This makes it an excellent weapon for surprise sniping tactics, as the charge time does not matter if enemies cannot make out the direction of the assault. The weapon fires when the button is released. Holding down the fire button charges the weapon up, and it takes about 1.5 seconds for the charge to reach maximum capacity (and damage). One of the most powerful and rare weapons in the game, the Gauss rifle is unique in that damage depends on the amount of charge provided by the internal generator. This class of weapons is named in honor of the German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, responsible for formulating the math underlying the magnetic acceleration principle of coilguns.Īn interesting variation on the same basic principle of magnetic acceleration, this Gauss rifle utilities a pan magazine, which stores cartridges perpendicular to the axis of rotation. Though these weapons were historically suffering from a number of difficulties, focused on discharging the coils in sequence or providing enough power for the coils, these design issues were overcome by German scientists in the 21st century and entered limited service.
The Gauss rifle is a coilgun, a type of projectile accelerator, which uses electromagnetic coils configured as a linear motor to accelerate ferromagnetic or conductive projectiles to extreme velocities. The following section is transcluded from Gauss rifle.
