Not Buddy related but this is an awesome scooter

mjm1374 · Post by **mjm1374** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 12:59 pm

Found this today: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespa_150_TAP

The Vespa 150 TAP

The French Army in WW2 made a 150cc Vespa with a mounted M20 U.S.-made light anti-armour cannon on it.

AWESOME!

jasondavis48108 · Post by **jasondavis48108** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 1:26 pm

hmmm, I've seen this one many times before. I think it was on american chopper when mikey had to get a bunch of scooter to a motorcycle show. I don't believe this is a real millitary vehicle, I think this is a case of wiki not being the best source for info. Can any of you vespa nuts shed some light on the truth of this one

jmkjr72 · Post by **jmkjr72** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 1:29 pm

mjm1374 wrote:Found this today: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespa_150_TAP

The Vespa 150 TAP

The French Army in WW2 made a 150cc Vespa with a mounted M20 U.S.-made light anti-armour cannon on it.

AWESOME!

uhhhhh being this didnt come out till the 50s how could the french have used it in ww2
heck vespa didnt exist untill 1946 so how could they have contributed to the war effort and by the way they italy was on the side of the nazis
the us used cushman scoots in ww2 and vespa based there early desings off of what they saw of the cusmans during ww2

jmkjr72 · Post by **jmkjr72** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 1:32 pm

jasondavis48108 wrote:hmmm, I've seen this one many times before. I think it was on american chopper when mikey had to get a bunch of scooter to a motorcycle show. I don't believe this is a real millitary vehicle, I think this is a case of wiki not being the best source for info. Can any of you vespa nuts shed some light on the truth of this one

yes the tap 50 is a real french army scoot that was used during the 50s
on a small scale but then again at that time the french army was broke and after all it is the french army so they would just sooner give up then fight

jmkjr72 · Post by **jmkjr72** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 1:34 pm

http://www.bikeexif.com/vespa-150-tap

jasondavis48108 · Post by **jasondavis48108** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 1:41 pm

you know I've heard it said that guys who ride motorcycles were just compensating for a small ummm unit, but strapping a cannon between your legs is some serious overkill

It kind of looks like it was made for jousting.

jmkjr72 · Post by **jmkjr72** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 1:48 pm

you can get this sticker over on cafepress

jasondavis48108 · Post by **jasondavis48108** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 1:54 pm

jmkjr72 wrote:
you can get this sticker over on cafepress

unless its one of these TAP scooters. Makes you wonder what TAP really stands for

Tragically Awesome Penis?

Terribly Aweful Penis?

the possibilities are endless, its obviously a conspirecy on the part of the french government

rajron · Post by **rajron** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:23 pm

Those cannon scooters would make great commuters.

jmkjr72 · Post by **jmkjr72** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:25 pm

but the side car mounted machine gun is a better option if you hava a passanger as you dont need to stop to reload and you can shoot at the cars to the side not just infront of you

Post by **ericalm** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:50 pm

The Wiki is pretty reliable on this one.

I actually own one of these. Unfortunately, it's die cast metal and only 3" long. (I'm talking about the scooter toy.)

Dooglas · Post by **Dooglas** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:40 pm

mjm1374 wrote: The French Army in WW2 made a 150cc Vespa with a mounted M20 U.S.-made light anti-armour cannon on it.

Probably why the French Army had so much trouble in WW2.

LuvMyScoot · Post by **LuvMyScoot** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:13 pm

ericalm wrote:Unfortunately, it's die cast metal and only 3" long. (I'm talking about the scooter toy.)

jijifer · Post by **jijifer** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:38 pm

Stevie "Fat Bastard" Pharaoh from SLC came to the King Tutt Putt rally with this:

and it ended the rally like this:

oddly Stevie didn't seem too broken up about it. He had a lot of fun getting into this state (up in a tree) and really, it was put in the tree while Stevie was tying one on at the bar.

jasondavis48108 · Post by **jasondavis48108** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:53 pm

Oh my! I think I'd be a bit pissed if my scooter wound up in a tree. Especially since it looks like he has so much work put into it. Maybe this is why I avoid scooter rallies, rallies = drinking + scooter in tree. Two things that I don't much care to partake in

jmkjr72 · Post by **jmkjr72** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:40 am

Dooglas wrote:
mjm1374 wrote: The French Army in WW2 made a 150cc Vespa with a mounted M20 U.S.-made light anti-armour cannon on it.
Probably why the French Army had so much trouble in WW2.

i will say it again
world war 2 ended in 1945

this scooter was made post world war 2
vespa came about in 1946 after world war 2 was over
the tap was built in the 1950s
the only combat it saw was the algerian war
1954 to 1962 was the algerian war as algeria fought and won its independence from france

Coffeejunkie · Post by **Coffeejunkie** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:43 am

jmkjr72 wrote:but the side car mounted machine gun is a better option if you hava a passanger as you dont need to stop to reload and you can shoot at the cars to the side not just infront of you

I agree, and while one has a quite the punch, this model will allow you to not only shoot zombies, but get away with east.

And let's be honest, at the end of the day isn't safe and efficient zombie erradication what we all want.

nissanman · Post by **nissanman** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 3:25 am

ooohhhhh, THAT 1945. My bad

Post by **Lostmycage** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 3:46 am

As many times as this pops up, I'm starting to think that I should add it to the FAQ.

Post by **ericalm** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:07 am

Well, it's kind of like the annual cupholder question. It comes around almost seasonally.

Dooglas · Post by **Dooglas** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 2:54 pm

jmkjr72 wrote: i will say it again
world war 2 ended in 1945

Yes, we do all know that. The only combat (Algeria, WW2, or Waterloo) this little piece of fuzzy thinking ever saw was a possible race to the chow line. Like the "Davy Crockett" - a US tactical nuclear weapon with a blast radius wider than it's actual range (Ah, now what would be wrong with that, you ask?). Sometimes somebody just gets a little carried away. In this case, the small ones still make a great paperweight though.

pugbuddy · Post by **pugbuddy** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:12 pm

Dooglas wrote:
mjm1374 wrote: The French Army in WW2 made a 150cc Vespa with a mounted M20 U.S.-made light anti-armour cannon on it.
Probably why the French Army had so much trouble in WW2.

This was actually post-WWII. The French used them in Algeria, IIRC.

Nickie McNichols · Post by **Nickie McNichols** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:11 pm

Where can I get one of these traffic fighters?

babblefish · Post by **babblefish** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 4:35 am

I'm not sure I would survive the recoil of that thing....

Kaos · Post by **Kaos** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 4:39 am

babblefish wrote:I'm not sure I would survive the recoil of that thing....

The cool thing about them is that they're a recoilless cannon. So thats one less thing to worry about while riding a scooter mounted cannon

babblefish · Post by **babblefish** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 4:40 am

Kaos wrote:
babblefish wrote:I'm not sure I would survive the recoil of that thing....
The cool thing about them is that they're a recoilless cannon. So thats one less thing to worry about while riding a scooter mounted cannon

Oh, goody! Where can I buy one?

jmkjr72 · Post by **jmkjr72** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:33 am

babblefish wrote:I'm not sure I would survive the recoil of that thing....

like the above poster have said its a recoiless rifle but it wasnt ment to be fired from the scoot there is no aiming mechinism
it is removeable from the scoot the 2 man 2 scoot crew just use the scoots for transport
get to where they want to set up pull the recoiless off set it up and attack

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 11:14 am

jmkjr72 wrote:like the above poster have said its a recoiless rifle but it wasnt ment to be fired from the scoot there is no aiming mechinism

Aiming is a sign of weakness.

jasondavis48108 · Post by **jasondavis48108** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 11:17 am

TVB wrote:
jmkjr72 wrote:like the above poster have said its a recoiless rifle but it wasnt ment to be fired from the scoot there is no aiming mechinism
Aiming is a sign of weakness.

So its the strong men who miss the toilet bowl!

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