 Item number SCP-044 Object Class Safe Special Containment Procedures A constant stream of hydrogen ions, unbound oxygen atoms, and other trace-free radicals emanate from the muzzle of SCP-044 at all times. Because of this, the docking stations of SCP-044 are to be well ventilated that keep dangerous gasses and moisture from accumulating. Muzzle coverings are to be fitted at all times to keep birds and small animals from investigating the large open barrel of SCP-044. Addendum ██, 2000 As SCP-044 has not been involved in any significant incident in the ██ years that have been held by the Foundation, SCP-044 has been reclassified as safe. Does that really define significant incidents? If containment procedures and standard safety protocols are followed, ██ appears to be no more dangerous than any other big ██ gun. No. The bare incident does not count. O5 ██ Description SCP-044 is a howitzer, secretly manufactured in the late stages of the Second World War by Krupp engineers. Supposedly supervised by Albert Speer, German Minister of Armaments and War Production under Adolf Hitler. SCP-044 is unique, not only because of its size, 251,000 kg, or 251 metric tons, but also because it fires unconventional artillery using an atypical delivery method. Rather than having a breach for loading shells, the rear of the barrel is configured into a massive air compression chamber. Any object, or pile of objects at bits, may be loaded into SCP-044's muzzle to be used as ammunition. Because of its size, SCP-044 must remain rail-mounted and requires two freight locomotives to move. Researchers believe that SCP-044 weakens molecular and atomic bonds in any material loaded into its muzzle. However, the method by which SCP-044 affects molecular bonds is not known, due primarily to the numerous complex mechanisms that compose the housing and workings of SCP-044. In fact, some mechanisms appear useless and seem to do nothing other than spin or make noise, even when SCP-044 is not supplied with power. Both equipment and personnel have been lost while exploring the inside of SCP-044's barrel. When SCP-044 is fired, all matter within its barrel is ejected at a high rate of speed of the glowing red slug, proportional in size to the amount of mass loaded into the muzzle. Upon striking a solid object or the ground, the slug explodes with the yield proportional to the mass of the original ammunition, at no less than a ██ per cent mass to energy conversion rate. The yield will also increase somewhat the longer the slug remains in the barrel. The greatest known yield was achieved when the Administrator's 8,900 kg or 19,500 lb. personal diesel pickup truck was loaded in its entirety into the muzzle of SCP-044 and fired in the pictured experiment.