Arm
Arm noun - A portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder.
Usage example: soldiers grabbing their arms and helmets and heading into battle
Carbine
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Captain Il-Young's arm is blown off in the final battle, but continues firing his M1 Carbine one-handed while hopped up on morphine.
Source: Film / The Front Line -
The Common Use Long Arm looks like a World War II-era M1 carbine with a much more modern sight.
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The Galil has several different variants: the standard-length Galil AR, the ARM light machine gun, the SAR carbine, the MAR (or Micro Galil) compact carbine, and the Galatz sniper rifle, and is chambered in both 5.56x45mm and 7.62x51mm.
Source: Cool Guns / Assault Rifles
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