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What is a Gauss Pistol?

April 26, 2017gauss Pistol

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What is a Gauss Pistol?

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A Gauss Pistol is a specific kind of “Coil Gun”. The term “Gauss” is a unit of magnetic field strength (the magnetic field of the earth is around 1 Gauss), named for the great German mathematician Karl Friedrich Gauss. “Pistol” refers to a gun that can be held and fired with one hand. Gauss pistols, gauss rifles and gauss cannons feature prominently in many sci-fi books, video games and role playing games as stock “weapons of the future”.