Abstract: A symmetrical railgun is described which consists of at least four rails of electrically conductive material, which extend at the same spacing from and parallel to a predetermined axis of symmetry.
Abstract: An accelerator is described which comprises an electrothermal accelerator and is preferably of two-stage design, with the first stage consisting of an electrothermal accelerator, in particular an electromagnetically amplified electrothermal accelerator, and with the second stage consisting of a light gas accelerator.