ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Organ gun

Hey there little buddy! Have you ever heard of an organ gun? It's a really cool thing that was used back in the old days for shooting things. Let me explain it to you like you're five!

You know how when you play with your toy soldiers, they have guns that shoot lots of tiny pellets really quickly? Well, an organ gun is kind of like that, but way, way bigger! It's like a giant-sized toy soldier gun, except it's made for grown-ups.

An organ gun is basically a big, long barrel with lots of holes in it. Inside the barrel, there are several smaller barrels, called chambers, that each hold a tiny ball. When you light the fuse at the end of the barrel, all of the chambers go off at once, shooting out all of the tiny balls really quickly.

So, imagine if you had a bunch of toy soldiers lined up in front of you, and you wanted to shoot them all at once. That's what an organ gun can do! It's like a big, powerful toy soldier gun that can shoot lots of balls all at once.

Back in the old days, people used organ guns for all kinds of things. They were used in battles to shoot at enemy soldiers, and they were also used for hunting big animals like elephants and rhinos. They were even used on boats to shoot at other boats that were attacking.

So there you have it, little buddy! An organ gun is a really cool old-fashioned gun that shoots lots of tiny balls all at once. It's like a giant-sized toy soldier gun that grown-ups used back in the old days for shooting things.
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