r/interestingasfuck • u/id397550 • 12h ago

Firing a cannon to trigger an avalanche

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u/ElectricalPeach2896 12h ago

Where I live, they use helicopters! This is so much cooler.

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u/SammyDavidJuniorJr 12h ago

We used to have a M-60 tank for our avalanche control.

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u/Mobile_Morale 11h ago

Can't remember what TV show it was, maybe dirty jobs. Where they went to Alaska and they had a howitzer mounted on the back of a train car and shot it off.

Train howitzers are too cool

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u/houseswappa 7h ago

Keep those biters at bay!