water cannon

water cannon is a non-lethal weapon or firefighting equipment.

Also recorded as water cannons; watercannons.

Overview

Its recorded use is firefighting, riot control and counter-insurgency. Catalogue entries for arms and armour state maker, marks, mechanism and, where relevant, licensing. VALÉORINE records this subject so that lots referring to it can be described consistently.

In detail

device that shoots a high-velocity stream of water

Sources

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reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
“Water cannon”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Wikidata, structured authority record Q1052575: water cannon
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