Reluctance Coilgun:

Reluctance Coil Guns (Pulse Accelerators) use intense momentary  electromagnetic fields created by current passing through an air cored inductor from an energy source to pull a ferromagnetic projectile toward its center by its magnetic field. Ideally, the current will be cut off at this point allowing the projectile to continue out of the coil and to the target.

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