• Wooden cannons have been manufactured and used in wars in many countries. The wooden parts were invariably strengthened with metal fittings or even rope...
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    Quaker gun (redirect from Quaker cannon)
    18th and 19th centuries. Although resembling an actual cannon, the Quaker gun was simply a wooden log, usually painted black, used to deceive an enemy....
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    Cherry gun (redirect from Cherry cannon)
    The Cherry cannon (Bulgarian: Черешово топче, Chereshovo topche; Macedonian: Црешево топче, Creševo topče) is a wooden cannon and artillery weapon whose...
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  • A cannon is a large-caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant. Gunpowder ("black...
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    The Tsar Cannon (Russian: Царь-пушка, Tsar'-pushka) is a large early modern period artillery piece (known as a bombarda in Russian) on display on the grounds...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leather cannons. Bamboo cannon Battalion gun Wooden cannon Grasshopper cannon Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle - A modern...
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    platform for the California Victory Cannon. Constructed in 2004 to serve as a replacement for the old wooden cannon platform, the concrete and stone structure...
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    The hand cannon (simplified Chinese: 火铳; traditional Chinese: 火銃; pinyin: huǒchòng or 手铳; 手銃; shǒuchòng), also known as the gonne or handgonne, is the...
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  • Tunul de lemn (English: The Wooden Cannon) is a 1986 Soviet drama film directed by Vasile Brescanu. The movie follows the life of an elderly man, David...
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    of Tokyo, built in 1853–54 to prevent an American intrusion Coastal wooden cannon built by the daimyō at the order of the bakufu for Commodore Perry's...
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    imported to Japan by Glover and used by Satsuma forces. For artillery, wooden cannons, only able to fire 3 or 4 shots before bursting, coexisted with state-of-the-art...
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    American and other military services, particularly during World War II. The cannon is also referred to as Birkigt type 404, after its designer Marc Birkigt...
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    This list contains all types of cannon through the ages listed in decreasing caliber size. For the purpose of this list, the development of large-calibre...
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  • The history of cannon spans several hundred years from the 12th century to modern times. The cannon first appeared in China sometime during the 12th and...
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    with a wooden shaft known as a shouchong (手銃) whilst the larger Wankouchong (碗口銃 — bowl-mouthed cannon) or Zhankouchong (盏口銃 — cup-mouthed cannon) rested...
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    Wooden bullets are wooden projectiles designed to be fired from a gun. They are intended to be used as less lethal weapons for crowd control by enforcing...
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    a touchdown by the team in possession of the cannon, but it has been inoperable since 1999. The wooden carriage is painted the school color of the team...
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    with a wooden toolbox containing all necessary items to operate the cannon. Columbus Blue Jackets’ cannon "Texas Traditions: Smokey the Cannon". The University...
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    wood on the fort to make wooden cannons. Coupled with the ammunition already present on the fort, these wooden cannons started inflicting heavy losses...
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    relatively stiff, strong, flexible, and ductile. Composite bow Leather cannon, wooden cannon Concrete is the most common artificial composite material of all...
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    – traditional wooden toys with lacquer colours made in Etikoppaka, AP, India. Some of the toy styles include Lord Ganesha toys, cannon toys and bullock...
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    New York, and many other editions. A picture entitled "Plate 4.8 A wooden cannon captured from the Bulgarian insurgents by the Turks, January 1877" appears...
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    forces. The weapons include the Hell-Cannon and its variants, the Thunder Cannon and the Mortar Cannon. The hell cannon (Arabic: مدفع جهنم) is a general name...
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    Cannon Coaster, sometimes known as Leap-the-Gap, was a wooden roller coaster which operated on Bowery Street in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, in the...
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    an average of 1,000 artillery shells were fired every day. Makeshift wooden cannons were seen on the "rebel" side of this conflict, and during popular upheavals...
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    accurate projectile that could be fired by a smooth-bore cannon, used to batter the wooden hulls of opposing ships, forts, or fixed emplacements, and...
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    brother Squire Boone was known as an inventor. He fashioned a makeshift wooden cannon, reinforced with iron bands, which was fired once or twice at groups...
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  • Cannon Ball roller coaster, a wooden roller coaster at Lake Winnepesaukah, Georgia/Tennessee border Cannonball problem, a mathematical problem Cannon...
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    The bombard is a type of cannon or mortar which was used throughout the Late Middle Ages and the early modern period. Bombards were mainly large calibre...
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    citizens and sailors of the merchant ship Myrtle. The ship encountered cannon fire from the fort's garrison upon entering and anchoring at Qui Nhơn harbour...
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