Carbine
Carbine noun - Light automatic rifle.
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Synonyms for Carbine
Machine gun and carbine are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Machine gun" instead a noun "Carbine".
Machine gun
Machine gun noun - A rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted).
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Synonyms for Machine gun
Carbine and machine gun are semantically related. You can use "Carbine" instead a noun phrase "Machine gun".
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The Stoner 63 rifle could be reconfigured into a carbine, squad automatic weapon, or light machine gun by swapping and or rearranging a few parts.
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Shadowrun. The AUG-CSL Weapon System in the 1E/2E Street Samurai Catalog can be assembled as a submachine gun, carbine, assault rifle or light machine gun.
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The Coalition Multipurpose Weapon System can be reconfigured into a carbine, rifle, SAW (squad automatic weapon) or machine gun by adding the appropriate stock, ammunition feed system and barrel.
Source: IKEA Weaponry
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Machine gun or Carbine. 2016. Accessed July 31, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/carbine/machine_gun.
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