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.
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?
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.
I’m going to take the technical-market with storm with my bicycle+ak combo
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.
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?
Personally? A GAU-8. Why settle for less?
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.
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.