Railgun

"All you need to know is - magnets, and it does horrible things to the things it's pointed at."

- Ammu-Nation description

The Coil Railgun is an experimental weapon featured in the enhanced version of Grand Theft Auto V.

Description
This weapon is exclusively available to those returning to GTA V from the original PS3 or Xbox 360 versions. It can be used in the Adversary Modes Beast vs. Slasher, Juggernaut, and Kill Quota in Grand Theft Auto Online, regardless if the player is a returning player or not though it cannot be obtained outside of Adversary Mode.

Grand Theft Auto V
"Fully-automatic, battery-powered gun, perfect for those looking for a more unusual yet highly-lethal weapon."

- Description on the Rockstar Games Social Club.

The Railgun is a high-tech military prototype Railgun designed for infantry use, adopting a carbine-like appearance. The weapon features a very linear design and two electrically-powered rails on the front, with a small fixed stock on the rear and what appears to be the vent units behind the power source. The Railgun also has a transparent sight with a triangle-shaped reticle on it. A green light is visible when the Railgun is loaded and turns red when fired.

According to the text on the side of the weapon, the Railgun is property of the United States Government.

When equipped, the Railgun emits a low pitch humming sound, which can be more easily heard when in first-person view. When fired, a flash of electric arc can be seen in the barrel, in which it will followed by a small explosion in the muzzle (a sonic boom) after the rounds are fired.

Grand Theft Auto V
The Railgun fires rounds at very high velocity (hypersonic speed). In real life, the rounds travel much faster than regular firearm bullets due to its hypersonic velocity, although this cannnot be observed in normal gameplay. On impact, the kinetic energy rounds are capable of causing massive damage, which are on par with the Rhino's main cannon. That is, it can destroy any unarmored vehicle in one shot.

However,this weapon requires accurate shooting because of its poor blast radius, any shot that missed deals no damage, especially when one hits a vehicle's window. And since it's sigle-shot, it would take multiple seconds to recharge. As a result, this weapon is good at dealing with enemy vehicles, but in return, is less effective against enemies on foot.

On the contrary, it is stated as an automatic weapon on the Rockstar Games Social Club website.

It is also an effective backup weapon to be used in missions that involve heavy shootouts, such as Heists.

Based on the markings of the gun, it has a capacity of 1.21 Gigawatts.

Grand Theft Auto V

 * Can be bought from Ammu-Nation for $250,000 after Minor Turbulence.
 * One can be found within the wreckage of the cargo plane from Minor Turbulence, located north of Stab City.
 * Alternatively, the Railgun can be obtained if the protagonist commits suicide in the Ammu-Nation Shooting Ranges.

Grand Theft Auto Online

 * Part of the Assault class loadout in Beast vs. Slasher.
 * Part of loadouts two and four in Kill Quota.
 * Part of the Juggernaut's loadout in Juggernaut and in Power Mad
 * Part of a Bunker Resupply Mission where one must be stolen from Humane Labs and Research or Los Santos Naval Port.

General

 * A railgun is a weapon that fires inert metallic rounds at velocities higher than the speed of sound using electromagnetism. As such, it has incredible range and accuracy in addition to massive kinetic energy. However, current railguns are in the prototype phase and due to a myriad of issues, such as power generation and heat dissipation are limited in size and portability to fixed (usually naval) mountings. Portable railguns do not exist outside of theoretical models.

Grand Theft Auto V

 * The Social Club incorrectly states the Railgun is automatic which, in-game, is actually single-shot. Assuming that the feature is limited by the single-round magazine, the Railgun would mechanically be able to fire in an automatic mode.
 * Attempting to fire the weapon without ammunition will produce a unique static sound, opposing the standard "click" of conventional weapons.
 * When using the Railgun during Beast vs. Slasher, the lights on the gun will not be turned on until the power is restored.

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