[Spktyr]

The problem with these has always been battery power and bulk, not the accelerator part. One wonders if they’ve solved the battery issues.

[Lazamataz]

According to the performance demonstration video, the coilguns use bullets stored in reloadable magazines just like a conventional gun, and they also handle like one. The coilguns can easily penetrate multiple wood plates and thin steel plates at a relatively close distance.

Crap gun. The penetration of an air rifle. Regular rounds perform much better.

[libh8er]

This will be very useful if the PLA are planning to take on India in Quake 3 Arena.

[mass55th]

Who’d they steal that from?

[mrsmith]

Chemicals are better.
Not sure at what point of size and weight EM is superior.
But it’s not superior at this level.

[mrsmith]

Interesting what Western media carry such CCP garbage stories.

[CharlesWayneCT]

What makes this “better” than just using a regular rifle?

You still need bullets, and bullets with gunpowder are cheap, and the technology is well-known.

Do rail guns shoot a lot faster, or more accurately?

[ChuckR163]

Yeah I bet the battery is just good for one shot, because Chinese batteries are just awful. It’s essentially a one-shot high-tech musket.