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2 unusual facts about Carbine


Carbine

Some sources derive the name of the weapon from the name of its first users—bernarda troopers called "carabiniers", from the French carabine, from the Old French carabin (soldier armed with a musket), perhaps from escarrabin, gravedigger, which derives from scarabee, scarab beetle.

Carbine's Heritage

The climatic end sequence was filmed at the Christmas 1926 Auckland Cup meeting.


6.5×55mm

In Swedish service, the 6.5×55mm cartridge was used in the Swedish Mauser family of bolt action arms comprising the m/94 (Model 1894) carbine, m/96 (Model 1896) long rifle, m/38 (Model 1938) short rifle and m/41 (Model 1941) sniper rifle and the Ag m/42 semi-automatic rifle.

7.65×20mm Longue

The French military were introduced to the cartridge when the US demonstrated the Pedersen device after the end of World War I in Le Mans and again when John Browning exhibited a carbine in the same caliber in 1920.

9×53mmR

In Soviet Union, several rifles were designed for this cartridge: self-loading carbine "Medved'" ("Медведь"), bolt-action carbine "Los'" ("Лось"), TOZ-55 "Zubr" (ТОЗ-55 "Зубр"), MTs-30-09 (МЦ-30-09) and MTs-110-09 (МЦ-110-09).

A91

A-91, a Russian bull-pup assault rifle, derived from the 9A-91 carbine

Advanced Colt Carbine-Monolithic

The Colt's Manufacturing Company Advanced Colt Carbine-Monolithic is an improved version of the M4 carbine presented to the United States military at a conference as a possible replacement for the M16 rifle and M4 carbine within the military.

Battle of Mud Springs

The most common arm of both sides may have been the Spencer carbine.

Benjamin McCulloch

He acquired a reputation as an Indian fighter, favoring shotguns, pistols, and Bowie knives to the regulation saber and carbine.

Bofors Carl Gustaf

The AK5 is a modified version of the Fabrique Nationale 5.56 mm carbine (FN FNC) produced with a folding stock and an option to mount the SUSAT sight from the British SA80.

Colt Defense

Colt was the original producer of the M16 rifle, rights to which it purchased from designer ArmaLite, and today offers a complete “Family of Weapons” based around the derivative M4 Carbine, which includes a heavy barreled rifle (HBAR®), a carbine with sliding stock (M4 & ACC-M), a personal defense weapon with folding-collapsible buttstock (SCW), a piston carbine (APC), a Commando® M4 with a 10.5 in.

David M. Williams

David Marshall Williams (1900–1975), American designer of the short-stroke piston used in the M1 Carbine

FAVS Stradivari

The FAVS Stradivari is a bullpup carbine series manufactured by FAVS - Fabbrica d'Armi Val di Susa S.N.C. (Susa Valley Arms Factory, Ltd.) located in the town of Villar Focchiardo, and owned by the expert gunmaker Edi Guglielminotti.

LWRC M6

Additionally, the weapon was featured on the Spike TV show Deadliest Warrior, in the episode "SWAT versus GSG-9", as the main carbine for the SWAT team.

M4 carbine

The United States Marine Corps has ordered its officers (up to the rank of lieutenant colonel) and Staff Non-commissioned officers to carry the M4 carbine instead of the M9 handgun.

Military of the Swedish Empire

Both the Hakkapeliittas and the common "gallop cavalry" were armed with broadswords, and as mentioned above the gallop cavalrymen were also equipped with one flintlock carbine and two flintlock pistols.

Remington XP-100

The XP-100 was based on Remington's short action bolt action carbine, the Remington Model 40X, which influenced the later Remington Model 600 rifle.

Taudactylus

T. rheophilus had been recorded only from the Bellenden Ker Range, Lamb Range, Carbine Tableland and Thornton Peak, all recognised refugial areas but has suffered massive declines over its entire former range.

Territorial Support Group

TSG does, however, have its own firearms capability with officers from '1 Area' being trained as Authorised Firearms Officers (AFOs) on standard-issue firearms such as the Glock 17 and Heckler & Koch MP5 semi-automatic carbine, as well as less-lethal weaponry such as the L104A1 Baton Gun and X26 Taser.


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