Carbineer Archive

when i think carbine, i think the assault rifle from halo. lots of bullets, some decent damage. really more about the volume of lead in a cone area than well placed single shots. any folks out there have any insight to the strengths/weaknesses of carbines vs rifles and pistols?

I plan on focusing on Carbines. I like them because they are fast, do good damage, and most of all, have great special moves. The Fire Knockdown, Underhand Shot, and Burst Short, from the Bounty Hunter tree are especially good. The pistol is more accurate than the carbine, but if you work your way up the Carbinier tree you won't have to worry about accuracy anymore. I always use shots with the Carbine that knock down your opponent causing him to be unable to attack, it seems cheap, but it works very well. It also seems they nerfed Pistoleer in a recent patch causing the Body Shot special moves to be alot less effective.

Biotech, when you think of a carbine, you shouldnt think of a rifle from Halo. A carbine is, for lack of a better description, just like the U.S's Army M-1 Carbine, used in World War Two. It was mostly given to tank crews because pistols didn't have the range or power if they were attacked, and they weren't given rifles (thompsons, gerands, B.A.R's, any of these) because the size was way too bulky. This is what a carbine was, a larger pistol that had more ammo and a little more accuracy, but wasn't too bulky. A carbine shouldn't be a machine gun that you just run around, hailing fire with.

I understand not many of you would care about my refrence to WW2. To see a carbine, take the E-11 out of the Starwars movies. The stormtrooper weapon was also a carbine, as it was semi automatic, small, and easily stored. These are carbines.

The M4 is a carbine, utilized by many American Special Forces groups. The M-16, however, is not because of its long frame.

Your **edit** isa carbine, because it's veryshort and easily stored. However, my **edit**isNOT a carbinebecause it's longer and bulkier than yoursand not that easily stored.

carbines like M-4 have a shorter barrel then their M-16 cousins. They r used in more close quarters combat. They dont have the range of a rifle but they r more accurate, fasterand lighter. Just a tidbit the U.S. Navy SEALS use M-4 as standerd weaponry as with Isrealie armed forces. I think in generall they need to nerf pistols and add more power to both the rifle and carbines skills

Yea, basicaly carbines are short assult rifles.

One point of correction though.. the Thompson isn't a rifle. It's a sub machine gun and as such perfectly small enough for tank crews. Was a precision made weapon though so not something your likely to give to a tank crew although the British counterpart ( the sten ) probably did as the sten was very mass produced.

The BAR wouldn't have found it's way inside a tank either because strictly speaking it's an infantry support light machine gun ( yes I know it stands for Browning Automatic Rifle ) used in the same role as the british Bren gun.

Ok, we all played games like "Medal of Honor" and "Call of Duty", we all saw movies like "Save Private Ryans" and "Band of Brothers"

Now can we stop about correcting other people's mistake...