Any ideas what it is exactly? Can it fire??
UPDATE:
(see the comment below)
It’s the work of the French Military!
"El Queso Grande" provided the
link (thanks!)
"So,
what’s the most unusual military vehicle you can think of? Maybe the
Japanese airplane-launching submarine of WW2? Or perhaps the Soviet
attempts to build a flying tank? Or perhaps the 1000 ton rolling
fortress the Germans tried to build in WW2? All quite odd, I agree, but
barely made it past the drawing boards. For us, the oddest is a scooter armed with a 75mm cannon.
After
World War II, there was little money for defense spending while the
nations of Europe rebuilt their industry and society. When there was
some cash to spend, one had to be creative to stretch it as far as
possible. The French probably accomplished the most astounding example
of that with the ACMA Troupes Aeról Portées Mle. 56. Deployed
with their airborne forces, this was essentially a militarized Vespa
scooter outfitted with a 75mm recoilless rifle. Five parachutes would
carry the two-man gun crew, weapon, ammunition, and two scooters safely
to earth, and the men would load the weapon on one scooter and the ammo
on the other, then ride away. More impressively, the recoilless rifle
could be fired effectively on the move by the best of the gun crews.
Total cost? About $500 for the scooter and the recoilless rifle was war
surplus. Were they successful military machines? Well, the French Army
deployed about 800 armed scooters in wars conducted in both Algeria and
Indochina."
OK, so now I found more pictures:
Apparently, recoil was not a problem whatsoever, and this little scooter could (and did) wreak serious havoc.
貌似可以装上穿甲弹，对付一般的轻装甲车辆应该是没问题。