Ok serious answer here. It is most likely a CO2 extinguisher because those are high pressure cylinders. I don't think a dry chemical has enough pressure to take off much less fly like that. Also I don't see the mess a dry chemical extinguisher would make. He dropped it on the valve and it sheared off. I find this to be very plausible. YouTube is full of videos of this happening with welding cylinders. A CO2 extinguisher is essentially a small welding cylinder. It is lucky that no one was hurt.
When I was in the Navy, we got word the ship would be decommissioned. The Capt came over the circuit and said, "Anything you don't want to have to hump off once we pull in, shouldn't still be on the ship when we do. NOTHING EXPENSIVE!"
We welded up a tube with a fork at one end that the neck of the 20lb bottles would fit into. Then we smack it with hammer and launch those things out to see. It was fun and impressive how far those things would go. Eventually, we started letting anybody have a whack.
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u/DBDIY4U Mar 22 '25
Ok serious answer here. It is most likely a CO2 extinguisher because those are high pressure cylinders. I don't think a dry chemical has enough pressure to take off much less fly like that. Also I don't see the mess a dry chemical extinguisher would make. He dropped it on the valve and it sheared off. I find this to be very plausible. YouTube is full of videos of this happening with welding cylinders. A CO2 extinguisher is essentially a small welding cylinder. It is lucky that no one was hurt.