M1 Carbine (MnB2)

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**M1 Carbine**

Payload
Weaknesses:
Slightly low damage to fire rate ratio
Description:
This is a semi-auto rifle. A slight decrease in accuracy and damage for the rate of fire when compared to the Garand

The **M1 Carbine** is a lightweight, semi-automatic rifle. It costs 2 TP, comparable to the M1 Garand.

 (In reality, unlike most carbines, the M1 carbine has one part in
common with the M1 rifle—a short buttplate screw—and it fires a
different cartridge.) The **Carbine** has the best pinning capability of any rifle in the game.

The Scout deploys with this rifle.

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***Pictured above from left to right:*** **M1 Carbine, M1 Garand**

Advantages of M1 Carbine against the Garand

* Faster reloading time
* Greater close-range bonus
* Larger magazine
* Target Switching

Disadvantages of M1 Carbine against the Garand

* Less damage
* Shorter range

The M1 Carbine was a weapon that people rarely used, but after the Springfield
 was nerfed it became frequently equipped to soldiers. Not much can be
said about this weapon due to the mystery of its true potential.
Well-trained and experienced shooters can fire this weapon at a very
high rate, making it uber-deadly in the hands of a NCO. Those who think
this gun is the best claim that it combines and balances the fire rate
of a machine gun with the stopping power of a Tommy Gun.

Try equipping a Spec Ops soldier with it for fast rank-ups and kills.

## Real Life

The M1 carbine was designed to be a weapon for soldiers who did not
see combat extremely often, like officers, or for those who could not
afford to carry heavy weaponry. The M1 Carbine was the standard weapon
for troops within a support role needing a mode of defense. This
included paramedics, drivers, and artillerymen/bombardiers. It was
supposed to be highly portable, yet also provide more firepower and be
more accurate than a pistol. The weapon fulfilled all of these and was
mostly successful, although there were some reports of the inadequate
ballistics of its intermediate cartridge. Its .30 carbine round
performed more similarly to a small diameter high-velocity pistol bullet
 than a proper rifle projectile, but the .30 carbine was superior in
terms of penetration, velocity, and range compared to the slow .45 slug.
 The M1 Carbine was used in WWII (obviously), the Korean war, and even
by ARVN units in Vietnam.

The M1 Carbine was invented by a man named David Marshal
Williams, who invented the "Short stroke piston", which took up a lot
less space, allowing much smaller, lighter rifles like the M1 Carbine to
 be made. It was **much** lighter than the M1 Garand, which made it
easier to operate. The short-stroke piston also expelled the shell after
 each shot, so the cartridge did not have to be taken out manually, and
didn't make that famous "ping". The M1 carbine is not dissimilar to the
M1 Garand, but rather has a smaller barrel length and often come with a
foldable wire stock rather than the traditional solid wooden stock. The
role of a carbine was to provide an adequate form of defense, whilst
being more portable and lighter than its battle rifle compatriot at the
cost of superior accuracy.

Amazingly, this rifle is still in production and is likely at a
local gun store near you. More astonishingly, in South Korea, most of
the reserve forces use this gun since they have too much ammo for this
gun to just throw away. If you can see them, you may think that you
traveled time way back to WW2!