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Gamers May Get a Charge Out of the Gauss Rifle

Posted by Soulskill on from the i'll-order-a-dozen dept.

Zothecula writes "Well, Patrick Priebe might have outdone himself with this one. In the past, the German cyberpunk weapons-maker has brought us such creations as a wrist-mounted mini-crossbow, a laser-sighted rotary-saw-blade-shooting crossbow, and a flame-throwing glove. His latest nasty futuristic device? A video game-inspired electromagnetic weapon, called the Gauss Rifle."

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  1. Power density strikes again... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As with electric cars and aircraft, the power density of boring, smelly chemical fuels are just stubbornly competitive with electric tricks...

    It's a pity, because they are much more entertaining; but it's persistently the case.

  2. Re:Rail gun ? by darthdavid · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Gauss rifles had been around since the star league, as with most things the Clan versions were just better than their IS equivalents.