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Who was the producer of the motorcycles of the French army in the First Indochina war? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by sir_pronoun@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I tried duckduckgoing it for quite a bit and failed. Does anybody have an idea?

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[–] sirico@feddit.uk 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Are we talking a bout this noncredibledefence submission? Vespa 150

[–] Skunk@jlai.lu 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

From the forum in my comment below.

Yup, they used it, only for paratroopers but they had some.

[–] maniii@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That vespa and that cannon do not look survivable if para-dropped. Also an artillery cannon with no-recoil ? How would that even work on a Two-wheeler like a scooter ? Im pretty sure you would have to dismount and re-assemble the cannon on solid ground.

[–] Mcduckdeluxe@reddthat.com 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's probably a recoilless rifle, doesn't need to be anchored like a normal cannon.

[–] maniii@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Despite the name, it is rare for the forces to completely balance, and real-world recoilless rifles do recoil noticeably (with varying degrees of severity).

A Vespa cannot take that kind of forces and survive.

[–] ricdeh@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe they could? After all, these things were built.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 4 points 2 months ago

No see, keyboard warriors intrinsically know more about military practice than actual military producers and planners. It's unfathomable these experts aren't provided with a job on military contribution boards.

[–] sir_pronoun@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I wish we were!