Potato Cannon

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The **Potato Cannon**, officially designated as the **PPP-7** (**Probably Propelled Potato**) is a Launcher added in the v0.7.8 "Your tuber is here" update on June 7, 2019. It uses Potato Ammo (Brown Ammunition), which is unlimited.

## Update note

"PARMA's FSTMS division proudly presents the potato cannon.

Officially designated the PPP-7 (Probably Propelled Potato), the potato cannon is truly the pinnacle of starch-based modern warfare. The potatoes it fires are packed with nutrients ... and nitroglycerin! Each potato cannon also comes with a handy tuber replication device."

## Summary

It uses brown Potato Ammo (Infinite) and has a capacity of 4. It slows the Player down dramatically when held. It fires Potato Cannonballs that explode upon impact, dealing very high damage per potato.

It cannot be found by destroying Potatoes or being swapped by Potatoes. It is only found in the Red Emblem Case in the Crimson Ring Club and Golden Air Drops.

## Strategies

* Because it is so rare, attempt to hide it most of the time so that other Players do not know you have it.
* Reload the Potato Cannon every time when you are not fighting your opponents.
* Do not attempt to rush while holding the Potato Cannon; it slows you down much more than other weapons. Instead, switch to a different gun (or your fists), and once you are close enough switch back to the potato cannon.
	+ This speed reduction when holding can be mitigated using Small Arms and Adrenaline.
* The Potato Cannon can be Quickswitched like a Sniper Rifle. Use this to your advantage when fighting opponents. Quickswitching two Cannons does not raise the rate of fire, however.
* The Potato Cannon is a viable weapon at almost all time. It will not be swapped by rotation, and the explosive Potatoes do the Potato effect too. Get a bunch of throwable Potatoes, and you can win easily by slowing and weakening the opponents with Potatoes and finishing them with the Cannon.
* Feel free to destroy faraway obstacles with the Potato Cannon in late-game, as it will not be swapped away by rotation, and clearing the obstacles with it means you have empty battlefield which you can throw Potatoes without any problems.
* Since this cannon is explosive, do not use it to clear obstacles close to you even though the ammo supply is infinitive. Doing so will damage or even get yourself killed.
* The potatoes that the Potato Cannon fires are large which will make hitting enemies easier.
* When a player is hit by the potato cannon, they will be slowed which will prevent the player from escaping.

## Countering

* Find at least an Obstacle so that the Potato will end up exploding there.
	+ Do not stand close to the obstacle between you and the shooter, as the explosion will go through the obstacle.
* Do not even attempt standing still and medicate while countering the Potato Cannon; it can kill you in almost no time.
* If you want to defeat the shooter rather than run away, get close to the opponent, and use a high DPS weapon to out-damage the Potato Cannon. MP220 with Vector (.45 ACP) is recommended.
* Take advantage of the slow speed while it is being wielded and the slow rate of fire to attack the shooter.
* The potatoes the Potato Cannon fires has a very low velocity which will make avoiding it easier.

## Sounds

* Reloading
* Firing
* Switching To

## Trivia

* It, the FAMAS, Groza, and Groza-S are the only guns that the hand doesn't grab into the stock.
* It was also the 3rd gun to use its unique ammo, after the DEagle 50 and Flare Gun.
	+ However, the Spud Gun was introduced in v0.8.82 "Free Fryer" update, also using Potato Ammo.
	+ The ammo supply is infinite, so it will not run out of it.
* It has a switch delay of 0.9 seconds like the M870 and the M1100. These three guns also share single reloading.
* The Potato Cannon is the 2nd weapon with explosive shots, after the USAS-12.
* The Potato Cannon and Spud Gun are the only weapons which do not spawn ammo when dropped.
* The Potatoes shot out from the gun count as Throwables, allowing you to complete the Quests for throwables with ease.
* The Potato Cannon is the only weapon, along with the Spud Gun that does not swap after destroying a Potato.
	+ Similarly, it is the only weapon with the Spud Gun, M9 Cursed and Bugle that cannot be obtained by potato weapon swaps.
* It is currently the second weapon in the game that doesn't exist in real life aside (at least its design and its explosive potatoes, although potato cannons with explosive projectiles have been made), with the OT-38 being first (OTs-38). This doesn’t include the other suppressed weapons since they are too similar to the original weapon.
* The Potato Cannon is "the first prototype of weaponized tubers" as proved in the update note.
* The Spud Gun also is a weapon that uses Potato Ammo.
* The Potato Cannon resembles an RPG-7 without its breech.
* The Potato Cannon closely resembles a real combustion potato cannon, although the chamber to barrel ratio would not be the ideal 1.5:1.
* There is a 100% guarantee that you will get a Potato Cannon from a golden Air Drop in Potato mode.
* The real life Potato Cannon shoots out projectiles at high velocity, and its projectiles may be potatoes.
* Like the AWM-S and .308 Subsonic, the Potato Cannon had an exclusive ammunition, and like the Mk 20 SSR, the Spud Gun was introduced, which made the Potato Ammo no longer exclusive for the Potato Cannon.
* Along with other Launchers, it is held at the side of the Survivr instead of being in the middle.

## History

* June 11, 2019
	+ Nerfed its throwable damage from 100 to 95
	+ Buffed its structural damage from 1.2 to 1.3
* v0.7.8
	+ Added

## Gallery

Image (6)12345.png4 Potato Cannons on the ground442281BC-AF0D-4D6A-B11A-5B4C442EAC45.jpegA Potato Cannon in the HUDScreenshot 2019-06-07 at 10.16.51.pngA survivr with the K-pot-ato and 4 Potato CannonsScreenshot 2019-06-07 at 7.59.30 AM.pngA survivr with the Ghillie Suit, Pan and the Potato Cannon

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