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Song Parodies -> "Wind Cannon Shot Air at You"

Original Song Title:

"I Put a Spell on You"

 (MP3)
Original Performer:

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Parody Song Title:

"Wind Cannon Shot Air at You"

Parody Written by:

Robert D. Arndt Jr.

The Lyrics

Like the Vortex Gun, the Wind Cannon was also developed by a factory in Stuttgart during the war. It was a type of gun that would eject a jet of compressed air against enemy aircraft. It was a strange device consisted of a large angled barrel like a bent arm resting in an immense cradle like some enormous broken pea-shooter lying askew. The cannon worked by the ignition of critical mixtures of hydrogen and oxygen in molecular proportions as near as possible. The powerful explosion triggered off a rapidly-ejected projectile of compressed air and water vapor, which, like a solid "shot" of air, was as effective as a small shell. Experimental trials of the cannon at Hillersleben demonstrated that a 25mm-thick wooden board could be broken at a distance of 200m. Nitrogen peroxide was deployed in some of the experiments so that the brown color would allow the path and destination of the otherwise transparent projectile to be observed and photographed. The tests proved that a powerful region of compressed and high-velocity air could be deployed with sufficient force to inflict some damage. However, the aerodynamics of a flying aircraft would almost surely neutralized the effectiveness of this cannon. In addition the effects of the cannon on a fast-flying aircraft was quite different from that on a fixed ground target. Still, the cannon was installed on a bridge over the Elbe, but with no significant results -- either because there were no aircraft or simply no successes (as one might suspect). The wind cannon was an interesting experiment but a practical failure.
Wind Cannon shot air at you
peculiar design

Strangest flak gun of WW2
Air-shot firin’
Low aircraft flyin’

Exotic cannon experiments
Using vortex and sound
Air-shot proved as deadly
Breakin’ 1 inch boards over 200 m ground

Wind Cannon shot air at you
peculiar design
Deployed 1945

H2 and O2
H2 and O2
H2 and O2
Fired compressed shot into air
Allies were unaware
Cannon in Elbe vicinity
Fired, no results, just despair


German oddity
Wind Cannon shot air at you
peculiar design
(Bizarre lethality)
http://naziufomythos.greyfalcon.us/Pictures/windcannon.jpg

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WCJ - August 15, 2011 - Report this comment
A weapon that really "blows away" the competition! :-D Nice job Rob! 5's! :-)
Patrick - August 15, 2011 - Report this comment
In the Spanish American War air powered cannon were used on land and on a special ship, the Vesuvius, to launch dynamite. Saw a youtube video in which someone shot a pumpkin through both sides of a car trunk using compressed air. Did the Nazis ever try something like that?
Rob Arndt - August 15, 2011 - Report this comment
No compressed air launchers, but a modified artillery piece called "Pandora" that fired firedamp shells (coal dust explosives). It was designed by Dr. Zippermayr and was used successfully in the Warsaw Ghetto in '44. A terrible weapon, Pandora was close proximity but the detonation was like an iron fist. The SS used it to kill Jews hiding in the rubble and inside buildings. AFAIK, only one gun was modified... would have made an excellent weapon in Berlin street-fighting!!!

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