Question

What is the diffrence between a Carbine Rifle and a Assualt Rifle

Answer 1

CARBINE

Definition - A firearm with a shorter barrel lenght than a full length rifle.

Carbine sometimes can be a short length version of a particular rifle. In that case it has a shorter barrel than the rifle version of the gun. In some cases a carbine can use a smaller cartridge too.

Example -

M4 carbine is a short version of the M16A2 ( a full length rifle )

M1 Carbine is a short length rifle ( though it resembles the M1 Garand, it's not a carbine version of the latter)

AKS-74U is a carbine version of the AK-74 rifle series

ASSAULT RIFLE

This term is a bit complicated. Some western people don't consider assault rifle a term at all. The widely accepted definition is - A firearm with selective fire, box magazine and intermediate cartridge.

This means that for a rifle to be considered Assault Rifle, it has to have all 4 of these characteristics. If it lacks any one of the characteristics, it's not an Assault Rifle.

Should have a selective fire option. This means the rifle would have at least 3 options- Safe, Full auto and Semi Auto .

Should have an intermediate cartridge. This means it should fire a cartridge smaller than full power and larger than Pistol cartridges. Intermediate cartridges are 5.56x45mm and 7.62x39mm.

Should have a detachable box magazine feeding system.

Should have a range of at least 300m.