Re: [FT] Railgun Goals

Andrew spake thusly upon matters weighty: 

> >Agreed. But I think you'll agree also that a railgun (by nature)
> >requires such a long thin barrell. And the pressure accelerating the
> >round is not an expanding fuel air mixture such as in a CPR (HV) gun,
> >but instead is either gravitic acceleration or electromagnetic
> >acceleration. I'm not sure the sabot has as much use.
>     Ah, but you misunderstand the nature of the sabot. It's designed
to be
> easy to drive along the barrel while holding the penetrator. That's so
the
> penetrator can be designed solely to penetrate the target. The sabot
divides
> the problem into two parts.

Sure, and I reiterate that this has a point for CPR guns like HVs. It 
may or may not have a point for railguns. It may be that my 
projectile can be as easily driven along if it is a small sharp 
tungsten penetrator as if it was encased in a larger casing. 

 
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