Loose Cannon

Loose Cannon
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Basic Information
Used by:	Demoman
Slot:	Primary
Contributed by:	Dewzie
Released:	Mecha Update
Availability:	Drop, Craft or Purchase
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	4
Ammo carried:	16
Reload type:	Single
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's Decorated
Loadout Stats
The Loose Cannon 1 - 100 Cannonballs have a fuse time of 2 seconds; fuses can be primed to explode earlier by holding down the fire key. Cannonballs push players back on impact Cannonballs do not explode on impact -50% damage on contact with surfaces

This article is about the weapon. For the comic, see Loose Canon.

“

Ya call those bombs, ya wee little romance novel? I'll show you bombs! Click to listen — The Demoman on old-fashioned bombs

”

The Loose Cannon is a community-made primary weapon for the Demoman. It resembles a pirate-style cannon with a stock and a sight near the front of the barrel.

The Loose Cannon fires exploding cannonballs that travel at approximately 1811 Hammer Units per second, 50% faster than the Grenade Launcher's projectiles. The cannonballs have a slightly shorter fuse than regular grenades at 2 seconds, but they will not explode on contact with an enemy, instead dealing damage and potent knockback.

Holding fire will prime the cannonball but not shoot it until the button is released, allowing control over the timing of the fuse. Cannonballs inflict 50% more explosion damage than regular grenades, but since their explosion causes 50% less damage once they have touched a surface, priming them correctly is key to achieving maximum efficiency. It should be noted, however, that this damage penalty isn't applied to self-damage: cannonballs inflict full damage to the Demoman, even after touching a surface.

Holding a primed shot for too long will automatically fire the shot, which will immediately explode similar to the Beggar's Bazooka overloading, and deal damage to the user. Over-shortening the fuse can allow for a strong grenade jump. Similarly to the Crusader's Crossbow, the weapon has inverse distance scaling, dealing more damage at long range than at short range.

The Loose Cannon was contributed to the Steam Workshop under the same name.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Shot type		Projectile
Damage
Base damage	100%	Direct: 50-101 Splash: 33-96 Bounce: 16-48
Critical		Direct: 151-302 Splash: 280 Bounce: 190
Mini-crit		Direct: 68-136 Splash: 43-129 Bounce: 22-64
Splash damage
Minimum splash	50%	3 ft
Damage reduction		1% / 2.88
Self-damage		Splash: 37-96 Bounce: 37-96 Overload: 103
Function times
Attack interval		0.6 s
Reload (first)		1.24 s
Reload (consecutive)		0.6 s
Maximum charge time		2 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Note: Explosive damage varies depending on how it hits a player. The larger the classes' hit box and the closer to the explosion, the more damage delivered. The further away from the explosion, the less damage. Explosions do the most damage when they happen at the mid point of a player model. The explosion will cover more of the hit box, thus doing the most possible damage.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Loch-n-Load		Reclaimed Metal		Loose Cannon
x3	+		=

Class Token - Demoman		Slot Token - Primary		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

Related achievements

 Demoman

Blind Fire Destroy an Engineer building that you can't see with a direct hit from your Grenade Launcher. Bloody Merry Provide an enemy player with a freeze cam of your smiling face.

Glasg0wned Kill 25 Scouts and Pyros with the Grenade Launcher.

Foundry achievements

Terminated, Too Kill a player by pushing them into the cauldron fire.

Astro-chievements

Lift-offed Push a player into the rocket's exhaust path at the end of the round.

Update history

December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)

• The Loose Cannon was added to the game.

January 24, 2013 Patch

• Fixed missing text in the recipe description for The Loose Cannon.

Bugs

• Reflected cannonballs do not deal mini-crit damage.
• This weapon does not glow when crit boosted.
• There is a sound listed as loose_cannon_ball_impact.wav which resemble heavy metallic hit sound for cannonball impacts. It is implemented in-game though can never be precached.
• If the player taps the attack button and switch weapons before the weapon starts priming, the priming sound will still play.
  • This also happens when the player dies as they are priming the weapon.
• If a player is killed by the impact of a cannonball, they will still be gibbed as if it was an explosive kill.

Trivia

• A "loose cannon" was a cannon on a ship which broke loose from its mounts and thus became a danger to the ship and crew; in modern idiom, it is a person who has little to no self-control.

Gallery

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  RED first-person view.

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  BLU first-person view.

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  RED projectile.

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  BLU projectile.

See also

• Loose Cannon strategy