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[[File:Internet Railgun example.png|thumb|250px|Schematic diagram of a railgun]] | [[File:Internet Railgun example.png|thumb|250px|Schematic diagram of a railgun]] | ||
A '''railgun''', alternatively spelled '''rail gun''', is a type of electromagnetic projectile weapon. While often confused with [[coilgun]]s, rather than accelerating their projectiles through the use of magnetic coils, railguns, as their name suggests, utilize magnetic rails to perform this task. More precisely, a railgun accelerates a conductive projectile along a pair of metal rails, using two sliding or rolling contacts that permit a large electric current to pass through the projectile. This current interacts with the strong magnetic fields generated by the rails and this accelerates the projectile. | A '''railgun''', alternatively spelled '''rail gun''', is a type of electromagnetic projectile weapon. While often confused with [[coilgun]]s, rather than accelerating their projectiles through the use of magnetic coils, railguns, as their name suggests, utilize magnetic rails to perform this task. More precisely, a railgun accelerates a conductive projectile along a pair of metal rails, using two sliding or rolling contacts that permit a large electric current to pass through the projectile. This current interacts with the strong magnetic fields generated by the rails and this accelerates the projectile. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
UNSC [[naval | UNSC [[naval autocannon]]s have erroneously been referred to as railguns on several occasions. Naval autocannons are generally large coilgun batteries used as naval artillery aboard warships. Such examples include concept art for {{UNSCShip|Andraste}} produced for ''[[Halo 3]]'' and later used in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' as the basis for the {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}}, which labels the ship's [[M870 Rampart point defense gun]]s as railgun turrets. | ||
''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo]]'' also erroneously refers to its [[Castor naval coilgun|Mark 55 Castor naval coilguns]] as railguns in the double-page spread for the {{Class|Strident|heavy frigate}}, with the same spread also labelling the weapon as a naval ''coil''gun.{{Ref/Book|HWF|Page=39}} | ''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo]]'' also erroneously refers to its [[Castor naval coilgun|Mark 55 Castor naval coilguns]] as railguns in the double-page spread for the {{Class|Strident|heavy frigate}}, with the same spread also labelling the weapon as a naval ''coil''gun.{{Ref/Book|HWF|Page=39}} | ||
