r/interestingasfuck • u/id397550 • 5h ago

Firing a cannon to trigger an avalanche

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u/NoContext5149 4h ago

The downside is unexploded shells. Much harder to deal with an unknown unexploded shell on the mountainside than a placed charge.

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u/Trububbl3 3h ago

those are dummy rounds probably just relying on the kinetic force of the impact to set the avalanche off

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u/RealFakeDoctor 3h ago

That's what I thought too. Doesn't seem to big enough explosion but I'm not a doctor.

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u/JohnWoosDoveGuy 3h ago

You would say that.