DIY Trouble - Homemade Artillery

   1. "One Fine September Morning..."
      < http://www.docsmachine.com/nonPB/mortar.html >
   A story about home-made mortar that fires bowling balls, with pictures

   2. "Ind. man builds pumpkin-shooting cannon"
      < http://www.boston.com/news/daily/18/odds_cannon.htm >
   "It looks much like a mobile anti-aircraft gun"

   3. "Home-made cannon handed in to police"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_775394.html >
   "A 3ft-long home-made cannon has been wheeled into a West Midlands police
    station as part of the nationwide gun amnesty"

   4. "German police arrest man firing potato bazooka"
      < http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20030801-0807-odd-germany-bazooka.html >
   "German police have arrested a man for firing potatoes at passers-by with a
    homemade bazooka, authorities in the western city of Essen"

   5. "Teens lucky with homemade cannon"
      < http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article841895.ece >
   "The trio of bored teens had decided to try building a homemade cannon.
    They used a meter-long iron pipe and bought a steel boccia ball to use as a
    projectile. The final ingredients were a small amount of gunpowder scraped
    out of some old fireworks and a fuse"

   6. "NZ Govt scuppers DIY missile project"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200312/s1006074.htm >
   "The New Zealand engineer who has been building a cruise missile in his back
    garden claims the New Zealand government has moved to shut down this
    project"

   (a John West post)