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Armoured Scooter by Vespa - circa 1956 photo Vespa_zpsf422e3f1.jpg The 1899 armoured quadricycle must have spawned this 1956 armoured Vespa scooter ...
1 posted on 09/17/2013 7:15:02 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
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I wonder how bad the kick was on the Vespa...lol


2 posted on 09/17/2013 7:17:29 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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Needs a bayonet.


3 posted on 09/17/2013 7:18:14 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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I believe a 6.5 Swedish Mauser, a 7mm Spanish Mauser, a 7.65 Belgian Mauser, an 8x57 German Mauser, a 303 Enfield or a 30/06 Springfield would all go right through that tiny piece of armor. It probably would stop pistol bullets or shrapnel.


4 posted on 09/17/2013 7:20:27 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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I don’t think they thought this through...


5 posted on 09/17/2013 7:22:59 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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The 1899 armoured quadricycle must have spawned this 1956 armoured Vespa scooter ...

Which in turn spawned this...

6 posted on 09/17/2013 7:23:56 PM PDT by MAexile (Bats left, votes right)
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I think this is better

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8 posted on 09/17/2013 7:29:46 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral)
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The Italians called these “Schmedlap Cycles”. There’s always one troublemaker in every outfit. The Italians would take that guy and put him on a Schmedlap Cycle for anti-aircraft duty.
“When you see the enemy jet, fire at it. We loaded a radar-guided missile for you. Then, drive away real fast. You can go faster than any jet.”


9 posted on 09/17/2013 7:30:55 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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14 posted on 09/17/2013 7:36:55 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( ==> sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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If they enemy is attacking the Hotel Le Meurice on rue de Rivoli then perhaps this contraption might be useful.

In the Ardennes, not so much.


23 posted on 09/17/2013 8:33:16 PM PDT by PGR88
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looks like something that General Motors would build....


24 posted on 09/17/2013 8:40:36 PM PDT by terycarl
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26 posted on 09/17/2013 10:27:01 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Up yours NSA !)
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