This is the belt-fed cannon that fires a barrage of 25 foam darts in 20 seconds. Suggestive of Dr. Richard J. Gatling's original 1861 multi-barreled, hand-cranked invention, it uses an electric motor and sprocket to advance a plastic ammunition belt. Each 2 1/2" x 1/2" dart is nudged into the firing chamber with a piston, where it is accelerated by two motorized wheels down the length of the 9" central barrel to an effective range of 20'. Ideal for saturating an enemy pillow fort or clubhouse with suppressing fire, the foam darts fly straighter and truer than plastic disc or pellet munitions fielded by lesser-equipped forces. Requires six AA batteries. Ages 8 and up. 24" L x 4 1/2" W x 7" H. (3 lbs.)