Great motorcycles
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- imbecile1
During the 1950s, at the height of the Cold War, France was preparing for the possibility of a ground invasion. Among the various unconventional tools developed was an anti-tank Vespa, designed for airborne forces.
The Vespa 150 TAP (Troupes Aéro Portées) was a scooter fitted with a M20 75mm recoilless rifle. The idea was that paratroopers could jump out of aircraft with these scooters, land behind enemy lines, and then quickly mobilize to hit the enemy where they least expected. The scooter was to provide them with quick mobility, while the M20 rifle gave them a means to engage armored vehicles.
Did it ever fire? In testing and training, certainly. It was intended to shoot and be effective against armored vehicles. However, in actual combat scenarios, the Vespa 150 TAP did not see extensive action, and the concept of an "anti-tank Vespa" became more of a historical curiosity than a significant weapon of war.
It’s important to note that firing such a weapon while mounted on the scooter would be impractical due to the recoil; typically, the rifle would be dismounted and placed on a tripod or some other support before being fired.
- OBBTKN1
- I thought the thread was 'Great motorcycles'
LOOOOLnecromation - You're right... But there are 49cc scooters in here too ;)OBBTKN
- I thought the thread was 'Great motorcycles'
- Gnash1
- Dear God.Nairn
- ^^^ innit!necromation
- pee wee herman loves this, as do iimbecile
- drgs2
- Dont even know where to get on hahahanecromation
- this thing damn!GuyFawkes
- shapesalad1
- Oh, that's cool! I know the "petrol heads" are all crying in their cereal over electric cars and bikes. But, I'm excited!section_014
- It'd be cool to watch when they start racing theseGuyFawkes
- mekk0
- Great bike... pulls like a freight train! Super comfy toonecromation
- In my childhood, only idiots and the police drove BMW motorcycles. That's why I still find them uncool and soulless today. But they are certainly good.Longcopylover
- Ha, my granddad always taught me that only the police is allowed to ride motorcycles.mekk
- OBBTKN0
- It's electric! Beautiful. I can't believe Ducati is allowed to paint their bikes anything but red.lemmy_k
- At least this one looks usable! So many of these renders you see you know if you ride that this bike would kill you on the first decent corner lolnecromation