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Encyclopedia > XM8 carbine

The XM8 Carbine is a lightweight assault rifle intitated by the United States in 2002 for current warfare conditions in the ongoing war in the Middle East. It is undergoing field testing as of now (Jan. 2006) and expected to be widely used by US forces in 2007. M16A2 (US). ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


It is a derivative of the Heckler-Koch G36, and performs very similarly. It has many new features, like four different conversions, total ambidextrious controls, three different "skins", and an integrated red dot/3x optical zoom scope. Image:Xm8 sideview.jpg The scope of a given activity or subject is the area or range that it covers. ... Image File history File links Sideview of XM8 rifle Source: http://www. ...


Caliber: 5.56x45 mm NATO The word calibre (British English) or caliber (American English) designates the interior diameter of a tube or the exterior diameter of a wire or rod. ... MM or Mm or mm can stand for: A millimetre (mm) or megametre (Mm) Initials of Marilyn Monroe Macromedia Morning Musume Roman numeral for 2,000 and the year 2000 Myanmar Master of Management Maelzels metronome: precedes a beats-per-minute tempo measurement Maximum Medicine Moderna Misstag, Swedish Quake_2...


Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt A gas is one of the four main phases of matter (after solid and liquid, and followed by plasma), that subsequently appear as a solid material is subjected to increasingly higher temperatures. ... A bolt-action firearm is one that is manually operated (i. ...


Overall length: 838 mm in basic configuration, butt extended


Barrel length: 318 mm in basic configuration; also 229 mm in Compact and 508 mm in Sharpshooter and SAW versions


Weight: 2.659 kg empty in basic configuration


Rate of fire: ~ 750 rounds per minute Look up Round in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Round might mean: In mathematics: A round number is one that ends with one or more zeroes. ...


Magazine capacity: 30 rounds (STANAG) or 100-rounds double drum in Automatic Rifle/SAW role An M16 Magazine Various Mags A magazine (also called a mag) is an ammunition storage device within or attached to a firearm. ...


See Also

XM8 rifle Army leaders test fire the XM8 at Fort Benning in 2004 The XM8 is the project name for a lightweight assault rifle system under development by the German small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch (H&K) on behalf of the U.S. Army. ...


External links

  • http://world.guns.ru/assault/as61-e.htm - including images

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Carbine at AllExperts (3099 words)
The carbine was originally a lighter, shorter weapon developed for cavalry soldiers, for whom a full-length musket or rifle was too heavy and awkward to fire from horseback.
Carbines were usually less accurate and powerful than the longer rifles of the infantry, due to a shorter sight plane and lower velocity of bullets fired from the shortened barrel.
Shorter rifles, shorter carbines: World War I and World War II In the decades preceding World War I, the standard battle rifle used by armies around the world had been growing shorter, either by redesign or by the general issue of carbine versions instead of full-length rifles.
carbine: Definition and Much More from Answers.com (3282 words)
The first carbines, from the muzzle-loading muskets of the 18th century to the lever-action repeaters of the 19th, were chiefly cavalry weapons or saddle firearms for mounted frontiersmen.
Carbine versions of modern assault rifles (such as the Russian AK-47 or the U.S. M16 rifle) are intended for close-quarter fighting, partly replacing the submachine gun.
The carbine was originally a lighter, shorter rifled weapon developed for cavalry soldiers, for whom a full-length musket or rifle was too heavy and awkward to fire from horseback.
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