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Petition ID 1752: Museum text recoilless railguns is incorrect
Submitted Tue, 22 Oct 13 09:38:12 +0000

In the NewHome Museum, when looking at the Robot Soldier exhibit, the following displays.

"Later, as laser weapons, coilguns, railguns and other recoilless pistols and rifles became smaller and more practical, strength became less important and speed became the deciding factor in any firefight."

The display refers to railguns and coilguns as being recoilless, while in fact they are not. Both railguns and coilguns launch projectiles, imparting newtonian force on them, and as such impart an equal and opposite force upon the mechanism itself, and the user. In fact, the primary advantage of a railgun is that it allows a projectile to be accelerated to a much higher force than a traditional chemical projectile would.

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