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Message no. 1
From: Gian-Paolo Musumeci <musumeci@***.LIS.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Railgun munitions
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 1994 17:48:15 -0500
It seems to me that if you could get a series of fine-line superconducting
wires wound up into coils and charged (ie - really good capacitors with on/
off switches), you could have a pretty good multiple-shot power system for a
powerful railgun.

If you put explosives in the round, wouldn't the EMPs or inertial shock set
them off? That would be Bad.

I think tugsten carbide would be good.
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Message no. 2
From: Necromancer <shilberg@********.UNI.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Railgun munitions
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 1994 20:29:21 -0500
Yes, detonating the explosive in the warhead while it is in the gun would be
_bad_. However, I am sure the smart folk in corpland could figure out some
way to fix that problem. If not, no real big loss, as even a solid shell would
wreck most targets.

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aka Phaeros Lostchilde <Archlich of the Dark Order, High Necromancer
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Message no. 3
From: Gian-Paolo Musumeci <musumeci@***.LIS.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Railgun munitions
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 1994 20:39:12 -0500
I think tugsten carbide would be good, as some armor-piercing shells are made
out of tc. FUN stuff...I had the opportunity to get my hands on a few .177
pellets made out of tugsten carbide. Very, very nasty for an air rifle. Went
through a 2" wood post.

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