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| + | *A 'Carabine' (French for carbine) is a rifle or musket with a shorter barrel than the standard-issue weapon. Carbines were given to horsemen for the obvious reason that it would be virtually impossible to load a full-length muzzle-loading weapon from horseback. Carbines were less powerful and had shorter range than the infantry's muskets or rifles. The invention of breech-loading weapons and magazines in the 19th century made carabineers extremely powerful ; at about the same time that rapid-fire infantry weapons rendered all horses obsolete on the battlefield. |
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Description
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- A 'Carabine' (French for carbine) is a rifle or musket with a shorter barrel than the standard-issue weapon. Carbines were given to horsemen for the obvious reason that it would be virtually impossible to load a full-length muzzle-loading weapon from horseback. Carbines were less powerful and had shorter range than the infantry's muskets or rifles. The invention of breech-loading weapons and magazines in the 19th century made carabineers extremely powerful ; at about the same time that rapid-fire infantry weapons rendered all horses obsolete on the battlefield.
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