gauss rifle stats
- Thread starter jackleg
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Dear jackleg -
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...with a full MT equipment sheet here:
Gauss Rifle Equipment Sheet
Find them here:
Rifles
...with a full MT equipment sheet here:
Gauss Rifle Equipment Sheet
I'd like to suggest:
Civilian gauss rifle, is as military but is single-shot and has neither grenade launcher nor attachments for one;
Civilian/paramilitary gauss rifle, is as military but fires either single-shot or quadruple-shot and while lacking a grenade launcher, has attachments for one.
Civilian gauss rifle, is as military but is single-shot and has neither grenade launcher nor attachments for one;
Civilian/paramilitary gauss rifle, is as military but fires either single-shot or quadruple-shot and while lacking a grenade launcher, has attachments for one.
Liam Devlin
SOC-14 5K
Depends on defining civilian from milspec.
current laws define an assault rifle as having an excess 20rd+ magazine, and mounting a bayonet lug.
I imagine a civilian model (since gauss weapon's batteries come with the rounds in the magazine) would be 5 or 10rd variants, and be incapable (without a gunsmith)of bearing a bayonet or GL.
current laws define an assault rifle as having an excess 20rd+ magazine, and mounting a bayonet lug.
I imagine a civilian model (since gauss weapon's batteries come with the rounds in the magazine) would be 5 or 10rd variants, and be incapable (without a gunsmith)of bearing a bayonet or GL.
Liam Devlin
SOC-14 5K
Semi-auto IMO for civvy Gauss rifle.
Full Auto would be an ACR Gauss. To get a "single-shot affect' would be prohibitively expensive magazine-battery/ per round.
Full Auto would be an ACR Gauss. To get a "single-shot affect' would be prohibitively expensive magazine-battery/ per round.
Liam Devlin
SOC-14 5K
Semi auto = squeeze and fire, squueze and fire.
Single shot means squeeze & fire, reload, rechamber, repeat process. Clearer now?
Single shot means squeeze & fire, reload, rechamber, repeat process. Clearer now?
Andrew Boulton
The Adminator
I rather like the idea of a bolt-action gauss rifle 
Couldn't working the "bolt" simply be a way of operating a high-efficiency manual dynamo to provide the charge required for one shot? If you're using super-conductive materials, how much energy would you need to fire a single gauss needle at a respectable velocity?Originally posted by Andrew Boulton:
I rather like the idea of a bolt-action gauss rifle
On a related note, wouldn't this result in an ideal survival weapon for ship, vehicle and air crews? Or just about anyone for that matter? All you'd need are a box of needles and the rifle. Very little to go wrong and the ammo would be much less susceptible to environmental factors than the equivalent chemically propelled ammo.
Andrew Boulton
The Adminator
Ooh, yes, I like that! If you have the rounds fired via a "bucket" that remains within the gun you could make them out of anything.
mike wightman
SOC-14 10K
Interesting idea, a hand dynamo powered gauss rifle.
An alternative survival weapon could be a higher TL hand pumped air-rifle.
An alternative survival weapon could be a higher TL hand pumped air-rifle.
Andrew Boulton
The Adminator
The gauss rifle has the advantage of working in low/zero pressure environments.
mike wightman
SOC-14 10K
True, but I wonder how long you'd have to crank a hand dynamo for to get a gauss rifle shot off?
And if you haven't got air in a low/zero pressure environment you're dead already Use carbon dioxide waste gas to charge the rifle.
Military grade air-rifles are a proven technology.
And if you haven't got air in a low/zero pressure environment you're dead already
Use carbon dioxide waste gas to charge the rifle.Military grade air-rifles are a proven technology.
Have to admit I'm crap at maths, so I can't answer that. Maybe one of the more technically minded gearheads around here could figure it out? How much energy would you need to fire a single 4mm gauss needle (for example) at a respectable velocity? Assuming you're using high efficiency capacitors and superconductive loops (etc.), would it be feasible? To be honest, I think its a cool enough idea to ignore the physics, but I wouldn't mind knowing if it would be possible in an average stellar level Traveller setting. I know it will be in MTU.
The traditional figure I recall is a 4mm/4g projectile at 1500 m/s. That works out to a muzzle energy of 0.5 * (0.004 kg) * (1500 m/s)^2 = 4,500J. Assuming 50% efficiency, that would be 9,000J input.
A human can reasonably provide 9000J of energy in 5-10 minutes with a hand crank, maybe 2 minutes with a foot crank. Alternately, a moderate efficiency hydrocarbon engine can provide that much energy with half a gram of fuel (which is less than the weight of food required for the human to provide that much energy).
What this means is that there is no real reason to bother with human-powered survival weapons.
A human can reasonably provide 9000J of energy in 5-10 minutes with a hand crank, maybe 2 minutes with a foot crank. Alternately, a moderate efficiency hydrocarbon engine can provide that much energy with half a gram of fuel (which is less than the weight of food required for the human to provide that much energy).
What this means is that there is no real reason to bother with human-powered survival weapons.
