Apparently Quake-style railguns are real, after all…but in real life they are more like the Dora Rail Gun in ET than a rifle…
Nothing like guided artillery with a 100 mile range…better place some dynamite on those controls, stat!
Modern Railgun
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#4
Maybe it’s due to thermodynamics, with the air being compressed rapidly in front of the projectile, or else perhaps it has a chemical booster. I honestly was just surprised to see that such a thing actually exits…
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#5
According to Collin Babb with the Office of Naval Research,
“The flames are from pieces of the projectile disintegrating; the 7-pound slug is jammed so firmly between the rails that when it’s fired, pieces shear off and ignite in the air.”