Saturday 15 March 2008

WTF......the way our defence budget is going you can expect to see these on a front line near you sooner than you think.

10 comments:

Brian said...
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Electro-Kevin said...

MOD issue, surely ?

Brian said...

Sorry for earlier misattribution to the Italian Army, the Vespa ACMA Troupes Aeról Portées Mle. 56 was of course issued to the French Army:
http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/16/secret-of-french-military-prowess-armed-vespa/

Anonymous said...

Saint

Anonymous said...

Huh, that's weird. Looks like it lost my words!

Anyway, as I was trying to say, I want one. It may not be the most fear-inspiring weapon of all time, but no one would screw with ME during rush hour!

richard mcenroe said...

So the VC Gun becomes the VC Vespa...

haddock said...

It belongs to that Polish plumber chap Stanislav.... carries his pipes and drain rods in it.

The Remittance Man said...

No it's another Great British invention lost to Johnny Foreigner. Anyone remember the Hardacre Anti-Tank Boot from the tv series < a href= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_%28TV_series%29 > Brass < /a >

The Remittance Man said...

Ooops! Looks like I messed up the code there.

Brian said...

Or this American design:
http://www.warwheels.net/HowieBellyFlopperINDEX.html