US military bicycle with machine-gun, 1897 AD
US military bicycle with machine-gun, 1897 AD
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If you ever have the chance to visit the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam, during the educational talk they discuss why the Dutch army wasn't able to resist the German tanks. They show this picture, and at least on our tour said it was ok to laugh.
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Vietnam is a counter-example with quite effective bicycle troops. Their army and insurgency was supplied with bicycles on the Ho Chi Minh trail.
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Amusing...but their web page goes into the more serious reasons. The main one being that the Nazis were going to carpet-bomb Dutch cities if they didn't surrender.
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A fixie without brakes? With that weight on the handle bar? With the most awkward stance because of that huge metal column piercing the riders sternum?
They really didn't like their soldiers, didn't they?
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Pull the trigger to use your state-of-the-art recoil-assisted braking system.
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this reminds me of gta vice city. I used to enable the cheat that allowed cars to fly. One problem: once the car was off the ground it lost traction and all power.
solution: spawn a tank, turn the turret backwards, and use recoil as the airborne thrust.
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back then they were still trying to find a way to securely stop these bikes ☞ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_brake
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I'm curious if the pedals even had a sprocket on that thing so the wheels could spin without the pedals spinning. That would give it a means to slow down, though it wouldn't be comfortable. You'd have to spread your legs to coast and it would take some skill to get your feet back on the pedals without banging up your legs.
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The USAians will put a gun on and into anything, won't they?
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I can tell you I put my gun on your mother last night
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Shit, that's why my Glock 17 wouldn't fit?? How many times do we have to go over the rules, longer barrel lengths to the back of the line so the average folk have a chance.
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Us military? Pretty sure I saw this in detroit last week.....just some guy.
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The modern version:
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That gun needs to be mounted further forward, and higher
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No. It has been my dream to have a crotch operated machine gun mounted to a fixed gear bicycle and I'll be damned if I'm going to let you take that away from me.
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Ohh, sorry. It's the handle and trigger that need an upgrade. I don't know your anatomy but there might be sex specific models
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Bike polo upgrades
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Looks like you're meant to dismount and use the saddle as an armrest
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pff, that's not a very interesting approach
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My guess is its designed to be shot only when parked
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Skill issue :p
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Balancing on that must be shit
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This thing required some serious legs. No gears, bad roads if any. Christ...
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What's on the rear rack? Explosives?
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Looks kinda like a slightly modified ammo canister. Like this one.
The one I just showed is a .50 caliber round can, which I would guess is close to the size of bullets the machine gun fired.
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A six axle light attack vehicle!!
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Based honestly
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Just watched Number 24, which is about Nazi resistance in Norway.
It was wonderful to see them planning and carrying out acts of sabotage by bicycle.
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Reminds me of this video https://youtu.be/ITY-fJJnPNQ
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