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1956 Vintage Photos: Armoured Vespa Scooter with Cannon
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Posted on 06/18/2013 7:45:03 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
“The Vespa 150 TAP is a Vespa scooter modified for use with paratroops. Introduced in 1956 and updated in 1959, it had a U.S.-made light anti-armour cannon. Roughly 800 of these scooters were deployed in the Algerian War.”
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; Military/Veterans; Science; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: algerianwar; badass; banglist; beyondthunderdome; cannon; gunsandammo; modernwarfare; motorscooter; scooter; twowheels; vespa
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The armoured Vespa 150 TAP equipped with a light cannon is a fine mode of travel when caught up in a zombie apocalypse ...
To: DogByte6RER; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows
just the thing for the Mad Max reboot.
To: DogByte6RER
I don’t care what anyone says about the scooter, this is solid.
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posted on
06/18/2013 7:52:04 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
06/18/2013 7:52:19 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
To: DogByte6RER
If that was an option I’d buy it :)
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posted on
06/18/2013 7:55:49 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Obama's Enemies List - Yes, you are a crook.)
To: 1rudeboy
Looks like a 90mm recoilless rifle on the Vespa. The postwar Italian army was equipped with U.S. weaponry and since the 90mm was tripod mounted & portable this would have probably worked. On enemy trucks, I guess.
A volley formation of weaponized Vespas could have been formidable. Not quite Rat Patrol, though.
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posted on
06/18/2013 8:01:16 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
To: DogByte6RER
Looks like an old recoilless rifle. What was that vehicle with six recoilless rifles? Ontos?
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posted on
06/18/2013 8:01:17 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
06/18/2013 8:06:13 PM PDT
by
schm0e
("we are in the midst of a coup.")
To: DogByte6RER
Is this protected by the Second Amendment?
To: DogByte6RER
Were there any reports of these actually being fired let alone doing damage.
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posted on
06/18/2013 8:09:38 PM PDT
by
Boiler Plate
("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
To: DogByte6RER
Cut the barrel and fill with ball bearings...
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posted on
06/18/2013 8:10:22 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: blueunicorn6
What was that vehicle with six recoilless rifles? Ontos? Well, since you asked, and I just happened to have this slide scan in my stash: 
To: DogByte6RER
That should probably be “armed”, not “armoured”.
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posted on
06/18/2013 8:13:25 PM PDT
by
SeeSharp
To: DogByte6RER
That bike is going to really push you wide in corners. I think they made some really serious compromises in handling. (s)
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
06/18/2013 8:18:47 PM PDT
by
BBell
(And Now for Something Completely Different)
To: 1rudeboy
It would take some big solid balls to fire that.
And you might be walking funny for a while, ouch.
To: Avid Coug; DogByte6RER
They were designed to work in pairs. .
Considering the limited power of the Vespa's engine the added weight of the canon I can’t imagine that the Vespa would be able to hit 35 mph.
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posted on
06/18/2013 8:32:09 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: 1rudeboy
Just what I need for rush hour traffic.
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posted on
06/18/2013 8:37:32 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
06/18/2013 8:46:00 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: Pontiac
Ah a 50cc Vespa couldn’t make 35 mph without the cannon
At least not the one I used to have
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posted on
06/18/2013 8:58:34 PM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(Genius at Large)
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