ARSENALS AND FACTORIES
A complete list of National Arsenals and Private factories involved in the production of Carcano rifles, Carbines and accessories.
In September 1929, the Italian Royal Navy asked several Brescia gun manufacturers to convert the old Mod.91 long rifles still in Navy's warehouses into TS configuration. Lorenzotti secured a contract to convert 10,500 Fucili mod.91 to T.S. configuration [5] , Beretta obtained a contract for about 20,000 rifles, while MBT Most probably obtained a similar contract to produce/convert 6,000 guns. All these productions show very similar features (recycling 1897-1919 receivers) and the same Navy acceptance markings.
In 1935, the majority of MBT was acquired by S.M.I., maintaining its focus on metal wares and war materials. The same year, MBT secured two significant army contracts: one for producing the new platoon assault mortar, the 45mm Brixia Mod.1935, and the other to convert thousands of FIAT-Revelli mod.1914 Machineguns to the new Mod. 1914/35 standard in 8x59 Breda. MBT continued its war productions until late 1944. After the war, it significantly reduced its involvement in war-related business, redirecting its focus towards metal wares and laminated metals. In 1958, MBT was fully absorbed by S.M.I., and its former buildings today stand abandoned or repurposed for other businesses. [6] |
Company specialized in plastic materials, resins, tin processing and related products.
Operating from the second half of the 1930s to the 1940s, it was based in Milan in via Valtorta 9. Over the years it also collaborated with the "Castelli-Gerosa" company, a historic manufacturer of medals and badges, today known as O.M.E.A. Manufacturers of gun oilers mod.91-38 |