Carbine

A Carbine is a shorter, often lighter version of a full-sized rifle. It may also refer to a light, gas-operated semi-automatic rifle. , that is also generally shorter and less powerful than a full-size rifle ". There are three appearances of a "Carbine" in the Halo universe:


 * M6J Carbine: the UNSC carbine variant of the M6 series of firearms, used by the UNSC Army
 * MA5K Carbine: a variant of the MA5B wielded by Spartan-III's in Halo:Ghosts of Onyx.
 * Type-25 Carbine: a one-handed Covenant projectile weapon of the Covenant Loyalists featured in Halo 3.
 * Type-51 Carbine: a two-handed Covenant projectile weapon of the Covenant Empire featured in Halo 2 and Halo 3.