.30 Carbine
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The .30 Carbine (7.62×33mm) is a rimless carbine/rifle cartridge used in the M1 carbine introduced in the 1940s. It is a light rifle round designed to be fired from the M1 carbine's 18-inch (458 mm) barrel.
.30 Carbine
Marine with M1 carbine at Guam
WW II M1 carbine with a magazine pouch mounted on the stock that held two spare 15-round magazines and 10 .30 Carbine rounds on a stripper clip
Automag III .30 Carbine pistol made by Irwindale Arms, Inc. with .30 Carbine cartridge
Carbine
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A carbine is a long gun that has a barrel shortened from its original length. Most modern carbines are rifles that are compact versions of a longer rifle or are rifles chambered for less powerful cartridges.
An M4 carbine, a common AR-15–style carbine. The M4 is the shorter, lighter carbine variant of the M16 rifle.
Harquebusier, carbine-armed cavalry, 17th century
Carbine model 1793, used by the French Army during the French Revolutionary Wars
Chauchat-Ribeyrolles