What kind of idiot points his cannon at this own vehicle? It should be facing the rear
Anti-tailgating artillery but it’s installed backwards.
Looks like it would be useful wherever they are.
Or the canon is extremely cross with being moved
Kinda looks like a flak gun coming out the back. What’s the interior diameter of the barrel?
Reverse single pulse detonation engine
This looks like a 6 pound field canon. Probably used by reenactors or at ren fairs.
Is this self propelled artillery, towed artillery, or a technical?
That’s maybe a better question.
It’s a towed technical.
one of these, i think? at least handles match. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_de_8_Gribeauval#/media/File:Gribeauval_system_elements.jpg but carriage is different (source: 2min search)
Crips and Bloods are fighting by lines of sight now.
It now takes five minutes to do a drive-by.
“Oh shit! They’re shooting at us!”
“It’s cool. There’s only two of them so it’s going to take them at least thirty seconds to reload.”
Needs a “come and take it” flag
Changing a trailer hitch isn’t that hard.
…that’s hilarious.
It would also be hilarious on a nerf gun.
Is a Volvo with a cannon on a trailer considered a technical?
If it and its crew are hired by an NGO, yes.
I’m going to say yes. Not a very good one, though.
The Toyota Hilux just happens to be awesome and distributed in the places where you need a technical. Any civilian vehicle with a large gun mounted aftermarket still counts.
Any civilian vehicle with a large gun mounted aftermarket still counts.
I’m going to take the technical-market with storm with my bicycle+ak combo
Does not count as large, by my definition. It has to be something that’s too big to fire effectively non-mounted.
If it was some sort of really heavy-duty motorbike that self-balanced, you could make that into a technical, I guess. This was a whole thing on Reddit wasn’t it?
Fair enough. What’s the smallest firearm you would accept to clear the bar?
Probably an M240 or similar. The point of a technical is to provide a permanent, portable mount to fire from.
The vehicle also still has to work effectively as a vehicle, so no 3" naval guns with a unicycle welded onto the bottom, either.
Personally? A GAU-8. Why settle for less?
Germans in WWII had bicycle troopers. I think they’re light mechnized cavalry.
Not only Germans but all sides. They were used as scout units and for delivery.
I’m going to say yes. Not a very good one, though.
Is there a c/shittytechnicals on Lemmy?
There should be. I saw a pic on Facebook the other day of a dually with a mounted machine gun in Texas.
That’s a pickup with doubled-up wheels in the back, if like me you didn’t know.
Yup, meant for towing very large, heavy trailers, not for anything remotely near a battle in sloppy conditions.
Interesting! What do they end up doing on rough roads?
I mean, they CAN go on rough roads. They’re just not made for it. And certainly not OFF road, like you would expect a technical to do.
Calling that poor Foz a Volvo is offensive.
In my defense, it looked like a Volvo yesterday
Sorry, that sounds non credible to me
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