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WW1 French Rifleman Behind Mobile Armored Shield (lemmy.world)
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[-] rsh@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

From the people who brought you the Walkie Talkie, presenting the new Scooty Shooty

[-] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Scooty Shooty

Since that name was already taken by the object in the photo above, they had to call this a Vespa 150 TAP.

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

Oh my God

I love it

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Mobile as fuck. Can take that bitch grocery shopping at Walmart

[-] Hubi@feddit.de 6 points 10 months ago

That seems incredibly impractical and one anti-tank rifle away from a really bad time.

[-] neo@feddit.de 15 points 10 months ago

Nah, it's WW1, everybody had a great time!

[-] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 4 points 10 months ago

This was before (serious) tanks

[-] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

A WW1 soldier out in the open? Must have been really early 1914 or late 1918. Judging by the helmet and uniform, probably the latter. Or it’s just propaganda material.

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 9 points 10 months ago

Probably a demonstration photo. Lot of experimentation going on at the time, after all.

[-] Tammo-Korsai@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

I think this would work better if the armour was mounted on a bulldozer chassis and fully enclosed.

[-] earmuff@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 10 months ago

Fun fact: those things can only move backwards.

this post was submitted on 17 Jan 2024
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