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Seldom Seen Slim
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Dark roasted motorcycle site
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December 31, 2010, 12:31:28 PM »
Take a look here if you'd like to do so - and have a cup of coffee while you see the weird things that some folks build.
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2010/06/magnificent-motorcycles-part-1.html
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Jon E. Wennerberg
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Re: Dark roasted motorcycle site
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December 31, 2010, 12:55:32 PM »
So how many rounds can you fire with that French Howitzer/Vespa before the seat warmer cooks your can?
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Re: Dark roasted motorcycle site
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December 31, 2010, 01:18:09 PM »
The Vespa Howitzer... You would think with such great ideas the French would have done better.
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Seldom Seen Slim
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Re: Dark roasted motorcycle site
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December 31, 2010, 01:50:15 PM »
I was wondering about the recoil when riding the Vespa and simultaneously firing a round. Unh, wouldn't it likely make the scooter back up in one heck of a hurry? Or maybe there's a ground brake/anchor that was to be deployed before firing rounds.
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Re: Dark roasted motorcycle site
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December 31, 2010, 02:20:44 PM »
I don't think the French worried about the smaller details!
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Re: Dark roasted motorcycle site
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December 31, 2010, 02:42:56 PM »
The French werent really know for firing much unless it was over their shoulders
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manta22
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Re: Dark roasted motorcycle site
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December 31, 2010, 02:53:10 PM »
Judging by the design of the breech, I'd say that this is a recoiless cannon.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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wobblywalrus
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Re: Dark roasted motorcycle site
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January 01, 2011, 01:28:47 AM »
It looks like a part of a pack howitzer. My father told me about them. The ones he knew about were carried in pieces by mules. The soldiers put them together when they got to their destination.
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WOODY@DDLLC
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January 01, 2011, 01:42:12 PM »
Great stuff Slim! Now if we could just get some of that money directed into LSR!
I think the French would want the recoil to help them "leave" the battlefield?
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Re: Dark roasted motorcycle site
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January 01, 2011, 06:55:30 PM »
Some interesting aerodynamic concepts there
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