Big Gun, little scooter
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May 10th, 2012 at 2:41 pm
That’s actually kinda brilliant. In the event of WWIII, Soviet tanks rolling through Messina wouldn’t be facing tanks that were worth a damn. Quick, name a successful Italian tank. BUT, a 105mm recoilless rifle that could be easily and quickly scooted around cities, down narrow alleys, up and down stairways, through goat paths in the mountains, and pretty much everywhere at 40mph? That would be pretty damn effective. I’ll bet some former partisan thought that up.
May 10th, 2012 at 5:17 pm
Too bad the folks at Jalopnik aren’t aware of the differences among cannons, RPGs, and recoilless rifles (which, as a commenter on the story noted, is what the “cannon” actually is). Their presumption of what it was, and how it was meant to be employed, was so far off base as to eliminate my enjoyment of seeing such an unusual gadget.