Editing Cooking off (section)

== Artillery ==
Inherent design flaws in early 17th century [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[leather cannon]]s led to the [[gun barrel|gun tube]] overheating which prematurely ignited the [[gunpowder]], injuring the loader.

Muzzle-loading cannon on merchant and naval vessels of the [[Age of Sail]] would fire if the vessels caught fire while the guns were loaded. Examples include the merchantman {{ship||Earl Fitzwilliam|1786 EIC ship|2}} and {{HMS|Queen Charlotte|1790|6}}.

After the cooking off of [[artillery shell]]s in the [[G5 howitzer]]s in the late 1980s, the [[South African Army]] changed commands{{when|date=February 2022}} from "cease fire" to "cease loading" {{Citation needed|date=February 2022|reason=This claim needs a source}}. This allowed crews to fire any loaded shells to prevent them from heating up and exploding.