Coilgun

A coilgun (also known as Gauss gun or Gauss rifle) is a type of cannon that uses a series of electromagnets to accelerate a magnetic shell to very high velocities. The appellation "Gauss gun" comes from Carl Friedrich Gauss, who formulated mathematical descriptions of the electromagnetic effect used by coilguns.

Potential uses

Like railguns and ram accelerators, coilguns have been proposed for use in delivering payloads to space.

Related Topics:
Railgun - Ram accelerator

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

As a weapon, the coilgun's advantages include the fact that it has no moving parts, apart from the projectile, and the fact that the only noise heard is the movement of the projectile when it reaches very high speeds.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The University of Texas at Austin's Center for Electromechanics has been working on this http://www.utexas.edu/research/cem/Railgun%20Pulsed%20Power%20Program.html for years for the United States Department of Defense.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~