48 rifle, in the trials to select a replacement service rifle for the M1 Garand, but the US Army Ordnance Department instead adopted the M1-derived T44 as "US Rifle M-14", awarding H&R one of three contracts to produce the M14 rifle during that rifle's ...
The MAS Modèle 36 (also known as the Fusil à répétition 7 mm 5 M. 36 [1]) is a military bolt-action rifle. First adopted in 1936 by France and intended to replace the Berthier and Lebel series of service rifles, it saw service long past the World War II period. It was manufactured from late 1937 onward by Manufacture d'Armes de Saint ...
The 7×61mm Sharpe & Hart Magnum belted cartridge (A.K.A. 7mm S&H Super [1]) was developed by Philip B. Sharpe and Richard (Dick) Hart in the 1950s. Some articles claim it was based on the .300 H&H Magnum case, [1] [2] while others claim it was based on the 7x61 MAS M1907 case.
Harry Tracy (23 October 1875 [1] – 6 August 1902) was an outlaw in the American Old West. Biography. His real name was Harry Severns.
The M1895 Lee Navy was a straight-pull magazine rifle adopted in limited numbers by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in 1895 as a first-line infantry rifle. [3] [4] The Navy's official designation for the Lee Straight-Pull rifle was the "Lee Rifle, Model of 1895, caliber 6-mm" [3] but the weapon is also largely known by other names, such as the "Winchester-Lee rifle", "Lee Model 1895", "6mm Lee ...
"Little David" 36 inch (914 mm) mortar emplacement at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. After the Siegfried Line was breached with conventional forces, Little David was instead considered for use against the extremely strong fortifications during the expected invasion of Japan. The decision was made to test for this purpose, but the end of the ...