Compression cannon
(Redirected from Air cannon)
A compression cannon is a weapon that takes normally harmless air and brings it under pressure, then fires it with enough force to shatter steel, or crush a target.
Fiction
[edit]Marvel The Transformers comics
[edit]Scoop's Targetmaster partner Holepunch was bio-engineered to convert into a dual compression cannon powerful enough to shatter plate steel or knock a jet fighter out of the sky from a distance of two miles. Scoop's Universe profile
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
[edit]Beastbox carried two compression cannons that fired ultra-concentrated air pressure. Beastbox's More than Meets the Eye profile These were also known as air cannons. Squawkbox's More than Meets the Eye profile Holepunch transformed into a dual compression cannon that Scoop could use in either mode. Scoop's More than Meets the Eye profile
Toys
[edit]The Transformers
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- Squawktalk / Beastbox (Mini-Cassette 2-pack, 1988)
- Accessories: left & right high decibel sonic boomers, left and right compression cannons
- The Transformers Beastbox came with two chromed compression cannons, as identified in his packaging bio, which can be attached to his ape mode.
- He was only available in a two-pack with Squawktalk; available in the Hasbro line at standard retail and as a mail-away item by Takara during the Super-God Masterforce series.
- Scoop (Targetmaster, 1988)
- Accessories: Holepunch/dual compression cannon & Tracer/twin laser-guided ion blaster Targetmasters
- Available only with The Transformers Scoop, Holepunch transforms into a dual compression cannon, according to Scoop's packaging bio.
- No version of this character or mold was released in Japan.