Scooter-Mounted Cannon

Posted by John Farrier in Weapons & War on April 6, 2009 at 10:31 am


After World War II, the French could not afford the most sophisticated military equipment, and so improvised with what they had on hand. Hence their production of scooter-mounted 75mm recoilless rifles. Blogger James R. Rummel offers more information and photographs of this vehicle.

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16 comments to "Scooter-Mounted Cannon"

  1. Deadpan
    April 6th, 2009 at 10:51 am

    How do you say "DO NOT TAUNT HAPPY FUN CANNON" in French?

  2. Colt Seaver
    April 6th, 2009 at 10:59 am

    Some things just make the world seem great once again. This is one of them.

  3. Foreigner1
    April 6th, 2009 at 11:08 am

    @ Deadpan- N'AGACE PAS LE CANON JOYEUX ET AMUSANT

  4. Foreigner1
    April 6th, 2009 at 11:13 am

    @Deadpan- ...But what kind of English is what you wrote...? It's hard to translate that sentence if you deliberately omitted the articles in it. In French you need at least one.

  5. VonSkippy
    April 6th, 2009 at 11:34 am

    Must of made it waaaaay easier to surrender your weapon.

  6. Kalel
    April 6th, 2009 at 11:42 am

    And you don't have to shell out a lot for fuel.

  7. Johnny Cat
    April 6th, 2009 at 12:02 pm

    Great for impotency victims. "Don't tell me I'm shooting blanks!"

  8. Alex
    April 6th, 2009 at 12:34 pm

    Is that a cannon or is your Vespa just happy to see me?

  9. Granturista
    April 6th, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    "Roman Holiday" meets "Commando".

  10. WEIRjn
    April 6th, 2009 at 1:10 pm

    Part of the lost alternative ending to Quadrophrenia

  11. seefish3
    April 6th, 2009 at 8:11 pm

    Oh, Kal-el, "shell" out ?

    That hurts...no, really, seriously painful.

  12. Joe
    April 6th, 2009 at 10:14 pm

    my anti virus popped up on this page... something about javascript virus found using avast.

  13. Skipweasel
    April 7th, 2009 at 8:50 am

    Just imagine the ride were it not recoiless.

  14. uptonty
    April 7th, 2009 at 5:20 pm

    Where can I buy tickets to that gun show?

  15. Neil C
    April 11th, 2009 at 9:42 pm

    I suspect that this scooter merely transports the rider and his shoulder-fired missile. This would be consistent with possible civilian defense antitank applications discussed when the USSR was invading its allies (like the Czechs) to quell self-determination.

  16. betterwatchit
    October 11th, 2009 at 3:57 pm

    A more feasible bike in a war would be the Mortar-cycle from Red Alert 3: Uprising. Still need to keep it still in order to shoot!


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