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In comparison, the .30-06 Springfield ball round used by the M1 Garand is almost three times as powerful as the .30 Carbine, while the carbine round is twice as powerful as the .45 ACP-caliber Thompson submachine gun in common use at the time. As a result, the carbine offers much better range, accuracy and penetration than those submachine guns.
A carbine (/ ˈ k ɑːr b iː n / or / ˈ k ɑːr b aɪ n /), [1] from French carabine, [2] is a long arm firearm but with a shorter barrel than a rifle or musket. [3] Many carbines are shortened versions of full-length rifles, shooting the same ammunition, while others fire lower-powered ammunition, typically ranging from pistol/PDW to intermediate rifle cartridges.
The .30 carbine was developed from the .32 Winchester Self-Loading used in an early semi-auto sporting rifle. A standard .30 carbine ball bullet weighs 110 grains (7.1 g); a complete loaded round weighs 195 grains (12.6 g) and has a muzzle velocity of 1,990 ft/s (610 m/s), giving it 967 ft⋅lb f (1,311 joules) of energy when fired from the M1 ...
.30 Carbine United States: 1941 M1944 Hyde Carbine.30 Carbine United States: 1944 Wieger StG-940: 5.56×45mm NATO 5.45×39mm East Germany: 1980s Wimmersperg Spz: 7.92×33mm Kurz Germany: 1944 Weibel M/1932: Dansk Industri Syndikat: 7×44mm Denmark: 1932 XM8 rifle: Heckler & Koch: 5.56×45mm NATO Germany
Pages in category ".30 Carbine firearms" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... Thompson Light Rifle; W. Winchester Model 1905
The Beretta AR70/90 is a gas operated assault rifle chambered for the 5.56×45 mm NATO cartridge, and is the standard issue service rifle of the Italian Armed Forces. The weapon is also designed to be fitted with a rifle grenade, and has grenade sights. The AR series comes in many variants such as the AR90, with a wire folding stock, for use by ...
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Auto-Ordnance produced different prototypes for military rifle trials in the 1920s [4] and for the .30 carbine trials in the early 1940s [5] but these were not adopted by the military. Later during World War II, Auto-Ordnance established its own production plant in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and produced the M1928A1, M1 and M1A1 Thompsons to ...