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Originally Posted by WaterAndWindSpirit
Do Gauss weapons have something similar to a muzzle flash? ?
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That depends on the specific technology being used. Actual railguns propel their projectiles with a plasma that arcs between the two rails being used. This makes for a huge muzzle flash.
Contactless coil guns don't use a plasma and don't have a muzzle flash.
Railguns are easier to make and can produce higher velocities. They can even produce velocities so fast that the projectiles would burn up while travelling through an Earth-like atmosphere and explode on contact with their target. This would amke a shalow crater in the target's armor rather than the narrow but deep hole that you would prefer.
Given this probably all of the Gauss weaposn in UT are actually coilguns even if the name says they are "railguns".