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So long as you have a means to solve the Powerpower supply and power delivery, then yes. This is very feasible.

Solid projectiles have a number of benefits that Energyenergy-type weapons don't have - mainly revolving around the need to dissipate all that Kinetickinetic energy.

Now, sure, a Laserlaser has a lot of energy to dissipate too, but with a big enough Heat Sinkheatsink or Shieldshield or thing, it's just absorbing energy.

Whereas with a solid projectile, you have Newton's lawsLaws of Motion - Equalan equal and opposite reaction e.g. Knockbackknockback/Staggerstagger.

Even in the real world, wherewhen someone wearing Body Armourbody armour gets shot by a conventional firearm -, they still feel it, scale it. Scale that up to the speedsenergies a Coil Guncoil gun could achieve and we are talking some serious down-range effects even if the round doesn't penetrate

Then if you are using physical armor to stop it, you have to deal with things like Spallingspalling, etc.

So long as you have a means to solve the Power supply and power delivery, then yes. This is very feasible.

Solid projectiles have a number of benefits that Energy-type weapons don't have - mainly revolving around the need to dissipate all that Kinetic energy.

Now, sure a Laser has a lot of energy to dissipate too, but with a big enough Heat Sink or Shield or thing, it's just absorbing energy.

Whereas a solid projectile, you have Newton's laws of Motion - Equal and opposite reaction e.g. Knockback/Stagger.

Even in the real world, where someone wearing Body Armour gets shot by a conventional firearm - they still feel it, scale it up to the speeds a Coil Gun could achieve and we are talking some serious down-range effects even if the round doesn't penetrate

Then if you are using physical armor to stop it, you have to deal with things like Spalling etc.

So long as you have a means to solve the power supply and power delivery, then yes. This is very feasible.

Solid projectiles have a number of benefits that energy-type weapons don't have - mainly revolving around the need to dissipate all that kinetic energy.

Now, sure, a laser has a lot of energy to dissipate too, but with a big enough heatsink or shield or thing, it's just absorbing energy.

Whereas with a solid projectile, you have Newton's Laws of Motion - an equal and opposite reaction e.g. knockback/stagger.

Even in the real world, when someone wearing body armour gets shot by a conventional firearm, they still feel it. Scale that up to the energies a coil gun could achieve and we are talking some serious down-range effects even if the round doesn't penetrate

Then if you are using physical armor to stop it, you have to deal with things like spalling, etc.

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So long as you have a means to solve the Power supply and power delivery, then yes. This is very feasible.

Solid projectiles have a number of benefits that Energy-type weapons don't have - mainly revolving around the need to dissipate all that Kinetic energy.

Now, sure a Laser has a lot of energy to dissipate too, but with a big enough Heat Sink or Shield or thing, it's just absorbing energy.

Whereas a solid projectile, you have Newton's laws of Motion - Equal and opposite reaction e.g. Knockback/Stagger.

Even in the real world, where someone wearing Body Armour gets shot by a conventional firearm - they still feel it, scale it up to the speeds a Coil Gun could achieve and we are talking some serious down-range effects even if the round doesn't penetrate

Then if you are using physical armor to stop it, you have to deal with things like Spalling etc.