Cherry gun

The Cherry cannon (Bulgarian: Черешово топче, Chereshovo topche; Macedonian: Црешево топче, Creševo topče) is a wooden cannon and artillery weapon whose body is made entirely from acacia or cherry.

Balance scale masses and pieces of metal were used as ammunition for the cherry cannon.

[1] Later cherry guns were used by the Bulgarian anti-Ottoman revolutionaries in the Kruševo Republic and at other places of insurgency during the Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising in 1903.

In 2014, Macedonian historians visited the Istanbul military museum for research purposes and discovered that two cherry guns from the Ilinden Uprising have been stored there.

After an official protest from the Macedonian delegation, the origin of the guns was changed to "Makedon millet".