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[–] jubilationtcornpone 53 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Anti-tailgating artillery but it's installed backwards.

[–] SonicBlue03 11 points 1 month ago

Looks like it would be useful wherever they are.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys 5 points 1 month ago

Or the canon is extremely cross with being moved

[–] neidu3 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Is this self propelled artillery, towed artillery, a technical, or an immobilizer system?

[–] Tar_alcaran 10 points 1 month ago

It's a towed technical.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

That's maybe a better question.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

What kind of idiot points his cannon at this own vehicle? It should be facing the rear

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Is a Volvo with a cannon on a trailer considered a technical?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Fair enough. What's the smallest firearm you would accept to clear the bar?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Personally? A GAU-8. Why settle for less?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Germans in WWII had bicycle troopers. I think they're light mechnized cavalry.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Not only Germans but all sides. They were used as scout units and for delivery.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm going to say yes. Not a very good one, though.

Is there a c/shittytechnicals on Lemmy?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There should be. I saw a pic on Facebook the other day of a dually with a mounted machine gun in Texas.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's a pickup with doubled-up wheels in the back, if like me you didn't know.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yup, meant for towing very large, heavy trailers, not for anything remotely near a battle in sloppy conditions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Interesting! What do they end up doing on rough roads?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

If it and its crew are hired by an NGO, yes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Calling that poor Foz a Volvo is offensive.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In my defense, it looked like a Volvo yesterday

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Sorry, that sounds non credible to me

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Needs a "come and take it" flag

[–] phdepressed 8 points 1 month ago

Changing a trailer hitch isn't that hard.

[–] GhiLA 6 points 1 month ago

...that's hilarious.

It would also be hilarious on a nerf gun.

[–] GhiLA 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Crips and Bloods are fighting by lines of sight now.

It now takes five minutes to do a drive-by.

[–] jubilationtcornpone 7 points 1 month ago

"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."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

This looks like a 6 pound field canon. Probably used by reenactors or at ren fairs.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Reverse single pulse detonation engine

[–] horse_tranquilizers 4 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Kinda looks like a flak gun coming out the back. What's the interior diameter of the barrel?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

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)