coilgun

A coilgun is a type of mass driver consisting of one or more coils used as electromagnets in the configuration of a linear motor that accelerate a ferromagnetic or conducting projectile to high velocity. In almost all coilgun configurations, the coils and the gun barrel are arranged on a common axis. A coilgun is not a rifle as the barrel is smoothbore.

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Gauss rifle
projectile weapon, linear motor, 

E-shotgun, GR-1 "Anvil", gun, helical railgun, LS, weapon functional class, 

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  E-shotgun ⓘ
  Chinese coilgun prototype

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  helical railgun ⓘ
  multi-turn railgun that reduces current by a factor equal to the number of turns: hybrid of a railgun and coilgun

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  GR-1 "Anvil" ⓘ
  most powerful portable shoulder-fired coilgun

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Ordnance - Types - Super Heavy - Seacoast Miscellaneous (165-WW-388R-31) - DPLA - 4620e10a2d793ba6bcbcc272aaf65dea

A single stage coilgun

A single stage coilgun

Multistage coilgun

EMmortar

Electromagneticgunlaunch

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		E-shotgun	coilgun	Wikidata
class	weapon		helical railgun	coilgun, railgun	Wikidata
class	weapon	2021	GR-1 "Anvil"	coilgun	Wikidata
commons	image		Ordnance - Types - Super Heavy - Seacoast Miscellaneous (165-WW-388R-31) - DPLA - 4620e10a2d793ba6bcbcc272aaf65dea		Commons
commons	image		A single stage coilgun		Commons
commons	image		A single stage coilgun		Commons
commons	image		Multistage coilgun		Commons
commons	image		EMmortar		Commons
commons	image		Electromagneticgunlaunch		Commons