A device used to fire multiple paintballs in one shot for the purpose of emulating artillery fire, rocket launchers, or grenade launchers.
A crew-served piece of artillery, mounted on a field, garrison or siege carriage for discharging solid shot or other projectiles. Sometimes called a gun. See also howitzer & mortar
A heavy artillery piece consisting of a metal tube mounted on a gun carriage. RCHME. During the Civil War cannons were mounted on Clifford's Tower. After the siege of York the Tower continued to be supplied with cannon until at least 1680.
a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
heavy gun fired from a tank
heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
a large, smooth-bored, muzzle-loading gun used before the advent of breech-loading , rifled guns firing explosive shell s
a modern day rifled Rifling is the means by which a firearm gyroscopically stabilizes a projectile
guns 20mm and larger firing shells containing a small explosive charge. see machine gun.
Since the opening and closing of each show day is marked by firing a cannon from the knoll, in the morning "after cannon" and "before cannon" are common terms to signify whether the show has begun or not and in the evening "after cannon" means after-hours. "Before and after cannon" is sometimes used to mean non-show hours. "Cannon" is verbal shorthand for the moment when we shift from the 20th century to the period or vice-versa.
A large gun mounted on wheels, firing heavy stone or metal balls.
Cannon finds can identify a shipwreck, but not always. Bronze guns were often taken in battle and reused on new ships. Sometimes the guns could be 100 years old already at the time of sinking. More info.
A cannon is any large tubular firearm designed to fire a heavy projectile over a long distance.