French Army Vespa, with Cannon

[TransformX]

http://www.scooteringusa.com/2006/12/french_army_vespa_with_cannon.htm

[Nowhere]

I never thought I'd see a scooter trumping over SUVs when it comes to dealing with certain complexes ;P

[Brian Ellis]

Even if the cannon is recoil-less, I'm damned if I'd want to sit astride such an object firing. After the third round, you would thereafter be firing blanks for the rest of your life!

[MultimediaMan]

The Operative in Recoilless Rifle is "recoilless": but that is not quite true in actual fact.... they DO have a fair amount of recoil, but nowhere near as much as if it were a sealed breech cannon firing the same projectile at the same velocity.

Recoilless Rifles have always been fairly dangerous: stand behind one and get fried, stand in front of one and get shot. Fire one dud round or suffer a mishap and get blown into tiny pieces: Foreign material in the front of the gun, or the rear, or a defective thrust/recoil nozzle (#1 cause of RR failures) and BOOM, you and the rest of the gun crew, are turned into ground mystery meat because the barrel of a Recoilless Rifle are not meant to bear but a fraction of the pressure a conventional cannon is.

This is why RPGs and other shoulder-fired rockets have gained favor from armed services around the world: they are a lot safer to use, are generally quite a bit lighter and nearly as accurate as a Recoilless Rifle.

[Nowhere]

So you mean to say that owning such scooter would be a blast?

[Kruzin]

I bet all the other Vespas have cannon envy.

[MultimediaMan]

Speaking from Experience: If you ever went to Vespa/Lambretta club ride, you could be sure there would be somebody there who actually go looking for one to buy.

[Mehen]

I don't know why, but whenever I read Vespa, I think Segway. So I was thinking a Segway with a cannon...

[Elie]

How about a segway and a machine gun? Or a whole bunch of them coming at you like this...

http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/anti-terrorist-drill-reveals-segway-attack-plan-legions-of-emba/