“The Vespa 150 TAP is a Vespa scooter modified for use with paratroops. Introduced in 1956 and updated in 1959, it had a U.S.-made light anti-armour cannon. Roughly 800 of these scooters were deployed in the Algerian War.”
It is still almost 2 years before he can get a learners permit, but I could tell that he was itching to ride. He will start high school next year, it sure doesn't take them long to grow.