# 120mm and their useful applications?
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/120mm-and-their-useful-applications/20844
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [July 21, 2019, 12:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/120mm-and-their-useful-applications/20844 "2019-07-21T12:29:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Kurt\_Wulfgang](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Kurt_Wulfgang)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2019, 12:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/120mm-and-their-useful-applications/20844/1 "2019-07-21T12:29:32Z")
I occasionally find tank shells. Is there a way to use them as explosives, or anything useful besides firing them off cannons?
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### Author:  [@Ragno](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ragno)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/120mm-and-their-useful-applications/20844/2 "2019-07-21T14:32:23Z")
i thought any kind of ammo (as long as it was made of gunpowder) was explosive if you throw it on a fire tile.
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### Author:  [@Walegrin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Walegrin)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/120mm-and-their-useful-applications/20844/3 "2019-07-21T18:02:24Z")
I don’t think you can disassemble them.
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### Author:  [@Axema](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Axema)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2019, 3:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/120mm-and-their-useful-applications/20844/4 "2019-07-22T03:25:15Z")
> [@Kurt\_Wulfgang](#):
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> anything useful besides firing them off cannons
Sell them to the trader and earn profit 😉
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### Author:  [@Rot](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rot)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2019, 4:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/120mm-and-their-useful-applications/20844/5 "2019-07-22T04:49:36Z")
It’d be nice to disassemble the shells and get gunpowder out of them.
Useful for reloading, yeah?
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### Author:  [@stebbiness](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/stebbiness)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2019, 5:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/120mm-and-their-useful-applications/20844/6 "2019-07-22T05:34:21Z")
Imagine the amount of gunpowder in those things.
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### Author:  [@4R53N1C](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/4R53N1C)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/120mm-and-their-useful-applications/20844/7 "2019-07-26T22:30:10Z")
There is no gunpowder in a tank shell. None at all. It uses a much more powerful propellant and is filled with a much more powerful explosive, most often comp B.
However, I think it would be nice to rig them into an IED. Either just build a device to remotely ignite the electric primer and leave it as is, or stick it in a large metal drum filled with sand and scraps of metal to create a massive cloud of shrapnel.