/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1149850
>Lasers pack more punch if you want to do damage with an electric-powered weapon.

Lasers are straight-up trash for "doing damage". All you have to do to make something completely immune to most lasers is give it a coat of titanium dioxide.

You may be familiar with it Pic related. Aluminum also works well.


Anyway...coilguns are better suited to larger, heavier, slower projectiles, for reasons intrinsic to their method of operation. They're also much more efficient than railguns. Railguns are better for dumping absurd amounts of power into a smaller, faster projectile. They work far better at high muzzle velocities, but you need a lot more energy to start with.

Pick your poison.