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Elenco Bombard User Manual

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DID YOU KNOW ?

Pyotr IIyich Tchaikovksy’s 1812 Overture is performed using an artillery section, along
with the orchestra. The real cannon fire simulates Russian artillery bombardments of
the Battle of Borodino, a critical battle in Napoleon’s Invasion of Russia, whose defeat
the piece celebrates.

Ski resorts sometimes employ cannons to fire into snow-covered mountainsides to
intentionally trigger avalanches in hazardous areas.

Cannons have been used for military purposes throughout the centuries, but have now
been adapted to two unusual civilian purpose: