carbine

hi guys, i've been trying to look this up on the internet for a few months now and haven't been able to find anything good enough, so could you guys tell me? what is a carbine?
Lost

car·bine (n): A lightweight rifle with a short barrel.

It is derived from the French word "carabine", from Old French "carabin", or soldier armed with a musket. The word as applied to modern firearms does not necessarily mean an automatic rifle; any rifle action so long as it meets the conditions of being (relatively) lightweight and a (relatively) short barrel, is a carbine. Some examples:

M1 Carbine:
http://www.securityarms.com/pics/92.jpg

De Lisle suppressed carbine:
http://www.securityarms.com/pics/509.jpg

Russian M44 carbine (I own one of these):
http://www.mosin-nagant.net/m44hardlaminateed.jpg

Colt R6520 Government Carbine:
http://www.securityarms.com/pics/14.jpg

There are two sides to the pronounciation of carbine - car·BYNE and car·BEEN. I pronounce it as the former, because other words spelled similarily sound this way (ie. com·bine). Anyone who pronounces it car·BEEN is a heretic and must be burned at the stake immediately. /infopop/emoticons\icon_wink.gif Hope this helps.

------------------
Gryphon/JTF2
Striving for Excellence in Small Arms Data

=JTF2= Infiltration Server Info (http://members.home.net/freedomstoystore)

car·bine (n): A lightweight rifle with a short barrel.

It is derived from the French word "carabine", from Old French "carabin", or soldier armed with a musket. The word as applied to modern firearms does not necessarily mean an automatic rifle; any rifle action so long as it meets the conditions of being (relatively) lightweight and a (relatively) short barrel, is a carbine. Some examples:

M1 Carbine:
http://www.securityarms.com/pics/92.jpg

De Lisle suppressed carbine:
http://www.securityarms.com/pics/509.jpg

Russian M44 carbine (I own one of these):
http://www.mosin-nagant.net/m44hardlaminateed.jpg

Colt R6520 Government Carbine:
http://www.securityarms.com/pics/14.jpg

There are two sides to the pronounciation of carbine - car·BYNE and car·BEEN. I pronounce it as the former, because other words spelled similarily sound this way (ie. com·bine). Anyone who pronounces it car·BEEN is a heretic and must be burned at the stake immediately. /infopop/emoticons\icon_wink.gif Hope this helps.

------------------
Gryphon/JTF2
Striving for Excellence in Small Arms Data

=JTF2= Infiltration Server Info (http://members.home.net/freedomstoystore)

thanks!