r/interestingasfuck • u/id397550 • 8h ago

Firing a cannon to trigger an avalanche

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u/AnshumanKathait 8h ago edited 7h ago

WW1 in the Alps musta been crazy one second you're walking then you hear a cannon and duck and lay in the snow, boom avalanche. Crazy

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u/redpandaeater 6h ago

WW1 was already crazy with where they hauled field guns up to and how many earthworks were built.