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:[[:File:Railgun.png|It's clearly labeled as "railgun", though.]] [[User:Tuckerscreator|<span style="color:#6600cc;">'''''Tuckerscreator'''''</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Tuckerscreator|<font color="#008000">stalk</font>]])</sup> 00:11, 10 August 2012 (EDT) | :[[:File:Railgun.png|It's clearly labeled as "railgun", though.]] [[User:Tuckerscreator|<span style="color:#6600cc;">'''''Tuckerscreator'''''</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Tuckerscreator|<font color="#008000">stalk</font>]])</sup> 00:11, 10 August 2012 (EDT) | ||
:''As per Tuckerscreator'': I too saw that movie on Halo Waypoint, and thus I concur. Does not the Magnetic Accelerator Cannon have magnetic coils too? --[[User talk:Xamikaze330|Xamikaze330]] 10:28, 10 August 2012 (EDT)Xamikaze330 | :''As per Tuckerscreator'': I too saw that movie on Halo Waypoint, and thus I concur. Does not the Magnetic Accelerator Cannon have magnetic coils too? --[[User talk:Xamikaze330|Xamikaze330]] 10:28, 10 August 2012 (EDT)Xamikaze330 | ||
:It could be that the ARC-920's a helical railgun (see Wikipedia article), which is a cross between a railgun and a coilgun, featuring the rails of a railgun and the coils of a coilgun. [[User talk:Tex|Tex]] 7:32, 18 May 2014 (EDT)Tex | |||
::I'd never heard of a helical railgun until just now. Having read about the concept, though, the ARC-920 seems to be one of them. --[[User:Braidenvl|<span style="color:gray">'''''Our vengeance is at hand.'''''</span>]] [[File:Gravemind.svg|14px]] ([[User talk:Braidenvl|<span style="color:gray">Talk to me.</span>]]) 11:33, 18 May 2014 (EDT) | |||
:::Maybe it should be added to Trivia, would help explain things. [[User talk:Tex|Tex]] 14:58, 18 May 2014 (EDT)Tex | |||
==About the Recoiless thing...== | ==About the Recoiless thing...== | ||
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--An overtechnical contributor. | --An overtechnical contributor. | ||
:Electromagnetic force is still force being acted upon the projectile, and all force has an equal and opposite reaction. This is Newtonian physics. Even if it had no moving parts or friction, this would still be true, though the recoil could be lessened significantly. Regarding it's use, note that we have yet to see any unaugmented personnel using it, or any indication that they can. For all we know, the recoil is high enough that only MJOLNIR-equipped Spartans can use it handheld. Thirdly, regarding function at that scale - we know that the Covenant field a number of well-shielded units smaller than vehicles, such as Hunters, and the shielded Brutes and Elites. The Railgun seems designed less for anti-vehicle combat and more for taking out targets such as these, against which standard weaponry has had mixed effectiveness. Remember that officially, the UNSC considers the Spartan Laser a kind of sniper rifle, and the Railgun has been compared to a smaller, quicker equivalent. A sniper rifle fires a specially designed armour piercing discarding sabot round. A Railgun could achieve similar penetration with a less sophisticated, and therefore cheaper, round, though at shorter range. -- [[User:Morhek|<b><font color=indigo>Qura 'Morhek</font></b>]] [[ | :Electromagnetic force is still force being acted upon the projectile, and all force has an equal and opposite reaction. This is Newtonian physics. Even if it had no moving parts or friction, this would still be true, though the recoil could be lessened significantly. Regarding it's use, note that we have yet to see any unaugmented personnel using it, or any indication that they can. For all we know, the recoil is high enough that only MJOLNIR-equipped Spartans can use it handheld. Thirdly, regarding function at that scale - we know that the Covenant field a number of well-shielded units smaller than vehicles, such as Hunters, and the shielded Brutes and Elites. The Railgun seems designed less for anti-vehicle combat and more for taking out targets such as these, against which standard weaponry has had mixed effectiveness. Remember that officially, the UNSC considers the Spartan Laser a kind of sniper rifle, and the Railgun has been compared to a smaller, quicker equivalent. A sniper rifle fires a specially designed armour piercing discarding sabot round. A Railgun could achieve similar penetration with a less sophisticated, and therefore cheaper, round, though at shorter range. -- [[User:Morhek|<b><font color=indigo>Qura 'Morhek</font></b>]] [[halofanon:user:Specops306|<u><i><font color=blue><sup>The Autocrat</sup></font></i></u>]] [[User talk:Specops306|<u><i><font color=purple><sup>of Morheka</sup></font></i></u>]] 06:59, 22 October 2012 (EDT) | ||
:Also, magnetic projectiles do more than punch holes. As they strike a target, the projectile's force spreads out into it, causing it to ''explode'' or better yet, ''shatter''. That's why firing a MAC at, say, Earth is so dangerous, because the force would be dissipated into earthquakes. [[User:Tuckerscreator|<span style="color:#6600cc;">'''''Tuckerscreator'''''</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Tuckerscreator|<font color="#008000">stalk</font>]])</sup> | :Also, magnetic projectiles do more than punch holes. As they strike a target, the projectile's force spreads out into it, causing it to ''explode'' or better yet, ''shatter''. That's why firing a MAC at, say, Earth is so dangerous, because the force would be dissipated into earthquakes. [[User:Tuckerscreator|<span style="color:#6600cc;">'''''Tuckerscreator'''''</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Tuckerscreator|<font color="#008000">stalk</font>]])</sup> | ||
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== Name change == | == Name change == | ||
To keep it in line with the other articles, this one should have its name changed to "Asymmetric Recoilless Carbine-920".-- | To keep it in line with the other articles, this one should have its name changed to "Asymmetric Recoilless Carbine-920".--File:PENGUIN4.gif|15px]]''[[User:FluffyEmoPenguin|<span style="color:black; font-family:Verdana">Fluffy</span><span style="color:gray; font-family:Verdana">Emo</span><span style="color:black; font-family:Verdana">Penguin</span>]]<sup><small>([[User talk:FluffyEmoPenguin|<span style="color:gray">ice quack!</span>]])''</small></sup> 18:01, 26 February 2013 (EST) | ||