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laZardo3/17/2011 9:15:51 pm PDT

re: #381 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

France, believe it or not. They took a bunch of surplus US recoilless rifles, put them on Vespa scooters, and put them into the field as mobile anti-armor vehicles. They saw service in Algeria and Indochina.

They’re not to be fired while in motion, of course.

“And that’s how old Francois broke both legs and fractured his spinal column!”