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Harvey Wallbanger · Feb 23, 2011

Mount an anti-tank gun onto your scooter.

Mod Max: 1956 Vespa TAP

The Vespa TAP was developed for use by two-man French parachute teams dropped behind enemy lines in Indonesia...The TAP was designed to be parachuted in pairs, with one bike carrying the gun and the other most of the ammo and tripod...The 75mm round could penetrate a Soviet T34 armor. The gun bike carried five rounds and the other bike ten...

I think this would gain a scooter driver a lot of respect. :thumbup:

Obviously this is someone's repro based on a real design, check more at the link above. It is for sale on Ebay.

swcrow17 · Feb 23, 2011

Useless. Unless it fires.....then.....well......still useless.

mycarsavw · Feb 23, 2011

Ready....aim....FIRE!!

Voila, the world's fastest street legal scooter .... in reverse?

VAGguy · Feb 23, 2011

It's recoilless. It will develop a "hot crotch" though

mycarsavw · Feb 23, 2011

VAGguy said:
It's recoilless.

Ssshh don't ruin it

Urlik · Feb 23, 2011

Battlefield Vietnam anyone?

Bullit62 · Feb 23, 2011

I didn't understand why this was ever conceived until I saw this:

The Vespa TAP was developed for use by two-man French parachute teams dropped behind enemy lines in Indonesia...

It's obviously another not-so-subtle attempt by the French to overcome certain shortcomings...

HermanH · Feb 23, 2011

I'd think the recoil would make a good "reverse" option for the Vespa.

NEWMAN'SOWN · Feb 23, 2011

Everything is all fun and games until you need to accelerate from someone firing at you, or you reach a steeped grade greater than 3%.

Harvey Wallbanger · Feb 25, 2011

Check out this link for more history and many photos:

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2006/12/mystery-photo-one-seriously-empowered.html

Best comment: That's the only time I've seen a Vespa that could honestly be called a crotch rocket.

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