Darren New wrote:

>> although the basic premise for the gun is a real one, 
> 
> Sure. You try holding a weapon that fires something at relativistic speeds.
> 
> If you want a realistic treatment, read "A Boy And His Tank."  Anyone 
> outside the armored vehicles within about 300 meters was toast.

I read somewhere that if you were to fire a "bullet" at near-light 
speeds, it would be more like bein irradiated with "lead radiation" than 
being hit by a solid object...

But anyway, even without relativity, the recoil would be absurd.

>> or the dubious claim that it can fire projectiles at near lightspeed 
> 
> That's what a railgun is for.

Well... technically a railgun (not to be confused with a coilgun) fires 
projectiles using electrical propolsion. There's nothing in the 
definition about how fast. ;-)

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