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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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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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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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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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 that was issued to the U.S. military during...
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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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using a lengthened carrier, sporting an extended lower lip. "Colt's Advanced Piston Carbine, the LE6940P In Stores". Guns.com. 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2017-05-17...
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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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pistol calibers) Colt Colt Canada C7 Cx4 Storm (Beretta) Choroszmanów Ckm wz. 25 Hotchkiss Daewoo Daewoo K1 (South Korea – carbine – .223 Remington)...
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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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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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2011-09-10 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on November 9, 2011 M4 5.56mm Carbine. colt.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-08. Project manager soldier weapons soldier...
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List of weapons of the United States Marine Corps (section Assault rifles, carbines and battle rifles)
Revolver M1905 Marine 1873 Colt Single Action Colt M1861 Navy Colt 1851 Navy Revolver Harper's Ferry Model 1805 Rifles, Carbines, & Muskets United States...
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SA80 (redirect from L22 carbine)
family comprises 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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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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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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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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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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British military rifles (section M1 carbine)
service well into the 2020s. The Colt Canada (formerly Diemaco) manufactured C8SFW, a variant of the Canadian Forces C8 carbine, is used by UK Special Forces...
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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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M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle (category Short stroke piston firearms)
equip every member of an infantry squad with the M27, supplanting the M4 carbine which would be retained at the platoon leadership positions and above....
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followed by the French Tabatière in 1857, and the British Calisher and Terry carbine made in Birmingham and later in 1864 and the better known British Snider–Enfield...
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EL54 was an early attempt (1954) at achieving magnum power in a spring-piston air rifle. It is an HW 35 with an ether injector attached on the right side...
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Heckler & Koch HK417 (category Short stroke piston firearms)
is gas-operated with a short-stroke piston design similar to that of the Heckler & Koch G36. The short-stroke piston may be more reliable than the original...
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are the AR-15 series (such as M16 rifle, M4 carbine, etc.; sometimes referred to as the ArmaLite or Colt series), the H&K MP5 series, and the AK or Kalashnikov...
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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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include the American, Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR), M1 Carbine Rifle, as well as the Colt M1911 A-1; The Japanese Type 11, the Type 96 machine gun,...
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