Loose Cannon

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

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

The Loose Cannon fires cannonballs that travel at approximately 1065 Hammer units per second. These only detonate after a two second fuse burns, which can be controlled by holding fire; however, unlike the Grenade Launcher or Loch-n-Load, the projectiles do not detonate upon impact, but instead inflict knockback. The cannonballs also cause 50% less damage upon contact with a surface, forcing careful timing and direct attacks over attacking around corners. If the fuse is shortened too much, a cannonball will shoot out a very short distance from the player automatically, detonating and hurting them. It is of note that if the player aims straight down while jumping forwards and over-shortening the fuse, one can achieve a potent grenade-jump.

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: ?
Splash: 22-64
Bounce: 11-32
Critical Direct: ?
Splash: 280
Bounce: 190
Mini-crit Direct: ?
Splash: 29-86
Bounce: 14.5-43
Splash damage
Minimum splash 50% 3 ft
Damage reduction 1% / 2.88
Self-damage Splash: 25-64
Bounce: 12.5-32
Function times
Attack interval 0.6 s
Reload (first) 1.24 s
Reload (consecutive) 0.6 s
Maximum charge time ?
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. Distance between the target and user does not affect the Grenade Launcher's damage.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Loch-n-Load Reclaimed Metal Loose Cannon
Item icon Loch-n-Load.pngx3 + Item icon Reclaimed Metal.png = Item icon Loose Cannon.png
Class Token - Demoman Slot Token - Primary Scrap Metal Possible Results
Item icon Class Token - Demoman.png + Item icon Slot Token - Primary.png + Item icon Scrap Metal.png =
Item icon Loch-n-Load.png Item icon Ali Baba's Wee Booties.png Item icon Bootlegger.png Item icon Loose Cannon.png
Item icon B.A.S.E. Jumper.png Item icon Iron Bomber.png

Related achievements

Leaderboard class demoman.png Demoman

Blind Fire
Blind Fire
Destroy an Engineer building that you can't see with a direct hit from your Grenade Launcher.


Bloody Merry
Bloody Merry
Provide an enemy player with a freeze cam of your smiling face.
Glasg0wned
Glasg0wned
Kill 25 Scouts and Pyros with the Grenade Launcher.

Backpack Full Head Of Steam.png Foundry achievements

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


Doomsday icon.png Astro-chievements

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


Bugs

  • Reload animation is broken

Trivia

  • A Loose Cannon is a term for a person who has little to no self control.
  • The Loose Cannon uses some of the same kill icons as the Bombinomicon wielded by Merasmus

See also