[quote=@Romero] Isn't that nearly exactly what you said? I said that the tesla "rifles" would have shorter bursts, and Tesla's designs were for the accelerated particles to superheat anything they made contact with. And in terms of the towers, well I'm not using the same technology, I'm adapting the tesla coil into something that is attracted to any metal that comes within its range and sending huge amounts of voltage and current, effectively killing anything it struck. [/quote] How about a rifle, that fires a bullet and as the bullet leaves, it gets electrified? Forget the physics/practicality. Just give it a heavy battery pack and make it dangerous in the rain and it's fine, you would have to switch the electricity off during the wet, make them a bit weak when the electricity is off, problem solved.