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  2. Cannon - Wikipedia

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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 powder") was the primary propellant before the invention of smokeless powder during the late 19th century. Cannons vary in gauge, effective range, mobility, rate of fire, angle of fire ...

  3. Gun safe - Wikipedia

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    A gun safe is a vault, cabinet, container or room that is difficult to break into. A sheet metal commercial gun safe, or other locked metal container for the preservation of valuables fits the description of “safe” in Black’s Law Dictionary. Safe storage conditions increase in severity from non-restricted class to restricted class and ...

  4. Cannon operation - Wikipedia

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    Tank gun. v. t. e. Cannon operation required specialised crew and gunners, who were first enlisted by the Spanish in the 14th century. [ 1 ] The nature of cannon operation often depended on the size of the cannon and whether they were breech-loading or muzzle-loading. English cannons of the late 14th century became mobile, while the largest ...

  5. Safe-cracking - Wikipedia

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    This pin can also be moved by the impact of the safe being dropped or struck while on its side, which allows the safe to be opened. [9] [10] [11] One security researcher taught his three-year-old son how to open most consumer gun safes. More expensive safes use a gear mechanism that is less susceptible to mechanical attacks.

  6. Oerlikon 20 mm cannon - Wikipedia

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    Cylindrical magazine holding 60 rounds, Later adjusted to be a belt fed gun. The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons based on an original German Becker Type M2 20 mm cannon design that appeared very early in World War I. It was widely produced by Oerlikon Contraves and others, with various models employed by both Allied and Axis ...

  7. History of cannons - Wikipedia

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    The earliest known depiction of a cannon is a sculpture from the Dazu Rock Carvings in Sichuan, dated to 1128, that portrays a figure carrying a vase-shaped bombard, firing flames and a cannonball. [2] The oldest surviving gun bearing a date of production is the Xanadu Gun, dated to 1298. [12]

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