French intelligence agencies came to the same conclusions as did German and Italian services. Yes, the same WMD conclusions that the US relied on.
And yes, it's been showed that the French were complicit in the OFF scandal.
It seems that a number of posters are still angry at the French for not joining the US in Iraq. Now, which country would you say made the intelligent choice . . . uh . . . that means the "smart" choice
It looks like a US M-18 57mm recoilless rifle, it is a clever way of transporting the weapon. It is to be dismounted before use. The M-18 was light enough to be fired from the shoulder.
Folks,
This is actually a pretty clever and cheap way of being able to quickly haul around a bit of relatively heavy fire power.
As the French economy recovered after WWII they moved on to better and more specialized systems. This one however cheap and amusing it might look, did the job they needed it to for its time.
