RE: DSII motorcycles/grav bikes

er, Brendan, I think your ex-army friend was perhaps embellishing a
little
bit.....two .50 Cals on a two wheel bike? AND ammo? I've had to carry
these
things (helping the APC crew de-service a vefhicle) and I honestly don't
believe you could successfully mount two of them on a motorcycle......

Owen G

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robertson, Brendan [mailto:Brendan.Robertson@dva.gov.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, 16 February 2000 10:00 AM
> To: 'gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU'
> Subject: RE: DSII motorcycles/grav bikes
> 
> 
> One the ex-army guys I know told me about a night exercise 
> once where they
> mounted 2 x 50 cal machine guns onto a bike & loaded it with tracer.
> Apparently it looked very impressive as the rider swerved & 
> negotiated the
> terrain, so it can be done.
> 
> Neath Southern Skies - http://users.mcmedia.com.au/~denian/
> [mkw] Admiral Peter Rollins; Task Force Zulu
> [pirates] Prince Rupert Raspberry; Base Commander
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	John Leary [SMTP:john_t_leary@pronetusa.net]
> > Sent:	Wednesday, February 16, 2000 10:37 AM
> > 
> >	 I think the concept of firing a weapon while riding a 
> bike is just 
> > increadably funny.	 I can just see the guy with the GMS-P on the 
> > handlebar post, firing at the tank down the road, naturally I hope 
> > he was wearing his codpiece at the time!   This sort of thing can 
> > only be done from a horse, as the horse will not (normally) run into
> > things while the rider is aiming in another direction.
> > 
> > Bye for now, John L.
>