Re: [FT] Coilguns

DracSpy wrote:

> A Coilgun (which is what I bet Jon had in
> mind when he wrote the Railgun rules, but Rail Gun or Gauss Cannon 
> seems to be the popular term).

Those recent (1998) unclassified weapon research papers I've seen on
EM-launched kinetic projectiles talk exclusively about railguns - no
coilgun discussion at all. 'Course, it *could* all be classified, but
that doesn't seem too likely considering the front-line nature of the
*un*classified stuff <g>

Later,

Oerjan Ohlson
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