Scooter-Mounted Cannon - Neatorama

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.

http://www.hellinahandbasket.net/2009/04/that-is-a-really-loud-scooter.htm

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

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

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

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@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.

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Must of made it waaaaay easier to surrender your weapon.

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

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

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

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"Roman Holiday" meets "Commando".

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Part of the lost alternative ending to Quadrophrenia

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Oh, Kal-el, "shell" out ?

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

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

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Just imagine the ride were it not recoiless.

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Where can I buy tickets to that gun show?

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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.

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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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