Vespa's lethal 150 TAP: A scooter with serious attitude
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In the late 1950s, French Vespa licensee ACMA (Ateliers de Construction de Motocycles et Automobiles) produced 500 (perhaps more) examples of this military Vespa with integrated M20 recoilless rifle / light anti-armor cannon, in two production runs in 1956 and 1959.
The "big gun, little scooter" concept was intended to give paratroopers light artillery support, and hundreds of these things actually saw duty in Algeria and Indochina.
This had many advantages over the military motorcycles of the time:
Lighter weight
Better low speed maneuverability
Lower fuel consumption
Ability to carry a spare wheel and to change it rapidly on either end (if you think fixing a motorcycle tire is problematic, try doing it while people are shooting at you)
Scooter's reliable drive train
Less likelihood of being stranded in a hostile environment.
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