Talk:Spiraled Railgun

The closest thing to a spiraled railgun is a Coilgun, which is vastly different technology albeit on the same borad principles of elcectromagnetic pojectile propulsion.

You see, a spiraled railgun would send a projectile sliding down a spiral track, which would make no engineering sense, after all, why would you want the thing to potentially lose velocity and practically tear itself apart by throwing around the projectile rather than shooting it straight out.

And the "usable by ground and space forces" borders on godmodding. No way an infantryman can carry around a cpaital ship weapon.

FWH