Gauss rifle, the standard variant found through the Mojave Wasteland.The YCS/186 can fire a total of about 495 times using standard cells from full condition before breaking. Its only drawback over the base model is a slightly increased weight, at 8 pounds instead of 7. It is slightly more accurate and has 20 more item HP than the standard variety.

The YCS/186 uses four microfusion cells per shot, instead of the normal five of a standard Gauss rifle. The lens of the scope is tinted with an unusual shade of red. It has four more coils around the barrel, possibly explaining the greater weight and damage, while remaining the same length. It looks like a standard Gauss rifle, but with a sandy or rusted texture along the barrel and main body, and it sports black stripes on the wooden stock. The YCS/186 is a unique variant of the Gauss rifle. This class of weapons is named in honor of the German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, responsible for formulating the math underlying the magnetic acceleration principle of coilguns. Though these weapons were historically suffering from a number of difficulties, focused on discharging the coils in sequence or providing enough power for the coils, these design issues were overcome by German scientists in the 21st century and entered limited service. The Gauss rifle is a coilgun, a type of projectile accelerator, which uses electromagnetic coils configured as a linear motor to accelerate ferromagnetic or conductive projectiles to extreme velocities. To change it, please edit the transcluded page.

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