I found these pics ages ago through some unrelated search. I cant remember whether I shared them or not.
But I just stumbled upon them again, and they really tickle my mind.
http://toyboxst.inwards.com/phorum/file.php?5,file=443
http://toyboxst.inwards.com/phorum/file.php?5,file=444
“Do you drive a harley?”
“No. I drive a self propelled 105mm Recoiless Rifle motor scooter.”
-Ben.
Probably very interesting, but I’m affraid I don’t get access to the forum [BH]
I don’t either. Is there any way to fnd these pics and post them where they can be linked? This certainly sounds interestiing.
Ben;
That is possibly the oddest combination of armament and transportation I have seen. Even though it is a recoilless rifle mounted. I still would be cautious enough to stay clear when the first round was tapped off. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers;
Gregory
Unable to get access.
let see if you can see the picture.
no, does not work.
I can see it but can not share it.
I can’t see anything, and if I cut and paste the pic link into a new window, it takes me into the forum, but not sure what I’m supposed to be looking for.
Can I email them to someone and have them host the pics…? I really dont have anywhere to upload them…
-Ben.
Never seen a RR on a Vespa before, but did see some motorcycles with sidecars mounting RRs in Iraq. The crazy Iraqi’s were attempting to go up against Bradleys with them. You can guess the outcome.
Fine, I didn’t want to look at them anyway,hmmpphh!!![sigh]
Charge that gun of and that bike will flip right over.
Drag n’ drop, guys.
That looks like the first submission to the “not Quite Right” group build! [(-D]
O.K. Ben shot the photo’s and here they are for those of us not able to get into the others. Thanks again Ben![:D]
Would this be a compliance of the term suicycle. Talk about Jerry Lee Lewis’s “Great Balls of Fire”
I think if the barrol was aimed backward, when your trying to outrun them you could pull the triger, shoot them and be in the next county all at the same time LOL…thats funny!
“RC”[C):-)]
A point guys. This would actually work just fine. A Recoilless Rifle, by design, has no recoil. It is basically the same as a rocket launcher that has an open end, no recoil, the round simply exits the tube and the blast comes out the other end. Therefore it would not affect the Vespa at all.
HeavyArty;
As a former death tech and one who is familiar with the workings of anti-tank weapons etc. It is understood the principles of a recoilless rifle is a weapon that has no recoil (hence the name)when fired was not lost on any of us.
However, I think the point all of us were trying to make was.
[banghead]You just don’t mount a recoilless rifle on a Vespa![banghead]
It not only looks odd but the lack of intelligence in using this as a mount for this weapon is just shy of sheer lunacy.
What’s next a 105 mounted in a Suzuki Swift? [:D]
Just my [2c]
Cheers;
Gregory
All humor aside, how do you aim it? It looks inhairently inaccurate. We all realize pistols are not very accurate over 25 yards. This vespa may not be much more accurate. I don’t think you drive into the middle of the street, get off the thing, adjust the scooter left or rght then fire. I also don’t envision you driving up to the target and firing at it point blank , present radicals excluded of course.
I sort of assumed it was for urban warfare.
Captain Vespa, with his trusty Assault Scooter, would stealthily navigate the back alleys and the forgotten streets, using small passageways that no real AFV could enter, until at last he had sighted the building in which the enemy lay. Quickly adjusting the scooter on the flat terrain, until it was pointing towards the middle of the building, Captain Vespa throw out the kick stand, and get behind his sputtering steed. Then he would quickly fire off 3 or so rounds into the building, hoping wildly to inflict dammage, and at the very least, causing panic, and then, turning around… with a “put put put - vrrrrmmmmm”, he’d be off… into the twisted maze of back streets in which no one could persue him…
Just what I thought.
-Ben.