Carabiner
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A carabiner or karabiner, often shortened to biner or to crab, colloquially known as a clip, is a specialized type of shackle, a metal loop with a spring-loaded gate used to quickly and reversibly con
Clockwise from top left: D-shaped wire gate D-shaped straight gate oval straight gate pear-shaped auto locker D-shaped screw locker.Center is a standard carabiner rating.
Rather poor depiction of a carabiner attached to a shoulder belt, from Johann Jacob von Wallhausen's Kriegskunst zu Pferdt, 1616
A Caribiner used as the Kaibiles special forces logo
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 cart
Carabiner
…reversibly connect components, most notably in safety-critical systems. The word comes from the German Karabiner, short for Karabinerhaken, meaning "carbine hook," as the device was used by carabiniers to attach their carbines to their belts. Carabiners are widely used in rope-intensive activities such as…
An M4 carbine, a common AR-15–style carbine. The M4 is the shorter, lighter carbine variant of the M16 rifle.
An AKS-74U with laminated wood furniture. The AKS-74U is the shorter, lighter carbine variant of the AK-74 rifle.
Harquebusier, carbine-armed cavalry, 17th century
Carbine model 1793, used by the French Army during the French Revolutionary Wars