The M1 Carbine is one of the most recognizable and long-serving military firearms in the world. Though many consider it to be the anemic kid brother of the legendary M1 Garand, the carbine has its own ...

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Meet the M14 Rifle: At the end of the Second World War, General George S. Patton famously wrote that the M1 Garand was “the greatest battle implement ever devised.” While few would ever suggest that ...

Carbines vs rifles are like rectangles vs squares. A carbine is a rifle, but a rifle is not a carbine. A carbine is a shorter version of an existing rifle, and the term has come to be used to describe ...

A carbine is typically shortened version of an existing rifle, and the shortening usually happens at the barrel. That said, “carbine” is also used as a blanket term to describe shorter rifles that may ...