any yall remember when Railguns popped up in the 80's and then disapeared for like 30 years?

> any yall remember when Railguns popped up in the 80's and then disapeared for like 30 years?
@Zilla yup

Nah, Cruisers and DD's only

wtf is a gauss gun

too bulky for now

Gauss Guns are essentially Coil Guns, which operate on a similar principle to Railguns except they do not have a sabot carrier

> wtf is a gauss gun
@BitsBytes Similar to a Railgun except more efficient with timed electromagnets isntead of resistors

> Gauss Guns are essentially Coil Guns, which operate on a similar principle to Railguns except they do not have a sabot carrier
@Zilla Think the MACs from Halo

yeah

When that happens, when something "disappears" that means it didn't fail, that just means they do more secret development of it.

aka they're gonna use it

i think i know what you're talking about

https://youtu.be/mdZo_keUoEs

how a simple coilgun looks

Coilgun go uh boom

a primitive one, but yeah, thats essentially how it works

actually, i think i posted a video of some guys who made a working one chambered in .50 cal

as in the diameter of the round, not actual .50 cal ammunition

frankly i think the biggest issue concerning Coil Guns is that, due to not having a sabot carrier to assist in moving the projectile, the projectiles muzzle velocity is a fair bit lower, plus requires a great deal more of energy because it doesnt have a sabot carrier doing some of the moving

but it does allow for more rapid firing so that is an upside to it

I think we should use both, with coilguns arming the more frontline ships, and railguns being mounted behind the frontline for designated "sniper ships" and Carriers

also is is so much cheaer than a missle

vastly more cheaper

tho not initially, railguns and coil guns are still very expensive to produce, because both are still fairly new technologies

actually, if big enough, you could theoretically shoot tanks at people with mass accelerators as ammunition

lol

best part is, ammo is just basically hunks of metal

yeah

tho a penetrator rod is the most ideal ammunition

especially in atmosphere

"The Fist of God"

aka rods the size of telephone poles made of tungsten dropped from space

mhm

tho they supposedly were never made nor put into space

i've been told that if they strike the ground they can cause destruction the likes of which are even worse then nukes

the destruction they cause can crack both the earth, and cause earthquakes

> tho they supposedly were never made nor put into space
@Zilla or were they

Just make a gun so powerful it can vaporize an island. Because who cares right?!

> Just make a gun so powerful it can vaporize an island. Because who cares right?!
@Dr Badass PhD we already got nukes for that

but the technical good thing about the rods is that they leave no fallout, so after the dust settles and the earth stops shaking you can go back there and rebuild

But orbital death cannon 😔