Abstract: A segmented electromagnetic launcher, comprising a solid rail (20) and a segmented rail (21), formed from segments (22a to 22z) with number of segments greater than one, isolated from one another. These two rails are positioned parallel to and spaced apart from one another, forming a barrel (3) with breech (4) and muzzle (5) ends for sliding a projectile with armature (23) inside the barrel. Two supply conductors (24a, 24b) are positioned on either side and parallel to the solid rail (20) and isolated from it; side supply conductors (25a to 25z, 26a to 26z) are positioned on either side of the bore of the barrel with the number of side supply conductors two times the number of the segments. Each segment (22k) is connected with two supply conductors (24a, 24b) by two side supply conductors (25k, 26k) in connection points (27a to 27z, 28a to 28z) located at the breech end of each segment.