M4 carbine

E182727

The M4 carbine is a lightweight, gas-operated, magazine-fed 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifle widely used by modern military forces, particularly the U.S. armed forces.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
M4 carbine canonical 17
M4A1 carbine 4
M4 family of weapons 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf assault rifle ⓘ
carbine ⓘ
firearm ⓘ
select-fire weapon ⓘ
action gas-operated ⓘ
barrelLength 14.5 inches ⓘ
basedOn M16 rifle ⓘ
caliber 5.56 mm ⓘ
cartridge 5.56×45mm NATO ⓘ
conflictUsedIn Global War on Terrorism ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
designer Colt's Manufacturing Company ⓘ
feedSystem detachable box magazine ⓘ
fireModes fully automatic (M4A1) ⓘ
semi-automatic ⓘ
three-round burst ⓘ
gasSystem direct impingement ⓘ
inService 1994 ⓘ
intendedRole close-quarters battle weapon ⓘ
infantry carbine ⓘ
introduced 1990s ⓘ
manufacturer Colt Defense ⓘ
FN Herstal (under license) ⓘ
linked to: FN Herstal
material aluminum alloy receiver ⓘ
polymer furniture ⓘ
mountingSystem Picatinny rail ⓘ
operationMode selective fire ⓘ
overallLength approximately 29.75 inches (stock retracted) ⓘ
approximately 33 inches (stock extended) ⓘ
partOf AR-15 family ⓘ
primaryUser U.S. armed forces ⓘ
rateOfFire 700–950 rounds per minute ⓘ
shoulderFired true ⓘ
sights iron sights ⓘ
optical sights (via rail) ⓘ
standardMagazineCapacity 30 rounds ⓘ
stockType telescoping stock ⓘ
usedBy NATO member states ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
United States Special Operations Forces ⓘ
various law enforcement agencies ⓘ
variant M4A1 carbine ⓘ
linked to: M4 carbine
variantOf M16A2 rifle ⓘ
linked to: M16 rifle
weightEmpty about 6.4 lb ⓘ
weightLoaded about 7.5 lb with 30-round magazine ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

STANAG magazine → appliesToWeapon → M4 carbine ⓘ
2nd Battalion, 4th Marines → primaryWeapon → M4 carbine ⓘ
M16 rifle → successor → M4 carbine ⓘ
M4 carbine → variant → M4A1 carbine ⓘ
linked to: M4 carbine
AR-15 pattern rifles → isRelatedTo → M4 carbine ⓘ
Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines → usesEquipment → M4 carbine ⓘ
subject linked to: Golf Company
3/7 → usesEquipment → M4 carbine ⓘ
Belize_Defence_Force → standardRifle → M4_carbine ⓘ
linked to: M4 carbine
White Phase → typicalWeapon → M4 carbine ⓘ
ArmaLite → influenced → M4 carbine ⓘ
Colt Defense → knownFor → M4 carbine ⓘ
Colt Defense → knownFor → M4A1 carbine ⓘ
linked to: M4 carbine
Colt Defense → product → M4 carbine ⓘ
Colt Defense → product → M4A1 carbine ⓘ
linked to: M4 carbine
Colt Defense → designFocus → M4 family of weapons ⓘ
linked to: M4 carbine
Colt Defense → weaponFamily → M4 family of weapons ⓘ
linked to: M4 carbine
VLTOR Weapon Systems → primaryPlatform → M4 carbine platform ⓘ
linked to: M4 carbine
M855A1 → intendedPlatform → M4 carbine ⓘ
John "Soap" MacTavish → notableWeapon → M4A1 carbine ⓘ
subject linked to: John
linked to: M4 carbine