How come the barrel of a C-14 impaler gauss rifle is so huge?

[Pandonetho]

When they fire 8 mm rounds?



I know it's probably just the rule of cool to make the gun look more powerful and menacing... but anyone wanna throw in an explanation for it?

[Shadow Archon]

When they fire 8 mm rounds?
I know it's probably just the rule of cool to make the gun look more powerful and menacing... but anyone wanna throw in an explanation for it?

It might shoot multiple rounds at once.

[newcomplex]

Why are they able to shoot sub-orbital battle-cruisers, and inflict significant damage?

hmm.....

nvm I didn't get the question. Thought you were just asking why the gun was so big...

Yeah probably so it looks cooler. Thought Im sure you could bullshit an explanation like "using magnetic feilds to float the bullet in the center of the barrel.

[Shadow Archon]

Why are they able to shoot sub-orbital battle-cruisers, and inflict significant damage?

hmm.....

One is game mechanics, the other is not.

[newcomplex]

One is game mechanics, the other is not.

They can also shoot zerglings from a mile away, supported in books. So uh...I'd suspect they can shoot battlecruisers too.

[The_Blade]

There are two possibilities:

1) The C-14 Gauss Rifle rounds are shells or "clusters of bullets" powered by magnetic mechanics and that expand once in the air. See this thread

2) The C-14 Gauss Rifle may fire mortar rounds just like his predecesor did, but this time from the same barrel.


Else, I feel the need to quote Gradius

You have to understand that the StarCraft universe is full of plot holes, inconsistencies and all-around paradoxes.

[Shadow Archon]

They can also shoot zerglings from a mile away, supported in books. So uh...I'd suspect they can shoot battlecruisers too.

One kilometer.(One book has a Marine shooting at a Wraith 55 kilometers in the sky, but.......)

[Kacaier]

Well, it's a coilgun (aka gauss gun/rifle), in the sense it uses magnetic coils to propel the "spikes" forward. The larger barrel may be there to keep the bullets from chaffing the sides of the barrel as they are magnetically suspended. A regular rifle has unnecessary friction along the barrel due to gravitational forces and for the alignment of the trajectory, which a gauss rifle would probably not need.

[Pandonetho]

Well, it's a coilgun (aka gauss gun/rifle), in the sense it uses magnetic coils to propel the "spikes" forward. The larger barrel may be there to keep the bullets from chaffing the sides of the barrel as they are magnetically suspended. A regular rifle has unnecessary friction along the barrel due to gravitational forces and for the alignment of the trajectory, which a gauss rifle would probably not need.

Sounds good to me.

[Norfindel]

When they fire 8 mm rounds?

I know it's probably just the rule of cool to make the gun look more powerful and menacing... but anyone wanna throw in an explanation for it?

Magnets too big?

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