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68-pounder gun

A 68-pounder gun is a really big gun that is used to shoot very heavy cannonballs. It's like a super-duper version of the guns you see in movies or video games.

Think about a regular-sized ball that you play with, like a basketball. Now imagine a cannonball that is as big as a grown-up person! That's how heavy the cannonballs that the 68-pounder gun shoots are.

The gun itself is also really big and heavy. It needs lots of strong people to move it around and aim it. When you fire this gun, it makes a really loud boom sound, and the cannonball shoots out really fast and far away.

These types of guns were used a long time ago, when people were fighting battles with each other. They could shoot really far and do a lot of damage, which helped in winning the battle. Nowadays, we use more advanced weapons, but the 68-pounder gun is still a cool example of how people used to fight wars a long time ago.
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