Homemade Potato Howitzer 

"We're really scraping ze bottom of ze barrel, aren't we?" "Ja."

About 20 years ago I built a potato canon that used blank shotgun cartridges instead of gas 🙈🙈🙈🙈

Damn it man, now I must have one! I was an Army Artillery Forward Observer for 8 years and I have to tell you that you’ve made an awesome howitzer. I seldom actually fired the guns, being up “on the hill” mostly, but I did help shoot mortars on occasion when they were short of crew. I also fired several “Sundown guns” for ceremonies, and you have what is close to a 75mm pack gun howitzer. I’d love to have one and adjust fires with it. Making mashed potatoes! Kudos!!

Imagine going to war and getting hit by a flying potato.

ATF: Sir what are you building in your garage Him: Potato Pack Howitzer ATF: *Confused screaming*

when your nerd friends invite you to paintball with them show up with this...am ready

Honey, I went to the cemetery yesterday and I kept finding all these smashed up potatoes lying around everywhere.

Another diy guy wearing sandals in the shop. Lol

The "stabilizer" thingy are called gun trails. Great cannon!

Now just imagine how this would look on the bow of a boat.....pirates be warned.

I enjoyed the night shots with the muzzle blast. You may get even more impressive results by adding a muzzle brake like found on the M198 howitzer.

I am heavy weapons guy. And this is my weapon. It takes 500 farmers to fire this weapon, for twelve seconds.

Teacher: were doing crafts today Girls: i hate building stuff Bois:

Now you need a lawnmower faux Jeep to hitch it to. It would be a great combo for parades.

I'm disappointed in RU-vid. They recommend everything under the Sun to me...except THIS!!! How have I missed this video!!??

"Hans did you get ze right gun?" "Nien, I grabbed ze wrong one.." "WELL SHISSEA!"

This would be illegal in NY, NJ, IL, CA.

this man could build potato flak canon from the exploding potato

I would add an Arduino and an electronic gas valve to make a timed gas release, so that you can dial in an exact amount of gas based on the time the valve is open, and always be able to repeat that same amount of gas. You could even have various preset options for more or less gas to hit a target distance. Or go all out with a laser rangefinder too and design an algorithm that calculates exactly how much gas and at what angle is needed to hit that target! Lol Edit: you'd probably need a pressure sensor also to measure gas pressure, because as the pressure in the gas tank drops after a few shots you'd need to hold the valve open longer to get the same amount in the firing chamber.

His howitzers made all the difference for the brave dogs, who fought the battle of Chestnut St. against Squrell shock troops.

Pop: Whatcha doin', boy? Me: Rockin out to potato guided armament reviews. Pop: Oh....Is that a new band?

Back in the 70’s when I was a kid, there was this one summer where we had this long, on going crab apple war with a group of other kids. We had only one rule...duck! That cannon would have been very handy!

Scrap Mechanic: **uses spud guns as weapons** This dude: why not try it

Never have I enjoyed the word potato so much. Heads up!!! 🥔

YT suggestions finally suggested something cool!

That's 1 hell of a way to say "GET OFF MY LAWN"! Lol. Good times.

This guy makes me want to be a field artillery officer even more

The 24 thumbs down are from his neighbors.... :-)

This is ridiculously pointless overkill. The Internet salutes you!

Good job on the cannon. I also enjoyed the music. I almost forgot I wasn't watching beyond the press channel lol. I can't wait to see the future upgrades. It makes me want to build one that looks like an M198 howitzer that I used to shoot in the marine corps.

cant wait till you make a potato tank or a potato battleship that you sit in

Would love to see this with a longer barrel with accurate aiming and modified for paintball. Imagine 2-4 of these call for fire during paintball? That would be epic!

I love the improvement ideas. Suggestion, if you are going to add oxygen as part of the fuel, then have the actual barrel be all one piece with no holes and inject the gaseous fuel directly inside that barrel and the igniter also inside the same barrel. This will give your gun quite a bit more umph! Might freak the neighbors out a bit as it will also give a much louder report! But then, not just potatoes, but how about bloated tins of old food? Since the new power will give you a greater range, then you would not have to worry so much about breathing he stench of rotted food! lol

really puts the HOW in howitzer

This dude be straight out of the game scrap mechanic.

Convinced that we're living in the best timeline

i love that build especially that you got most of it for free. the oxygen is a bad idea because it makes the combustion to fast and the pressure spike to pointy (risk of shattering). what you could do to improve reliable and repeatable combustion is to measure the fuel and mount a small cpu fan inside the chamber to mix the gas since you wanted to have a battery powered igniter anyway. use a 3 dollar arc generator module for that. the box shaped ones are usually plasma and the round ones usually stun. the stun ones are not as electronics friendly and draw more ampere. it has been one year we would love to see a part 2

Amazing how you made this all from free junky parts, unlike any diy youtuber I've seen. Keep up the awesome builds!

My best friend showed this to me. I love it.

Two things use a steel pipe. Make every potato the same diameter. When you feel ready to move up the danger level to 20. Use acetylene and oxygen. This also means the potato has to be in a container. But the range is much more than a football field 🤫

40 squirrels living in the nearby trees dislked this video,.

As a welder and fabricator, I find this totally friggin awesome. I have seen old army jeep with a .50 cal mounted in back with a propane “pop-pop” system to simulate full auto. Man, you are definitely my kind of guy. I’m constantly bringing stainless and carbon steel scraps home. My wife calls me the “White Fred Sanford “. 😂🤣🙄🙄😎. I own it😁. This is awesome. Much love and new sub from NC. 🤙🏻

I initially started watching your channel for your boat videos. However, all of your other videos are just as cool. It has been a pleasure to subscribe and see what you come up with next. I still don't know why you don't have 100 times more subscribers. I doubt if it will help but I featured you on my channel. Too many other channels are focused on how to make money from their channel and are all slicked up, you just focus on the fun of DIY and are an amazing improviser. Keep em coming.

I don't know how much research you've done into performance upgrades but a few things like multiple ignition points spaced equally apart and any cheap body spray for propellent can really give it a boost

It really would be a lot of fun to take that where people are playing paintball, or airsoft, and ask if you can play!

I like the fact he’s shooting at a cemetery

This Dude has BRAINS 🧠 and SKILLS! Plus he looks like a Giant version of a Leprechaun!

Epic montage and music combo! LOL

I don't know how I got here but I love it lol it's awsome !!!!!!

The best part about it is that it really acts as fragmentation ammo cuz it makes shrapnel at impact

You can caulk the line where the sheild comes together and paint over it so it looks like it’s been welded

This awesome construction music reminds me of the game Red Alert, which has amazing music.

Use the pure alcohol 96% instead of any goofy plopellent (like your "hair propane"). Feel the huge difference. P.S. Gasonile - is the best fuel. But gasoline need the RIGHT stoichiometry with air. (6 drops per 1 liter empty bottle)

a thing you never know you needed, until you saw it. great job

this guy is a male mechanic from scrap mechanic, which coinidentally is a game where the only weapons you have shoot potatoes

first video I've seen from you, and you've made a good first impression

It not only works great...but looks fabulous. You seem to have a real knack for esthetics. ☮

I made one similar. It didn't look as correct as that. It was more of a battleship style. I cut the cap threads in 3 positions so that it had a quick unlock instead of unscrewing, I used a steel tube from leftover conduit as a barrel and mine breech loads, but uses black powder....... It's not as sophisticated but it's loved at 4th of July parties!

This is the best thing I've seen on RU-vid.

0:11 Lol the squirrel at the top of the tree is like hey man stop shooting my house haha 😂 🐿

This guy can easily invade Poland only Whit his smile

At last somebody who hasn’t got all the dogs bollocks tools like welders CNC machining water jetting and so on a true engineer 🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

I love it. I am a Propane technical trainer. I too built a hand held potato gun. I used map gas when everybody else was using hair spray. What I did to get a reliable mixture was I took the turbo torch and I used the venturi that comes with it. I was getting 300 yards out of a 4' x 2" barrel. I had a ball valve I would open, shoot in the gas and then close the valve to fire. I also sharpened the end of the barrel so as I shoved an over sized potato in, it was sized to fit. With the perfect mixture and a tight seal in the barrel, it was epic. I like the idea of the drilled breach. Perhaps a test could be performed at Sand Land to see which it better.

when i was younger my friends and i would pretend to have wars, now just image having this as a kid

Excellent PC! You have found a new subscriber, my cousin and I used to build monster spud cannons all the time. Feels.

When I get my own place, I really wanna have a workplace where I can do cool trinkets like these. Kudos for the awesome build you got there buddy!

Years ago we made a propane powered potato gun. We used 2 quarter turn ball valves with a pipe in-between. The way it worked was gas would come in the first valve with the other shut filling the between pipe. Then you close the first valve and open the second valve to release the gas into the combination chamber. This way can be fine tuned by adding length or cutting the pipe between the valves shorter. It took a while to get it right but when it the right volume size it was very consistent.

I bet a billiards ball would fit perfectly.

Put a small o2 tank on it to mix with the gas . You will get a hell of a bang .

This is pretty sick!! Late to the comment section but imagine melting down aluminum cans and casting a potato. 🤣

Awesome cannon! 3d print some shells!

I have just returned from the year 2053, and I have seen the devastation of the Great Potatoe Gun Wars. The role the third-generation Potatoe Howitzers played was undeniable.

This may be the greatest video I've ever stumbled across 😂

This .. is .. AWESOME! I'm kinda impressed with how straight it shoots. Granted it looks to be only about 30 feet, but that's still good shootin'.

HAHAHA that's so sick! I've seen a lot of different potato cannons, but never a potato howitzer. 🤣

Fantastic! It's so refreshing to see someone build something really cool without using brand new materials and a f~(#ing CNC plasma table!

You are creative kiddo I’d keep it muzzle loading you never know when the ATF will do a flip flop on things. I built one using exhaust tubing and for fuel those Diesel engine ether start canisters with the electrical valve you can find them in a heavy truck scrap yard and it gives a hell of a bang ! I like that electronic igniter good to be away from it if it fails PVC is brittle and if it fails will be in shards that can hurt you badly when you get a welder stay away from those flux core units useless as hell save up buy one that uses the inert gas shielding I’m in the metal fab biz projects like this happen when you get bored with a shop full of tooling. Have fun and be safe !

Pretty sure the government watches his videos and there freaking awesome

For your sight have a look on the shield of the german 75mm PaK 40 anti Tank gun. It has a little hole in the shield for the gunner's sight

I would also suggest making a rifling button try rifling the barrel. I'd also get a cheap rifle scope as a sighting system. I'd also make another adjustment so you can adjust for windage. I think the potato howitzer is awesome!

It’s videos like this that are perfect examples of how people still have passions in this country

how the hell does this not have a million views already

You need to try a steel wool cannon ball soaked with lighter fluid at night it’s an awesome show!

Bro ur genius! You needed few days but if I try I will need few years to start

Greatest Idea EVER. Potato Howitzer... Potatitzer? Howitato? Powitzato?

Nice build montage and beautiful hackjob Love it

10/10 for the music lad

I love that it actually works like a howitzer

Mine is a challenger for yours. Runs on Oxy/Acetylene, schedule 60 pipe. spark plug/coil ignition, pneumatic recoil dampers, elevation, folding stabilizers and interchangeable barrel bores and lengths, 20’ remote ignition switch for keeping well away. Best shot for a potato, just short of 1500’. Can’t get much further due to 💯 potato failure. Hard ammo, who knows how far it could reach; but I don’t want a catastrophic failure due to over pressure. Oxy/Acetylene is many times more reactive than Propane. 😎

what is that sound we are hearing as you assemble the machine. I’m half heartedly watching. But that sound has my foot tapping, head bobbing, and the old air guitar jamming away. 😂

You have inspired me, I shall attempt to create a potato howitzer.

Man is given potatoes for ammo and metal for guns. PASS THE AMMUNITION GOD WANTS US TO GO TO WAR -Serj Tankian

This is one of the most awesome videos I’ve ever seen!!!!!!!! 😎

Maybe redesigning the breach with a hinged door with a quick lock catch on it for quicker opening & closing rather than using a screw-up breach door ( cap) instead. 🤔. apart from that it seems good just redesigning that breach is my suggestion it would not only LOOK FAR BETTER!!! but, I would say loading it would be far easier aswell.

Living next to a Cemetery I bet the dude's got quiet neighbors.

10:46 Albert Einstein's relativity theory states that a small amount of mass translates into a huge amount of energy. The scene on the timestamp is a great example of this.

*Scrap Mechanic liked that*

THAT is the coolest tning I've seen this year... Well done ! I would add a circular seal between the potato and the gas... like we do in black powder shooting. Watch playing with oxigen man...

Try using pressured air + Acetylene mix explosion. It would reach mach 1, but before that change the materials to full iron

Finally, now I can create an Idahoan militia's artillery sect.