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?
Is a Volvo with a cannon on a trailer considered a technical?
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
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.
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.
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.
If it and its crew are hired by an NGO, yes.
Calling that poor Foz a Volvo is offensive.
In my defense, it looked like a Volvo yesterday
Sorry, that sounds non credible to me