For those wondering why the Gauss rifle has a flash supressor...

Knocky · 2012-02-28, 04:30 PM

Here is a real railgun....that has a hellava flash when fired.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/...ntcmp=features

Coreldan · 2012-02-28, 04:32 PM

Not to mention Gauss rifle is still a combustion based rifle, it's just gauss technology boosting the projectile. This was even said in it's description in the original Planetside.

DayOne · 2012-02-28, 04:33 PM

but, how does it work?

DviddLeff · 2012-02-28, 04:35 PM

Pulsed electromagnets

DayOne · 2012-02-28, 04:37 PM

Magnets eh? How do THEY work? Hmm?

Hamma · 2012-02-28, 04:38 PM

Nothing like a little ICP humor to lighten the mood.

Knocky · 2012-02-28, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by DayOne

Magnets eh? How do THEY work? Hmm?

Two rocks are married....then one rock cheats on the other.

Now they repel each other....and a magnet is born.

Biohazard · 2012-02-28, 05:10 PM

Railgun =/= Gauss gun, I always saw it as having coils that pulsed to accelerate the projectile in addition to normal propellants.

DviddLeff · 2012-02-28, 05:18 PM

Yeah gauss gun is coils, rail gun is a sliding contact.

exoteror · 2012-02-28, 05:33 PM

I love that BAE systems have their name in bold to show that it's a british weapon

but that weapon was awesome.

Zulthus · 2012-02-28, 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by DayOne

but, how does it work?

Sorry, best image I could find. You'd only get it if you've watched the Stargate SG-1 series extensively.

lolroflroflcake · 2012-02-28, 08:19 PM

Magnetically accelerated projectiles tend to travel so fast they generate a highly visible trail behind them, so that kinda does make a flash suppressor sorta pointless anyway. I'm assuming they are removing the trail for game play balance thus the inclusion of the flash suppressors for gauss rifles.

Fortress · 2012-02-28, 08:28 PM

It has a flash suppressor because it is in a videogame.

Biohazard · 2012-02-28, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by lolroflroflcake

Magnetically accelerated projectiles tend to travel so fast they generate a highly visible trail behind them, so that kinda does make a flash suppressor sorta pointless anyway. I'm assuming they are removing the trail for game play balance thus the inclusion of the flash suppressors for gauss rifles.

Originally Posted by Fortress

It has a flash suppressor because it is in a videogame.

I found one!

2coolforu · 2012-02-28, 09:16 PM

Just to be a smartass a flash suppressor would not work on this situation as the plume is ionized gas, the friction from the round which is travelling at something insane like 4000-5000 mph has heated the air due to friction to such a huge extent that its basically stripped it of all electrons.