Railguns exist now as experimental weapons; the Navy hopes to have shipboard versions some day. Railguns create an electromagnetic field on two rails. A conductive projectile completes the circuit, and something called a Lorentz Force sends it off the rails at incredibly high speed. The railguns in Eraser are supposed to shoot their aluminum bullets at nearly the speed of light. That means: a.) recoil would be fatal to the shooter and b.) air resistance would ignite the bullet almost immediately. And yet, Arnold is able to shoot one with each hand. Bonus: check out the nifty X-Ray scope.

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from Brian W. Thair wrote 4 years 13 weeks ago

Arnold gets all the fun. Hey, it's the movies.
How does the Lorentz Field generate recoil?

The Aitchison Assault shotgun would be perfect for a bowling pin shoot.

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from Elliott Balthazor wrote 3 years 48 weeks ago

cool gun

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from skylerbob8 wrote 3 years 48 weeks ago

it creates recoil because for every action (pushing the projectile) there is an equal and opposite reaction (recoil) :)

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from Elliott Balthazor wrote 3 years 48 weeks ago

cool gun

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from Brian W. Thair wrote 4 years 13 weeks ago

Arnold gets all the fun. Hey, it's the movies.
How does the Lorentz Field generate recoil?

The Aitchison Assault shotgun would be perfect for a bowling pin shoot.

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from skylerbob8 wrote 3 years 48 weeks ago

it creates recoil because for every action (pushing the projectile) there is an equal and opposite reaction (recoil) :)

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