Railgun

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Railgun
A heavy turret that uses electromagnetic force to launch shells at very high velocities. Requires very large surges of power (usually supplied by supercapacitors) and has a low rate of fire, and as such it's most often used against large and heavily armored targets.
Statistics*
Skill Requirement	Weapons: 50
Handicap	Spring Stiffness -48 (50 → 2) Spring Damping -9.5 (10 → 0.5) Rotation Speed -7 (8 → 1)
Power Consumption	20000 kW
Firerate	0.2 RPS
Technical Identifier railgun Categories Machine, Weapons Tags turret

Railgun Loader
Feeds railgun ammunition into a linked railgun.
Statistics*
Item Slots	6 Railgun Shell slots
Repairable
Required Skill	Mechanical Engineering 55
Required Item	Wrench
Technical Identifier railgunloadersmall Categories Machine, Weapons Tags railgunequipment,railgunammosource,turretammosource,railgunammoloader

The Railgun is a Submarine Weapon in Barotrauma. Similar to other turrets, it requires a loader to be linked to it for ammo.

Functions & Usage

Railguns fire high velocity shells that deal high amounts of damage to anything they hit.

Like other turrets, periscopes are typically used to aim and fire railguns. Firing railguns draws power from their connected supercapacitors, as well as shells from their linked loaders.

Ammunition

There are 4 types of railgun shells:

• Railgun Shells are typically filled with explosives to increase damage.
• Physicorium Shells are typically used for single targets. Their main advantage over normal shells is the increased direct damage.
• Nuclear Shells deal damage in a large radius, most typically used against other submarines. Their large explosion radius makes friendly fire a common risk.
• Canister Shells are good against medium-sized groups of creatures or single medium-health creatures. Can be recycled with lead.

All railgun shells, except for the canister shell, can hold 1 small to medium-sized item that is "used" upon impact. Notably, this can be used to detonate explosives, such as C-4 Blocks, Frag Grenades, or 40mm Grenades. Medical Items, however, will not affect the target.

Item	Shots	Afflictions	Armor Penetration	Structure Damage	Explosion Range
Canister Railgun Shell		Lacerations (550)*  (11 projectiles x 50)  Bleeding (220)*  (11 projectiles x 20)  Stun (22)*  (11 projectiles x 2)	30%	Impact: 110	.
Nuclear Railgun Shell		Deep Tissue Injury (250)*  Bleeding (50)*  Stun (15)* Explosion (15m):  Deep Tissue Injury (1000)*  Burn (1000)*  Radiation Sickness (100)*  Bleeding (40)* (5% chance)  Stun (30)* Explosion (20m):  EMP (50)*  Scaled by Vitality	60%	Impact: 100 Explosion (15m): 600	15 meters
Physicorium Railgun Shell		Deep Tissue Injury (500)*  Bleeding (100)*  Stun (15)* Explosion (3.5m):  Deep Tissue Injury (250)*  Stun (7)*	80%	Impact: 200 Explosion (3.5m): 50	3.5 meters
Railgun Shell		Deep Tissue Injury (250)*  Bleeding (50)*  Stun (15)* Explosion (2.5m):  Deep Tissue Injury (250)*  Stun (7)*	60%	Impact: 100 Explosion (2.5m): 50	2.5 meters

Submarines

A list of submarines with this turret.

• Herja
• Humpback
• Kastrull
• Typhon
• Typhon2
• Winterhalter

Connection Panel

Connection Panel for Railgun Hover over pins to see their descriptions.
Power_In Position_In Trigger_In Toggle_Light Set_Light Power for firing the Railgun. Sets the firing angle of the Railgun (0-360). Fires the Railgun when it receives a signal. Toggles the state of the Railgun's light. Sets the state of the Railgun's light.
Requires: Screwdriver

Connection Panel for Railgun Loader Hover over pins to see their descriptions.
condition_out ammunition_out Outputs the Railgun Loader's current condition. (0-100) Outputs the amount of loaded shells. (0-6)
Requires: Screwdriver

See Also

• Coilgun
• Pulse Laser
• Chaingun
• Flak Cannon
• Double Coilgun

Media

• Railgun firing 1

• Railgun firing 2

• Railgun firing 3

• Railgun starting rotation

• Railgun stopping rotation

• Railgun rotation loop