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Re: Military Question: Tanks and Motorcycles
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 11 Dec 2001 06:14:55 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Richard Marchetti writes:
> Hey Y'all:
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> I know almost nothing about the manner and techniques of outfitting an army,
> and I find that I have no idea where to look for the information except some
> google searches that didn't yield much of interest. What I want to know is
> the whys and wherefores of tanks and motorcycles (esp. circa WWII?). I have
> images in my head from movies that seem to always pair tanks and motorcycles
> together -- but why is that an obvious pairing? Is there a strategy behind
> this pairing?
What's usually the context of the appearance? Usually, IIRC,
motorcycles were used by couriers--so they should only appear
with armor when the army is on the move, and the entire mechanized
force is in transit. Motorcycles would also be used when no other
vehicles were available for infantry, or transfer, or so forth.
Do you have specific cases in mind?
Also, motorcycles are the symbols of rugged individualism--which
often fit in with the older, heroic war movies. They're convenient
for individual action. I'm not aware of the actual incidence of
motorcycles in combat, though. I'd think they would be singularly
poor vehicles for anything but pacification duties. The infamous
German machinegun sidecar really fell into that category, I'd bet.
Just generic ramblings, really--but if you want to move particular
individuals or physical data in wartime between mobile military units,
couriers on motorcycles are the best thing to use.
best
LFB
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| (...) I suspect you're right, though early in the war they may have been used for real transport. I recall pictures of the forces moving into Poland with rows of motorcycles. The motorcycle with sidecar and machinegun would make a nice vehicle to (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Hey Y'all: I know almost nothing about the manner and techniques of outfitting an army, and I find that I have no idea where to look for the information except some google searches that didn't yield much of interest. What I want to know is the whys (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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