Larsplatoon’s Electromagnetic Coil Gun

A coil gun propels projectiles using an electromagnet. They’re sometimes incorrectly called rail guns or mass drivers. The military has experimented with rail guns (an alternate style electromagnetic weapon) on a large scale (large meaning battleship gun-sized weapons at the Naval Surface Warfare Center with a 200 mile range), but Larsplatoon has build one for the individual sci fi soldier:

Note the charging capacitors in the Bullpup shoulder stock…

Check the MAKE magazine post for some video of the coil gun in action.

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