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carbine::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | rifle |
| Derivation | carabineer |
Examples of carbine
carbine
The carbine was originally a lighter, shortened weapon developed for the cavalry.
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In 1945 the Red Army adopted the Siminov SKS, a semi-automatic 7.62x39mm carbine.
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Harris was armed with a Hi-Point 995 carbine with 13 magazines of 10 rounds each.
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The vest can withstand an AK-47 or a 7.62mm carbine shot at point blank range.
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In 1944, he designed a gas-operated carbine for the new 7.62x39 mm cartridge.
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The unit sergeant places a carbine to her forehead and casually murders her.
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Sitting on the floor and poking his M-4 carbine out the back, he was hidden.
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She handles her 4.5 pound 9mm carbine just fine and without physical pain.
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Carbine of a Swiss Dragoon, with the strap system allowing a quick draw while mounted.
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- Light automatic rifle
- A carbine (/u02C8ku0251u02D0rbiu02D0n/ or /u02C8ku0251u02D0rbau026An/), from French carabine, is a long arm firearm but with a shorter barrel than a rifle or musket. Many carbines are shortened versions of full-length rifles, shooting the same ammunition, while others fire lower-powered ammunition, including those designed for pistols.
- Carbine (1885-1914), was an outstanding New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse, who competed in New Zealand and later Australia. ...
- A smaller lighter version of an existing rifle with a shortened barrel
- A rifle with a relatively short barrel. Any rifle or carbine with a barrel less than 16" long must be registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Shotguns with barrels less than 18" long fall into the same category.
- A breech-loading, single-shot, rifle-barreled gun primarily used by cavalry troops. A carbine's barrel is several inches shorter than a regular rifle-musket.
- A short firearm carried by cavalry, usually of wheel-lock or flintlock pattern.
- A shortened version of a long barreled rifle. Carbines are under 16inchs in length and are not usually as ballistically accurate as the long guns they are derived from.
- Although this term is somewhat vague, it has come to mean a rifle with a relatively short barrel length and thus lighter in weight. The generally accept dividing point is 18 inches. Barrels 18 inches or shorter are considered carbines; longer barrels are called rifles.
