French Airborne Assault Gun

[SCEtoAUX]

That is about as weird as the German Donkeyfaust from WWII.:D

[Zathros]

That makes Vespa "Da Bomb".

[Darwin]

Last time I saw something like this was a 20 mike-mike mounted on a 4-wheeler for elk hunting in Idaho.

[CharlieC]

Originally Posted by shrike

When Lybia invaded Chad in the 80's the defenders mounted recoilless rifles in the backs of Toyota 4x4 pickups. They found that, at the effective range of the gun, the truck could drive a circle around the tank faster than the turret could traverse to track it. Lybia was force to retreat and sales the materiel left behind doubled the GNP of Chad.

Sounds like the Russians (who taught the Lybians) had forgotten the lesson they learned from the Germans in WW2 - operate tanks in pairs for mutual support.

Regards,

Charlie

[B-Manic]

Donkyfaust lol

[DrBill]

Reminds me of a Harlan Ellison short story titled "Shootout on Highway 101" -- California of course. Ellison was an SF writer, but the concept doesn't seem so "fantastic" nowadays....

[Jim Nunn]

Charlie,

Thanks for the link to the Vespa, I found one other but your find is the better of the two.

Thanks,

Jim Nunn

[Gil]

Jim,

This thing is beginning to take on a life of its own.

Another picture for the files:



There's a few other paratrooper type two wheel transport paraphernalia on this sites thread:

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...t=88772&page=5

I kinda like the high bar Indian Papoose...,

+Gil

[CharlieC]

Originally Posted by Gil

Jim,

This thing is beginning to take on a life of its own.

There's a few other paratrooper type two wheel transport paraphernalia on this sites thread:

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...t=88772&page=5

I kinda like the high bar Indian Papoose...,

+Gil

It's actually an Excelsior Corgi - rebadged for the US market.

http://www.cybermotorcycle.com/euro/brands/corgi.htm

which in turn was the production version of the Welbike

http://www.vmmv.org/newltr/nl31.htm

Regards

Charlie

[KCStephens]

Sort of gives a whole new meaning to the term "crotch rocket"!