railgun

electrically powered electromagnetic projectile launcher
Product weapon_type Q875724
railgun
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railgun

Summary

railgun is a weapon type[1]. railgun has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • railgun's instance of is recorded as weapon type[3].
  • railgun is a type of projectile weapon[4].
  • railgun is a type of linear motor[5].
  • railgun is a type of emerging technology[6].
  • railgun's Commons category is recorded as Railguns[7].
  • railgun's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1917[8].
  • railgun's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Railguns[9].
  • railgun's Commons gallery is recorded as Railgun[10].
  • railgun's different from is recorded as coilgun[11].
  • railgun's uses is recorded as electromagnetic field[12].
  • railgun's uses is recorded as kinetic energy[13].
  • railgun's greater than is recorded as firearm[14].
  • railgun's less than is recorded as firearm[15].

Why It Matters

railgun has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] railgun is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . economist.com. economist.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . globalsecurity.org. globalsecurity.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    On focus list of wikimedia project Q140249898
    Uses electromagnetic field, kinetic energy
    Less than firearm
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
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