Fat Electrician- World's Deadliest Moped- The Vespa 150 TAP- AMERICAN REACTS

[00:00:00]What's good, E-World? I'm back, back with the homie Nick, Fatty Electrician.

[00:00:05]So, I don't know if Am I still calling these short? I don't know. We're going to call these midis. We're going to call these midis. We ain't going to call these short. I'm I've arrived in the midis. I think I've officially arrived in the midis. That's when Nick he stepped his production up.

[00:00:17]Better camera, vivid lights, [ __ ] um RBG lights changing in the background, things in the background. Nick Nick stepped it up. He he he found a space to do his videos in.

[00:00:33]So, we're going to call these the midis.

[00:00:34]The videos are a little longer.

[00:00:37]So, we're in the midis now. All right?

[00:00:40]World's deadliest moped, the Vespa 150 TAP. T A P. That means it stands for something and I don't know what it is, but Nick probably going to learn me.

[00:00:50]Let's rock, Nick.

[00:00:53]>> Today we're talking about the deadliest moped of all time. Ladies and gentlemen, France's Vespa 150 TAP, aka the bazooka Vespa. Time. Ladies and gentlemen, FRANCE'S VESPA 1 >> HOW was that not in Austin Powers?

[00:01:07]That was not in Austin Powers, bro.

[00:01:10]That's the Austin Powers mobile.

[00:01:13]Who missed that?

[00:01:17]That was supposed to be his motorcycle, bro.

[00:01:20]I'm trying to think. Did he have a bazooka launching scooter in that damn movie? No, man.

[00:01:27]I think I remember him riding a scooter.

[00:01:29]Oh, no. That was the That was the the [ __ ] he got stuck in the hallway with.

[00:01:37]>> Today we're talking about the deadliest moped of all time. Ladies and gentlemen, France's Vespa 150 TAP, aka the bazooka Vespa. Yeah, this is a French design.

[00:01:45]It's not even American, but I'm going to do a video on it anyways because game recognize game. I mean, look at the quality of grunts and crafts they got going on over there. I'm not even sure where to start. First of all, despite the name, that's not actually a >> That [ __ ] got a spare tire.

[00:01:58]Look at the spare.

[00:02:00]That [ __ ] inside the car by your knee.

[00:02:04][ __ ] That's hard. Bro, that's hard.

[00:02:12]That look like something we would have cooked up like We used to try to fix our bikes up to look crazy. This look like some [ __ ] we we would have came up with.

[00:02:22]This hard.

[00:02:23]>> craftsmanship going on over there. I'm not even sure where to start. First of all, despite the name, that's not actually a bazooka. That's a 75-mm anti-tank recoilless rifle.

[00:02:34]Yeah, you ever heard of Uber Eats? This is Uber Retreats. They literally just slapped an anti-tank cannon onto a moped and called it good. I mean, the dude driving the thing literally has to sit on top of the barrel, which I think might actually make this the world's first crotch rocket.

[00:02:48]>> I know you [ __ ] Wait, what?

[00:02:56]Ain't no way you telling me I got to go balls to barrel and actually shoot artillery from the barrel that my balls are on.

[00:03:12]Bonded to.

[00:03:14]There's no way. There's no way.

[00:03:17]That's what Nick just said.

[00:03:18]>> He has to sit on top of the barrel, which I think might actually make this the world's first crotch rocket. I'm not really sure. But, there's one thing I am sure of, and that's this thing is definitely in the running for the weirdest military motorcycle of all time. I mean, it's got to be between this and the Kettenkrad, that time during World War when the Germans wanted to make a half tank, half motorcycle, you know, for >> No, that's not that weird, Nick. Because their balls their balls aren't on the guns of the tank.

[00:03:49]>> all those situations where you've thought to yourself, "Man, I wish I had a that had all the mobility of a tank and all the safety features of a motorcycle. What if >> That's exactly what I want, Nick.

[00:03:59]Huh?

[00:04:00]That's exactly what I want.

[00:04:03]If the options are that or the crotch rocket. Show me another one, Nick.

[00:04:07]>> Great idea.

[00:04:08]Dumb. I mean, let's be honest, the only reason they ever built that was to show off their engineering prowess. And I will give it to them, the Germans can engineer just about anything, except for a World War win.

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[00:05:06]Well, like every great Grunt and Craft project, there were failures that needed to be addressed. And as a wise man would say, failure is a pathway to innovation, which is a politically correct way of me trying to tell you that France got their [ __ ] ass beat by tanks in World War II and this was their solution. Now, if you don't know, France has had one of the most dominant mili- >> Wait, wait, that's like the That's like the SS version. Hold on, man. That's like the Super Sport.

[00:05:27]>> War II and this was their solution.

[00:05:30]>> Yeah, you see the guy You see they upgraded it a little bit. It look a little upgraded. The the the bullets to At first, it just look like the bullets was just hanging on the side. Now, now they got containers or something.

[00:05:43]Nah, but the Oh, it look like they added a layer of of they added a saddle to the barrel.

[00:05:50]Um another layer cuz they already had one, but they look like they added another one and you got a bag on the back. How about that? Huh? And I don't know if that's a kickstand at the bottom. What the hell is that at the bottom?

[00:06:04]That [ __ ] look like a ladder. What is that?

[00:06:06]>> Now, if you don't know, France has one of the most dominant military histories of all time. And despite what a lot of people think or say, France actually had a very, very powerful military during World War II. But what had happened was France was doing the normal, logical, conventional thing at the time by putting all their men evenly along their entire border. And Germany decided to use a new tactic known as the Blitzkrieg, which is basically they utilize their entire force to punch through the enemy line in one small spot and then just trailblaze a path all the way to the enemy objectives. Here's an animation of what that looks like to give you a better idea. This immediately put the French on their heels and they were never able to actually recover during World War II. And this is why they ended up surrendering in only like 6 weeks. And because of surrendering in only 6 weeks, this is where all the jokes come from about like France retreating all the time. You know, like, "Oh, French tanks have 16 gears, 15 in reverse and only one forward, you know, in case the enemy ambushes them from behind." That's where those jokes come from. And as I'm sure you all know, the Allied forces won World War II and France was restored. Then in like the 1950s, their military leadership decided, "Hey, we should probably have a plan in case this ever happens again."

[00:07:07]Well, the problem with the Blitzkrieg attack is you don't actually know where it's going to take place. So, the only way that you could really counter it is to have a very mobile, very fast responding anti-tank force. So, they came up with the bazooka Vespa and gave it to their paratrooper units. Yeah, the paratroopers were literally >> Hold on. That [ __ ] disas- disassembled on it. That [ __ ] Put it together yourself. That thing ain't come with a Okay, that's the kickstand. I I I just don't know how you unkick the the kickstand, but that's the kickstand. And this [ __ ] come with a tripod.

[00:07:39]And a wheel, so you can roll it. You can run it to your location, bro. This is tough.

[00:07:46]This is an assembly acquired Vespa.

[00:07:52]No, this fire. That look fire. That look fire. I think you could really counter it is to have a very mobile, very fast responding anti-tank force. So, they came up with a bazooka Vespa and gave it to their paratrooper units. Yeah, the paratroopers were literally going to yeet the Vespas out the back of the plane and then yeet themselves out the back of the plane. And then as soon as they landed semi-close to the battlefield, they'd hop on their Vespas, find where the enemy tanks were That [ __ ] scooting, boy. That [ __ ] scooting through the streets.

[00:08:19]>> troopers were literally get >> You telling me you going that fit bro?

[00:08:24]Bro.

[00:08:24]>> They'd yeet the Vespas out the back of the plane and then yeet themselves out the back of the plane. And then as soon as they landed >> What like come on, BRO?

[00:08:32]WHAT'S THE balance in like on this?

[00:08:36]What's up here?

[00:08:38]And then you just going to blast a bazooka round out from under your balls like that?

[00:08:49]No, man. That man got on a green beret.

[00:08:52]>> landed semi-close to the battlefield, they'd hop on their Vespas, find where the enemy tanks were and just start yeeting the spicy baguettes at them. I'm just going to level with you, I I love it. I think it's a genius idea. Because post-World War II, there was a metric fuckton of recoilless rifles and ammunition left over and France had their own factories for manufacturing Vespas and they were relatively cheap. I mean, this entire setup only cost them $500 at the time. To put that into perspective, a German Tiger tank during World War II cost $300,000.

[00:09:20]So, if you have the chance to take out a $300,000 tank with a $500 Vespa, that's worth it. Worth and it's [ __ ] demoralizing. I mean, let's be honest.

[00:09:28]In conclusion, at this point in time, I think I've got to give the coolest {slash} weirdest military motorcycle of all time title to the French. And if you can think of something cooler / weirder than this, let me know in the comments down below and I'll look into it. If you made it this far, thanks for watching.

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[00:09:57]>> That scooter fire.

[00:10:00]That's a That's come on, man.

[00:10:04]That Vespa fire.

[00:10:07]I I ain't with the I ain't I ain't I ain't I ain't with the I ain't with sitting on the barrel though. That [ __ ] dead.

[00:10:15]>> [laughter] >> Like, comment, share, subscribe. I'll catch y'all on the next one. I'm out.

[00:10:20]Peace.