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What can stop a railgun?
Blow up the power sources. The ammunition of the rail gun is electricity. Laser weapons could counter some in the incoming kinetic objects. however the most cost effect way is to prevent them from firing.
Why are railguns better?
A railgun projectile can reach several times the speed of sound faster than a missile; because of this, it can hit a target, such as a cruise missile, much faster and farther away from the ship.
How fast can a railgun shoot?
5,400 miles an hour
Railguns use magnetic fields created by high electrical currents to accelerate a projectile to Mach 6, or 5,400 miles an hour. The velocity is sufficient to give the EMRG an effective range of 110 nautical miles, or 126 miles on land.
Are coilguns more efficient than railguns?
The advantages of rail guns is that they are much simpler to build and operate than a coil gun. They are also more powerful as they have a direct contact between the projectile and the rails while the coil gun has a gap between them.
How much damage does a railgun do?
Stats
| Rail Gun | Rail Gun | Rail Gun |
|---|---|---|
| Damage: 85 | Damage: 89 | Damage: 94 |
| Fire Rate: 1 | Fire Rate: 1 | Fire Rate: 1 |
| Magazine Size: 1 | Magazine Size: 1 | Magazine Size: 1 |
| Reload Time: 3s | Reload Time: 2.85s | Reload Time: 2.7s |
How efficient is a railgun?
Typically, the efficiency of converting electrical energy into kinetic energy is between 10\% and 50\% for large scale research guns. These railguns operate from a stored energy source, such as a capacitor, in the range of 400 kJ to 32 MJ. Additionally, analytic equations for efficiency were derived.
Does the railgun use magnets?
Notice that the first railgun they build uses magnets. This is a simple demonstration, but it is not actually a railgun. The railgun doesn’t use permanent magnets. Maybe I should also point out that there is a difference between a railgun and a coilgun. A coilgun uses a series of electromagnetic coils to accelerate a ferromagnetic projectile.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a coil gun?
The advantage of a coil gun though is that the coils can be insulated from the outside world more easily, which could well make them more reliable in the long run. It will be harder for external conditions to interfere with the coils and the coils will take less wear and tear in use.
What is the difference between a coil gun and a rail gun?
They are also more powerful as they have a direct contact between the projectile and the rails while the coil gun has a gap between them. The advantage of a coil gun though is that the coils can be insulated from the outside world more easily, which could well make them more reliable in the long run.
Why don’t we use railguns as anti-tank weapons?
The impedance would be higher, causing the voltage between the rails to be higher. While using rail or coil guns as infantry small arms is problematic (due to the various issues already discussed), there may be a place for railguns as a man portable anti tank weapon.