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.
Deadpan
How do you say "DO NOT TAUNT HAPPY FUN CANNON" in French?
Colt Seaver
Some things just make the world seem great once again. This is one of them.
Foreigner1
@ Deadpan- N'AGACE PAS LE CANON JOYEUX ET AMUSANT
Foreigner1
@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.
VonSkippy
Must of made it waaaaay easier to surrender your weapon.
Kalel
And you don't have to shell out a lot for fuel.
Johnny Cat
Great for impotency victims. "Don't tell me I'm shooting blanks!"
Alex
Is that a cannon or is your Vespa just happy to see me?
Granturista
"Roman Holiday" meets "Commando".
WEIRjn
Part of the lost alternative ending to Quadrophrenia
seefish3
Oh, Kal-el, "shell" out ?
That hurts...no, really, seriously painful.
Joe
my anti virus popped up on this page... something about javascript virus found using avast.
Skipweasel
Just imagine the ride were it not recoiless.
uptonty
Where can I buy tickets to that gun show?
Neil C
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.
betterwatchit
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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