The Colt Advanced Piston Carbine or Colt APC (internal product number P0923) is a lightweight modular 5.56mm caliber piston-operated, magazine fed carbine...
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For the Individual Carbine competition, Colt submitted their Enhanced M4 design, also known as the Colt Advanced Piston Carbine (APC). The weapon has...
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Canada (formerly Diemaco) licensed production of a rifle (Colt Model 715) and carbine (Colt Model 725), but later went on to produce an entire line of...
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The Colt Infantry Automatic Rifle 6940 (commonly shortened to Colt IAR or IAR6940) is a light machine gun designed by Phil Hinckley and manufactured by...
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Designed as a less expensive alternative to the upscale Colt .357 and the later Colt Python and Colt King Cobra, it was marketed to law enforcement agencies...
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The M1 carbine (formally the United States carbine, caliber .30, M1) is a lightweight semi-automatic carbine chambered in the .30 carbine (7.62×33mm) cartridge...
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A carbine (/ˈkɑːrbiːn/ or /ˈkɑːrbaɪn/), from French carabine, is a long arm firearm but with a shorter barrel than a rifle or musket. Many carbines are...
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despite frequently being called such. For example: Select-fire Amogh carbines are not assault rifles; their effective range is only 200 yards. Select-fire...
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Gas-operated reloading (redirect from Gas-operated long-stroke piston system)
other methods are employed to regulate the energy. The M1 carbine incorporates a very short piston, or "tappet." This movement is closely restricted by a...
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CAR-LIN CORP Colt Colt Canada C7 Cx4 Storm (Beretta) Choroszmanów Ckm wz. 25 Hotchkiss Colt Peacemaker Colt Monitor Colt Anaconda Colt M4 Carbine Daewoo Daewoo...
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ArmaLite AR-15 (category Colt rifles)
the carrying handle like AR-10 to the rear of the receiver), Colt rebranded it the Colt 601, however, it still carried the Armalite markings due to contractual...
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Stoner 63 (category Long stroke piston firearms)
destroyed. The Stoner 63 series of weapons are piston driven, air-cooled, belt or magazine-fed and in rifle and carbine configuration, fire from a closed bolt...
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at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on November 9, 2011 M4 5.56mm Carbine[usurped]. colt.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-08. Project manager soldier weapons soldier...
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rights to the AR-15 to the Colt Firearms Company, Stoner turned his attention to the AR-16 design. This was another advanced 7.62 mm rifle but used a more...
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back in a uniform fashion and restrict any off-axis movement. "Colt's Advanced Piston Carbine, the LE6940P In Stores". Guns.com. 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2017-05-17...
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Blowback (firearms) (redirect from Advanced Primer Ignition)
used a primer piston in a rifle submitted for the SPIW competition. Other rifles to use this system were the Postnikov APT and Clarke carbine as described...
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List of weapons of the United States Marine Corps (section Assault rifles, carbines and battle rifles)
Marine 1873 Colt Single Action Colt M1861 Navy Colt 1851 Navy Revolver Harper's Ferry Model 1805 Beretta M9A1 Beretta M9 Rifles, Carbines, & Muskets United...
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SA80 (redirect from L22 carbine)
family consists of the L86 Light Support Weapon, the short-barrelled L22 Carbine and the L98 Cadet rifle. The SA80 was the last in a long line of British...
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While that bid was unsuccessful, the rifle attracted the attention of both Colt and the Dutch company Artillerie-Inrichtingen, both of which acquired licenses...
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M27 infantry automatic rifle (category Short stroke piston firearms)
but now is issued to all infantry riflemen as a replacement for the M4 carbine. The USMC initially planned to purchase 6,500 M27s to replace a portion...
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ArmaLite AR-18 (category Short stroke piston firearms)
more conventional short-stroke gas piston in the AR-16 after ArmaLite sold the production rights to the DI system to Colt Firearms. The AR-16 had a short...
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Steyr AUG (category Short stroke piston firearms)
into the ban, AUG buyers gained a reprieve as cosmetic changes to the carbine's design allowed importation once again. Changes included redesigning its...
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assault rifle produced by PT Pindad, based on the AR-15–style design of M4 carbine, HK416, and CAR 816, while also incorporating feedback from users of the...
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frequently fitted with a Trijicon 4× ACOG, while the standard-issue M4 carbine is often equipped with an unmagnified Aimpoint CompM2 or CompM4. Commonly...
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The Tarpley carbine: This is categorized into falling block action, but the breech block is hinged, unlike the others. The Morse Carbine: This mostly...
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Silencer (firearms) (section Captive-piston silencer)
blimp, a device to reduce the noise made by a camera's shutter Colt 635SD De Lisle carbine MAC-10 MSP Groza silent pistol OTs-38 Stechkin silent revolver...
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30-06 Springfield) out to 500 yd (457 m) Wounding ability equal to M1 carbine Springfield Armory's Earle Harvey lengthened the .222 Remington cartridge...
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followed by the French Tabatière in 1857, by the British Calisher and Terry carbine made in Birmingham and later in 1864 by the better known British Snider–Enfield...
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very popular and trim lines of the Colt 1911 automatic pistol. Weihrauch then produced an under-lever spring piston rifle, the HW77. This gun opened fully...
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