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Generally, the operator loads the projectile into the barrel, then utilizes a fuel or air pressure (or sometimes both) to propel the projectile out of the cannon. The potato cannon can trace its origin to the World War II-era Holman Projector, which was a shipboard anti-aircraft weapon. [6]
M61 Vulcan, a hydraulically, electrically, or pneumatically driven, six-barrel, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style rotary cannon; M134 Minigun, a six-barrel rotary machine gun with a high rate of fire; Potato cannon, a pipe-based cannon that uses air pressure, or combustion of a flammable gas to fire projectiles, usually potatoes
A typical factory-made toy die-cast spud gun. The cap attached to the muzzle converts it into a water pistol. A spud gun or potato gun is a small toy gun used to fire a fragment of potato. To operate, one punctures the surface of a potato with the gun's hollow tip and pries out a small pellet which fits in the muzzle.
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An air vortex cannon is a toy that releases doughnut-shaped air vortices — similar to smoke rings but larger, stronger and invisible. The vortices can ruffle hair, disturb papers or blow out candles after travelling several metres. An air vortex cannon can be made easily at home, [1] [2] from just a cardboard box. [3]
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Video of a pressurized air pumpkin cannon being fired. "Yankee Siege" trebuchet, from New Hampshire, at 2008 Punkin' Chunkin' World Championship Punkin Chunkin (WCPC) was the name of an annual contest held the first full weekend after Halloween in Delaware from 1986 through 2013 and in 2016.
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