Gauss Weapons

Scott said:

With a minigun as long as your electronics are good the barrels spin and
the

gun fires. The only real advantages at this caliber (given a practical -
in 
atmosphere muzzle velocity for the gauss weapon) is that you don't have
a 
pile of casings around your feet.
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Hmmm.  Would think the difference in ammo weight (no wasted weight on
chemical propellant and heavy brass casing) might well suggest one
reason.
Plus better penetration on a round whose l:d ratio was 10:1 rather than
3:1
or 4:1. The mass is more concentrated behind the same diameter of impact
(thus you can use a smaller diameter round too for the same
penetration). 

My point was that you should never get a dud with a gauss round. On any
chemically propelled round, you could get a dud. In a multi-barrell
cannon,
that might not matter (the round is ejected) but it is one round less
downrange. Not a significant issue compared to the ammo weight or
penetration issues.

Thomas Barclay
Software Specialist 
Defence Systems
xwave solutions
www.xwavesolutions.com
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