Cannon Against Avalanches – level 1

Cannon Against Avalanches

06-11-2024 15:00

Mount Elbrus is Europe’s highest mountain. It is in Russia’s Caucasus Mountains. When too much snow builds up, there can be avalanches. Big avalanches are dangerous.

However, small avalanches are OK. People shoot bombs on the mountain. The bombs start small avalanches.

They use a howitzer. It is a war machine from the 1950s.

Difficult words: avalanche (a mass of snow falling down a mountainside), howitzer (a type of cannon which fires upwards).

You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.

What method is used to start small avalanches on Mount Elbrus and what type of machine is utilized for this process?

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