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The Secretary of War under President James Buchanan, John B. Floyd, contracted with the Burnside Arms Company to equip a large portion of the Army with his carbine and induced him to establish extensive factories for its manufacture.
Fixed permanently on the Type 44 carbine, this spike-type bayonet is foldable under the handguard and does not interfere with the barrel when deployed.
" Here you can penetrate anywhere, only not with the Gospels under your arm, but with money in your pocket, a carbine in one hand and a whip in the other.
The idea was to provide soldiers with lightweight accessory weapons which could be mounted under the standard issue M16 rifle or M4 carbine.
The original idea was based on the Knight's Armament Masterkey ( KAC Masterkey ) system, which dates back to the 1980s and originally comprised a shortened Remington 870 shotgun mounted under an M16 rifle or M4 carbine.
When the Spaniards ( following then-standard tactics ) formed a square, rifle fire from infantry under cover and pistol and carbine fire from charging cavalry would cause many losses.
Most of the soldiers under Hoang's command were equipped with captured U. S .- made weaponry, such as the M1 carbine, BAR light machine guns,. 30 caliber machine guns, and a single 60mm mortar.
To prevent the gun from being too unbalanced by the large bolt, the bolt consists of two parts ; the main body of the bolt is fairly light and located in the receiver, while the other part is just a weight located under the forend of the carbine.
When Sweden adopted a tailored variant of the Mauser carbine in 1894, Johansson was very excited about the chance to study Mauser's methods of measuring, in preparation for production under license at Carl Gustaf ( which began several years later ).
It can be attached to the M16 assault rifle and the M4 carbine, attaching under the barrel forward of the magazine, or it can be used dismounted with a stock attached as a stand alone model.
Mostly known for the Samozaryadnyi karabin sistemi Simonova ( Russian: Самозарядный карабин системы Симонова ), 1945 ( Self-loading Carbine, Simonov's system, 1945 ), or SKS carbine, he also pioneered the assault and semi-automatic rifle field in the 1920s and 1930s, mostly under the supervision of both Vladimir Fyodorov and Fedor Tokarev.
The official distributor of the QBZ-97B assault carbine on the international market, Jianshe Industries ( Group ) Corporation, advertises and sells it under the denomination " 5. 56mm Short Automatic Rifle Type NQZ03B ( 97 )".

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Initial results were favorable-the TAR-21 was found to be significantly more accurate and reliable ( as well as more comfortable ) than the M4 carbine during extensive field testing-but the battle proven and widely issued M4A3 rifle and its variants will remain in service for some time to come ; their unit purchase price is about one third that of the TAR-21.
This short carbine version of the Lebel, called the Mle 1886 M93-R35, was assembled in fairly large numbers ( about 50, 000 ) at Manufacture d ' Armes de Tulle ( MAT ), beginning in 1935.
There was limited sporting interest in the carbine version and due to small production numbers it is a highly prized collectible priced at about twice the value of the pistol version.
About 7, 000 short carbines with the Swedish designation " karbin m / 1870 " were also made, and in addition to that about 9, 600 " gevär m / 1864-68 " were shortened to carbine length in 1886-87 and given the designation " karbin m / 1864-68-85 ".
Pough started his killing spree in the night of June 17 at about 12: 50 a. m. Armed with his M1 carbine wrapped in a blanket he walked up to a group of men standing at a street corner in the northwest section of Jacksonville, not far from his home, killed Louis Carl Bacon, a pimp, with two shots in the chest and left.
On March 22, 2010 about 35 civilian owners of the Type 97A carbine originally imported by Lever Arms of BC ( The only version ever available for sale ) were sent notice by the RCMP indicating that status of their firearm have been changed to 12. 2 prohibited ( Fully automatic ), and owners without such a firearm license have 30 days to turn in their Type 97A firearm to either individual or business that has such a license, or to police for destruction.
Page put his carbine on automatic and charged straight at a group of about 30 Chinese, firing into them as he ran forward.

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A carbine cracked more loudly, and a slug clipped fragments from the brush off at one side.
The US M1 Carbine was more of a traditional carbine in that it was significantly shorter and lighter, with a 457. 2 mm ( 18 in.
In the more powerful cartridges, the short barrel of a carbine has significant disadvantages in velocity, and the high residual pressure when the bullet exits the barrel results in substantially greater muzzle blast.
One of the more unusual classes of carbine is the pistol caliber carbine.
Common historical examples include the Winchester Model 1892, Lee-Enfield " Jungle Carbine ", Mauser K98 Kurz, SKS, M1 carbine ( no relation to the larger M1 Garand ) and M4 carbine ( a more compact variant of the current M16 rifle ).
The reason to build a new M4 is to produce a new more reliable carbine for US troops in a few years.
The demand for more compact weapons for cavalrymen led to the carbine, or shortened rifle.
U. S. Army Ordnance decided that a selective-fire carbine would adequately fulfill all of these requirements, but specified that the new arm should add no more than five pounds to the existing equipment load.
Parachutists were added to the list of intended users after Ordnance received a request for a lighter and more compact infantry arm for airborne forces, and a folding-stock ( M1A1 ) version of the carbine was introduced in May 1942 to meet this requirement.
Civilian-legal M4geries are also popular with police as a patrol carbine, partly because the M4 is subject to more restriction.
The TAR-21 design was created by Zalmen Shebs, with the express purpose of creating a weapon more suited to urban combat than the M16 / M4 carbine.
In addition to their personal weapons ( which included an M1 carbine and a Colt revolver for each member ) and sabotage equipment, the teams dropped with the Type B Mark II radio, more commonly referred to as the B2 or " Jed Set ", which was critical for communicating with Special Force Headquarters in London.
These muzzle-loaded weapons were used primarily for close-range combat and to supplement the availability of more traditional short ranged weapons such as the saber or carbine.
By firing his carbine and throwing the grenades in his possession he momentarily stopped the enemy advance using the brief respite to obtain more grenades.
The carbine was considered a more appropriate firearm for a horseman than a full-length musket, since it was lighter and easier to handle while on horseback.
Due to the smaller dimensions of the carbine, the Ak 5D is especially suited for ranger / urban warfare units and vehicle crews who often benefit from a more lightweight & compact weapon when taking into account the nature of their assignments and the environments in which they often operate.
The second lion was shot five times with a. 303 Lee Enfield, but it got up and charged him in severely crippled condition, whereupon he shot it three more times with the Martini-Henry carbine, twice in the chest, and once in the head, which killed it.
Since the carbine has a barrel, it provides more power with the same ammunition used by the barreled pistol ( see internal ballistics ).
The M4 carbine and M16 are not ideally suited for all missions, so it was proposed that the modularity of the M16 series would allow a user to replace the upper receiver of an existing weapon with one more suitable to the task.
The AK-102, AK-104 and AK-105 are the designations given to the more compact carbine variants of the AK-10x rifle series, firing the 5. 56 × 45mm NATO, 7. 62 × 39mm M43 and 5. 45 × 39mm M74 rifle rounds respectively.

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Aside from the Ruger carbine, a number of hunting rifles have been introduced for the first time.
The word is a shortened form of " Karabinerhaken ", German for " spring hook for a carbine ".
The carbine was originally a lighter, shortened weapon developed for the cavalry.
In the late 19th century it became common for a number of nations to make bolt-action rifles in both full-length and carbine versions.
This made it an ideal choice for cowboys and explorers, who could carry a revolver and a carbine, both using the same ammunition.
Another example is the DeLisle carbine, a suppressed special operations carbine that was chambered for. 45 ACP.
The primary advantages of a pistol caliber carbine are increased accuracy due to the buttstock and longer barrel ( and with it, sight radius ), relatively low muzzle blast / flash / recoil, higher muzzle velocity and energy of a longer barrel for increased wounding potential and penetration ( depending on the particular load used ), and ( sometimes, but not always ) greater adaptability for easily accepting accessories such as optics, weaponlights, and lasers.
A Browning Hi-Power, made for the Finnish military, with attached shoulder stock to turn it into a short carbine
In some historical cases the term machine carbine was the official title for sub-machine guns, such as the British Sten and Australian Owen guns.
Handguns differ from rifles and shotguns in that they are smaller, lack a shoulder stock ( though some pistols like the Luger and Browning Hi-Power accept a removable stock allowing its use as a carbine ), are usually chambered for less-powerful cartridges, and are designed to be fired with one or two hands.
The solution many firearms manufacturers have presented is a weapon resembling a submachine gun in size and general configuration, but which fires a higher-powered armor-penetrating round ( often specially designed for the weapon ), thus combining the advantages of a carbine and submachine gun.
In 1944, he designed a gas-operated carbine for the new 7. 62x39 mm cartridge.
This weapon, influenced by the M1 Garand rifle, lost out to the new Simonov carbine which would be eventually adopted as the SKS ; but it became a basis for his entry in an assault rifle competition in 1946.
The M16A4 has a flat-top receiver developed for the M4 carbine, a handguard with four Picatinny rails for mounting a sight, laser, night vision device, forward handgrip, removable handle, or a flashlight.
The M16A2 is currently being supplemented by the M16A4, which incorporates the flattop receiver unit developed for the M4 carbine, and Picatinny rail system.
Law enforcement agencies use machine pistols for hostage rescues and for breaching gang compounds because the weapons offer a very high rate of fire in a small weapon, which can be maneuvered inside houses and stairwells, places where an assault carbine such as the Colt M4 would be unwieldy.

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