Rail-gun

Rail-gun, railgun or rail gun may refer to:

Railway gun, a large caliber artillery piece mounted on a railcar for rail mobility
Railgun, an entirely electrical gun which uses a homopolar motor to accelerate projectiles
Coilgun, an entirely magnetic gun which uses a linear motor to accelerate projectiles
Helical railgun, combines the railgun and the coilgun
Benchrest rifle, also known as a rail gun, a type of rifle that is built into a machine rest.
fictional electromagnetic acceleration guns, see List of electromagnetic projectile devices in fiction
an animanga media franchise property, see To Aru Kagaku no Railgun

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